With November approaching with the speed and force of a runaway freight train, it has struck my fancy to consider a topic that I have been somewhat ambivalent towards in recent years. My gripe with NaNoWriMo is not with the spirit of the event (motivation to write) but rather with the ultimate outcomes of that [...]
I tag-lined this blog (for twelve months, at least) with the claim that my ever-growing blog, this what you are reading now, bradgarten is “where 2008 is the year of the short story.” And while many of you have been keenly keeping up with the more non-fiction content posted, I’m never certain whether anyone is [...]
Oddly enough, nearly three years after I launched it, the Buggyland project I created on a whim and a lark has come back to visit. (And by visit I simply mean that someone found it and contacted me for clarification on something I wrote — even though it was satirical.) For those who’s never [...]
I’ve been working in the background putting together a collection of essays for a little — for lack of a better word — webzine I’m creating. Yes, yet another writing project — but we talked about that already, didn’t we? The concept is simple: seven essays on seven topics revolving around one theme that [...]
Message reads: There are precisely four focus patterns for this particular iteration of the inversion construct. Please be patient while these patterns are assimilated into the output buffer for review.
Pattern BeeGee, Historical Documentation and Open Cyclical Leverage.
Pattern BeeTee, Imaginary Render and Elemental Mass-less Index.
Pattern DeeWhy, Themed Specifics and Researched Data Flow.
Pattern EssDee, Contribution Basis [...]
The first month (is it the LAST DAY of JANUARY already?) of writing has gone spectacularly well. Hopefully, for those of you following along — a few, because the built-in stats (ie. Big Brother may or may not be watching) are revealing — you have figured out the system.
I explained it last [...]
I’d say it’s been a quiet week, but then I’d be lying.
For a brief reprise: Sharyl is moving to edmonton after being accepted to university | blue, despite the bettacam disappearing, is still alive, even perky | the cable guy arrives on Saturday | Derek and Shannon arrive tonight | the parents are in town [...]
