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Chapter 6 of Deborah Brandt’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Literacy in American Lives</i> is certainly
the epitome of the book, the conclusion that the readers felt was coming all
along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first few pages seem to point
to the statement without ever quite saying it - Literacy is about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">power</i> - and because of that is highly
susceptible to the grimmer tendencies of modern democracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Brandt says, “The advantage of literate
skill is helping to aggravate social inequity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just, as it seems, the rich get richer, the literate get more literate”
(169).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, this spectacle is
a familiar mechanic of capitalism, where people who climbed the ladder are
quick to pull that ladder up behind them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is no shortage of debate as to whether or not this system of
ascendance (and repression) is best for society at large, or to be more
specific, a democratic society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though what it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">does</i> imply is that there is some control at work, some grand powermongering
taking place somewhere in the high towers of the castles of democratic
society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, it would be
farfetched to aver that this is a concerted effort by some unified élite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather, the combined small efforts of
families, corporations, clubs, ideologies (all of these things could be
considered Brandt’s sponsors) all serve to repress the tools of literacy,
giving to the “already-haves” and neglecting the “have-nots.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recall that Brandt considers literacy on par
with labor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Literacy is the energy
supply of the Information Age” (171).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because
labor is something that any healthy human being can provide, regardless of
culture, training, education, etc., control could only be achieved through
conventional means.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those means mainly
included violence, but also hunger and the fear of social exclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually though, labor came into self-awareness
and conglomerated into unions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
entities sponsored the labor providers and were able to extract better
conditions from employers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where is such
a mechanic for literacy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are the people
who lack literacy able to band together in such a way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There doesn’t seem to be much in common in
these two such movements, which is why the repression of literacy is more
dangerous than industrial labor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For one
the power is universal, for the other the power is already skewed heavily to
the repressors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those who might try
to fight gravity, so to speak, it is a monumental effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>True change would seem to require social
change on par with the labor movement of the early 20<sup>th</sup> century.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If
we can agree that this all is a big problem, then the next question must be,
how can it be fixed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brandt wishes to do
so though already established institutions, mainly the school system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She calls for a re-evaluation of the
presupposed equal opportunities that are granted by the United States
government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Equal opportunity extends
beyond the mere potential for admission or employment and involves all of the
systems of value that circulate in institutions” (186).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More specifically, “Schools are no longer the
major disseminators of literacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Literacy
instructions needs to develop from a sense of a new role for schools, as a
place where the ideological complexities… of literacy sponsorship are sorted
through and negotiated” (198).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
negotiation seems to be some kind of meta-literacy, which involves the student
placing themselves in the best position to succeed in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">life</i>, not just in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For classrooms are unequal and often subject to the viles of literacy
repression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a noble goal and
certainly seems to be a better system than the one we are currently
experiencing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But will that
meta-literacy, even if enacted to perfection, be enough?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, those students who succeed in Brandt’s new
literacy program will be better positioned in the short term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then, would the literacy standards not
rise, as they have risen for the past 100 years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once everyone is well placed into a modern
literacy, then that literacy is no longer modern and the powers-that-be will
again dictate what is good enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think that along with this change in the schools, there needs to be a social
movement to better judge and distribute literacy based on effort and talent (as
opposed to formal training, family name, politics, etc.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How best to do this is very much another
matter.</div>
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Cormac McCarthy’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blood Meridian</i> is constantly beset with
death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death is perhaps the one reliable
thing encountered in every chapter of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This phenomenon of death in the narrative is analyzed by Ursula K. Heise
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chronoscisms</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She says, “Benjamin, Kermode, and Brooks all
see human time as crucially shaped by mortality” (361).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this has become a problem of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">time</i> (which was learned last week, is a
very important problem in modern literary theory).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heise continues, “Narrative time, in their
view, is a way of confronting death through the movement toward the ending,
understood as a moment of closure that retrospectively bestows meaning on the
plot.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a small sampling of
McCarthy from the end of Chapter 4: “The scalped who with the fringe of hair
below their wounds…lay like maimed and naked monks in the bloodslaked dust and
everywhere the dying groaned and gibbered and horses lay screaming.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_edn1" name="_ednref1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Confronting death and the violence
immediately prior to death is something that the reader must constantly do as
they read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blood Meridian</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intuition seems to spark here, and the reader
might think that the author had greater intention than a fantastic show of gore
in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though Heise would later go on
to overlook and ultimately regard the quotes above as old hat, it is worth
considering these statements in light of the omnipresent death in the present
novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Death is perhaps a way of
communicating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it is a way to
center the reader in the wanderings of an undetermined narrator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly there is a greater power afoot
here.</div>
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Consider how
despite the many difficulties that are encountered within this book, especially
thirst, only death seems to be so glorified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Heise completes her explanation of this theory in saying: “Readers live
through the one moment in time that they cannot experience in their own lives:
the moment just beyond death, which reveals life’s final pattern” (361).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though there is death all over the place, the
reader is still waiting for a particular death – that of the narrator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This death does not come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, despite the constant confrontation
with the dead, the reader is not given the satisfaction of the narrator’s
demise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reader is only teased with
it, time and again, as the kid wanders through the desert once more, seemingly
about to succumb to the elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are several fights and battles where the kid escapes, always surviving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the confrontation with the judge at the
conclusion would seem to mark him for death, or else the death of the judge
(being the other reliable character still alive in the story).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cruel and vulgar as it is, the reader is
looking for death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In particular, the
reader is looking for the closure of death and the wisdom that would be
expected from the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reader is
never given this, only teased with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To think of how many times that the kid should have died but managed to
survive – it’s absurd!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must have been
a dozen or more different occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
then the ending lines of the Novel read: “He is dancing, dancing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says he will never die.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_edn2" name="_ednref2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goodness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is so much more to this, but for
brevity’s sake, this harangue must end.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_ednref1" name="_edn1" style="mso-endnote-id: edn1;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a> Cormac
McCarthy, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blood Meridian or The Evening
Redness in the West</i>, (New York: The Modern Library, 2001), 54</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_ednref2" name="_edn2" style="mso-endnote-id: edn2;" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a> Ibid.,
335.</div>
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At first glance and upon suspicion,
Marx’s “On the Jewish Question” seems like a typical 19<sup>th</sup> century
science-justified Darwinistic racism, codified, justified, and celebrated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it isn’t that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On closer observation, we can see that Marx
isn’t just criticizing “the Jew,” but is also highlighting the fundamental
problems of a Christian-based society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And he is somewhat criticizing Christians, as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my history serves, I believe that Marx was
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Both
Christianity and Judaism stand in the way of the Universal truth, and the
universal happiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This because they
are something other than the full state and society, both are something <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">other. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he says, “It is the question of the
relation of religion to the state, of the contradiction between religious
constraint and political emancipation.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All religion contradicts itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“How is religious opposition made impossible?
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By abolishing religion.”<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All religion stands in the way of political
emancipation – only by abolishing religion in total can anyone be truly
emancipated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise, they can only be
emancipated in their own spheres, the otherness of Judaism or Christianity. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3732739621976884845#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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what extent was Marx able to conceive of a world free from religion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it seems like he had strong beliefs, but
reality and history certainly points to it being a dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At every point in history, there is a certain
mythology or religion that follows every state, especially the great ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps he should have considered the
relationship of the religious mind to the state, and the possible symbiosis, as
did Plato with his Philosopher Kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am not well read in Marx, but I do not recall a proof where the he showed how
religion detracts from humanity’s well being.</div>
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Marx, Karl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On the Jewish Question</i>. From the 1844 version, edited 2009. <a href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/">http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/jewish-question/</a>
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Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-76886378411712972852014-10-02T10:39:00.000-07:002014-10-02T10:39:00.276-07:00Kyd v. Seneca<p>This was the first time for me reading <u>The Spanish Tragedy</u>. I guess I’ve been spoiled with Shakespeare, because I was having trouble enjoying the spectacle of this play. It didn’t touch me at an emotional level at all, save for perhaps the immediate aftermath of Horatio’s murder. Remembering the essay of Eliot read previously, I can recall where Eliot mentioned the influence of the Italians, being “Bloodthirsty in the extreme” (that was his actual verbiage). And it was very influential on early Renaissance English Drama. No doubt this is the case here. The Murder happened early, and then needed to be quickly equated, and finally ended in a finale of stabbings and suicide. This isn’t all that different from Hamlet in scopes of death. However, what I found missing was the anticipation, the weaving of plot, and the building of the characters. Perhaps Kyd was keeping Seneca’s structure too close to heart (though lacking his language), as there was little more development than the first scene where certain people announced the positions and exploits of the others. I barely noticed the relationship of Bellimperia and Horatio. The play went, more or less, straight to the killing. And it didn’t stop.<p>
<p>Whereas Seneca was able to revel in language, and create a powerful scene by means of colorful and powerful description despite that lack of plot, Kyd seemed to be preoccupied with the death. There were too many characters that, despite the length of the play, I couldn’t keep them all straight before they started dying. It seemed like there were Viceroys and Ambassadors everywhere. Whereas Seneca or Aeschylus would have a messenger or herald, Kyd wanted to include several types of characters and tried to develop some kind of unique substance in each of them. It would have been better to have a generic character, such as a herald, do what he needs to do and then exeunt.</p>
<p>Here I sound like a lousy critic. I guess what I’m trying to say is that Kyd didn’t measure up to enjoyment of Seneca, and was perhaps too fond of the Italian bloodthirst.</p>
Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-31588186579901255352014-09-11T13:49:00.000-07:002014-09-11T13:49:49.051-07:00Something on Seneca<p> As for myself, I am ashamedly lacking readings of Seneca. I say ashamedly now, for I didn’t know what I was missing. Thyestes had no trouble holding my full attention, and even De Ira had me well grasped. I found it comparable to when I first discovered Milton as a bright-eyed undergrad. (I say “discovered.” Though I was exposed to him in high school, I lacked the patience to appreciate it). </P>
<p> On reflection, I find that I agree with Eliot in that Seneca’s plays make for a poor performance. Rather, they are meant to be recited, or as serves my purposes, read. I found myself looking back and forth to the Latin, occasionally pronouncing the words as I recalled my undergraduate Latin training (which is seriously lacking, being unpracticed for five years). Nonetheless, like Eliot I was stricken by the power of the words, the potency of the sentences, and the brashness of the description. Liberos avidus pater / gaudensque lacerat et suos artus edat. / bene est, abunde est. hic placet poenae modus. There is poetry in these words which the translation brings through, and so I admire both sides of our book.</P>
<p> That I believe is the true strength of Seneca and the reason for his influence. I found myself nodding again with Eliot, in that Seneca didn’t seem to have much concern with introductions, character subtleties, gathering suspense, or other “machinations of the stage” (to borrow from Eliot). Rather, it was the power of the words, the boldness of the description, and the power of the action that makes Thyestes stick in one’s mind. There is little foreshadowing, and little doubt of the play’s conclusion, but it nonetheless presents itself as a spectacle. Aequalis astris gradior et cunctos super / altum superbo vertice attingens pollum. / nunc decora regni teneo, nunc solim patris. Delightful. </P>
Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-48333426800179457682014-06-20T11:19:00.001-07:002014-06-20T11:21:36.806-07:00Response to the Downgrading of Literature<p>[My] assertion [is] that there is no Rennaissance for the modern reader. There is instead a curriculum, a forced burden, from which a few students might find a few things that they like. Students, save for a few, walk away from this cuirriculum with spite and a vow never to return. </p>
<p>I once heard the Renaissance defined as a love of the Classical World. There was a time when the educated would look back at the great thinkers (Aristotle) and Poets (Homer) with admiration and a desire to emulate. Today there seems to be no looking back (ie, Renaissance). Instead there is a looking forward, mainly to audience appeal and profits. Literature is deemed to suffer because of that. The place of Industry and Capitalism seems to be the best place to blame, if blame is the objective. A commoditization? Industrialization? An assembly line, for books? At least in part, and perhaps in totality. Let us push further into this historical tangent: The scientific revolution propounded new methods of thought which made the previously mysitcal place of art and literature quantifiable. We can look at Psychology as the more obvious example, but Historicism and Formalism are active as well. Art was to be classified, not worshipped. </p>
<p>From Lukacs <i>The Theory of the Novel</i> <a href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/theory-novel/ch01.htm"> http://www.marxists.org/archive/luka...novel/ch01.htm</a>: </p>
<blockquote><p>"Truly a folly to the Greeks! Kant’s starry firmament now shines only in the dark night of pure cognition, it no longer lights any solitary wanderer’s path (for to be a man in the new world is to be solitary). And the inner light affords evidence of security, or its illusion, only to the wanderer’s next step. No light radiates any longer from within into the world of events, into its vast complexity to which the soul is a stranger. And who can tell whether the fitness of the action to the essential nature of the subject — the only guide that still remains — really touches upon the essence, when the subject his become a an object unto itself; when his innermost and most particular essential nature appears to him only as a never-ceasing demand written upon the imaginary sky of that which ‘should be'; when this innermost nature must emerge from an unfathomable chasm which lies within the subject himself, when only what comes up from the furthermost depths is his essential nature, and no one can ever sound or even glimpse the bottom of those depths? Art, the visionary reality of the world made to our measure, has thus become independent: it is no longer a copy, for all the models have gone; it is a created totality, for the natural unity of the metaphysical spheres has been destroyed forever." </p></blockquote>
<p>What are we getting at? This commoditization is realized by the modern audience as born consumers, and as such, the modern audience places literature on the same plain as cell phones and shampoo. Like those commodities, they pick the book they like best, for whatever reason (advertising, social pressure, personal relatability, etc). Thus the reader is defined.</p>
<p>For a writer in a saturated market (the saturation is debatable, but that argument is for another day), he/she has to cut through the great noise with the most obvious emotional appeals onto a very narrow audience, in order to make sales. Thus the writer is defined. The economic needs and desires of the struggling author lead to a soppy, cliched product for the reader.</p>
<p>Commoditization and a lack of Renaissance compound into eachother until the thought of Literature as Art is a matter only for lifelong academics sitting in their offices. Though I add this is not unique to this span of history (for instance, the late 1800s in America). It seems to take a historical event (World War I) to smack western literature out of its funk, and back into producing art that is historically significant.
I would like to respond to more of your post, especially the bit about an English education (which I largeley agree with), but the rambling needs to stop.</p>
Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-48619707908334593852014-06-09T09:25:00.003-07:002014-06-09T09:25:46.054-07:00Something on the Meaning of Literature<p>Presented with the question, "What is the meaning of Literature?"</p>
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<p> Such a broad question deserves a broad response. I take by the framing of the question and responses that we are proposing <i>"meaning"</i> as the <i>objective purpose</i>, and not the subjective "meaning" of personal relations. For fun, let us take a soft Marxist point of view. So I half-heartedly assert: Literature is in part an attempt to rectify language into an imitation of nature (where painting or sculture actually imitated nature). Though after the Industrial Revolution and subsequent onset of nationalism, all literature is destined to become a mode of propoganda. </p>
<p>Therefore, the <i>meaning</i> (as objective purpose) can be said to be twofold: </p>
<p>1. an imitation of nature (beauty)
<br>2. propoganda (politics)</p>
<p>I might go so far as to assert the primary and perhaps defining dialectic of literature is in these factors. The Imitation of nature (beauty) is the demeanor of the work, i.e., the outward appearance and means of appeal to the reader. But the nature of the work is, in one way or another, propoganda; it either promotes the status-quo (decadence, bourgeois) or calls for change (revolution).</p>
<p>See: Kant; Walter Benjamin, Horkheimer and Adorno, et al.</p>
<p>In addition, we must be careful to not confuse the meaning of "writing" with the meaning of "literature." </p>
<a href="http://marxists.org/reference/archive/adorno/1944/culture-industry.htm">Excerpts from <i>The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception</i></a>Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-53487922786157345502014-05-27T08:04:00.001-07:002014-05-27T08:04:58.503-07:00Regarding the Discussion on Professions<p>All higher education seems to encounter the same problem in different ways, that the degree is not itself a preparation for the profession. Medical students have a residency which gives them a pre-defined way to turn their medical knowledge gleaned from years of medical school into practical experience. In that they have a luxury (though any current resident would beg to differ with their 80+ hour work weeks). Other professions have no built-in way of turning academic education into everyday practicality. Frankly, I don't see how they could without some kind of unprecedented employment/training pipeline, a la residency.</p>
<p>That does not nullify the purpose of formal education. There instead needs to be a social correction on college and beyond, noting first of all that a degree does not guarantee gainful employment. It is up to the student to recognize the need for practical experience (internships, part-time jobs), connections within their industry, referrals, etc. These requirements are perhaps more important than the academic substance of the education, depending on the field of study. The need to "juggle" is omnipresent in the business world, and should be in the schools that seek to educate future professionals.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?78961-The-most-important-English-literature-to-you-and-why/page6">http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?78961-The-most-important-English-literature-to-you-and-why/page6</a></p>Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-65967927842045712302014-05-22T10:45:00.000-07:002014-05-22T10:45:34.534-07:00Longinus, a Respite<p>Though not without consideration in the annals of the Humanities graduate student (I’m sure), Longinus goes often overlooks among the great Greek and Roman philosophers and orators. The shadow of Aristotle is long and broad, broader still with Plato beside him. This may be due to a lack of works, the survivor being <i>On The Sublime</i>. Or it may be due to a lack of reflection on the work. I suspect the latter. Unfortunately, this article is not the place to delve into a detailed historical speculation. </p>
<p>Yet, it is noteworthy to consider the historical ambiguity surrounding the author of <i>On the Sublime</i>. Spurning any definitive claim to his own work, the author has enchanted the words with a kind of mysiticism. The image brought into one’s mind is that of a learned roman nobleman, perhaps adorned with olive branches, representing the ideal of ancient scholastic idealism. </p>
<p>Whatever the case may be, it is no doubt a shame that there is not more credit given to the person collectively known as Longinus. Regarding the tone and ideas of the text itself, there is a certain idealism that shines through. Aristotle remains popular perhaps due to his more scientific approach, which is certainly held in favor in the mechanical science-driven modern world. </p>
<p>Indeed, the past century has seen the discrediting of literary idealism in all its forms, moving towards a certain definition of realism. Has realism become the new “Sublime?” But this is getting too large an undertaking to continue . Suffice it to say that the author Longinus deserves a second look in light of the many developments in literary theory in the past century. </p>
<p> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17957/17957-h/17957-h.htm"> On the Sublime </a> </p>
<p> <blockquote> "It is proper to observe that in human life nothing is truly great which is despised by all elevated minds. For example, no man of sense can regard wealth, honour, glory, and power, or any of those things which are surrounded by a great external parade of pomp and circumstance, as the highest blessings, seeing that merely to despise such things is a blessing of no common order: certainly those who possess them are admired much less than those who, having the opportunity to acquire them, through greatness of soul neglect it." (section VII)</blockquote> </p> Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-19220183891368744172014-04-23T11:44:00.000-07:002014-04-23T11:44:52.137-07:00Bloom's Shakespeare assertionRelating to the (out-of-context) opinion of Harold Bloom placing Shakespeare as the greatest writer. Presented with the questions:
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1. Are authors such as Homer and Shakespeare the absolute best writers?
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2. If we take it that the answer to 1 is yes than why is it that Dante has never been equalled in Italian, Homer in Greek or Chaucer in English
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I struggle to cast a definite opinion of whether Bloom is correct or not. His opinion is certainly justifiable and in line with great literary minds before and after him.
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Having delved into serious criticism over the past several months (though not yet Bloom), I can safely say that a theme prevails over much of 18th and 19th century English criticism in regards to what is "best." So, it wasn't just Bloom who emerged with these ideas. To greatly simplify: Each sphere or epoch of admiration is a time of great innovation and of great culture. Most famous among these are Pericles' Athens, Renaissance Italy, and Elizabethan England.
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Homer represents the best of the Greek world, and the Athenian Greek world is what Arnold calls (summarizing) a perfect culmination of culture and religion. Dante could be said to fulfill the same role for Renaissance Italy. Shakespeare may not have so much religious influence, but one could say that his idolation of historical figures at least helps in that regard. In any case, by breadth of influence does Shakespeare fit the bill, and as the only among the three who wrote native English, it's little surprize that he is often considered the "best" by English-speaking critics. Though some, notably Thomas Love Peacock, have asserted that Milton is the superior. Certainly Milton better culminates the prevailing Religious influence. see: <a href=http://www.thomaslovepeacock.net/FourAges.html>Four Ages</a>
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Having summarized this in relation exclusively to the narrow path above mentioned, let me attempt to answer the questions just as narrowly:
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1. Homer, yes. Shakespeare, debatable. (I personally put Milton in the lead)
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2. Homer has no equal in Greek and perhaps any language - see above. Dante has no equal in Italian as his work represents the literary culmination of a great epoch in human history. Chaucer well represents his age but does not repesent the best of English literature.
Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-21410150899014020802014-04-01T11:53:00.002-07:002014-04-01T11:53:25.276-07:00Reply to Science vs. ReligionIn the forums <a forum.php="" forums="" href="https://www.blogger.com/" http:="" www.online-literature.com="">http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forum.php</a><br />
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Lacking the training to get too specific, I would like to contribute my personal experience to the general conversation.<br />
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Like many of us, I suspect, I was born a Christian and rebelled against it later in life. I searched for answers to the many questions that would arise during such a rebellion, but no answer was quite so easy or satisfying as "God." Nonetheless, knowing the inherent contradictions of the established religions and encouraged by the obvious abuses of the religious, I never went back. This because the only reason to go back is that it was easy.<br />
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It is easy to believe in Heaven, and angels, and everlasting life. It is much more difficult, tragically so, to know that death brings the infinite, timeless darkness. In the deepest corner of our minds, we all suspect this is true - but most cannot and will not accept it. This because such a thought imbues a great responsibility: You only have one life. Religion has spent innumerable years and efforts to escape this responsibility. As a tool of rationalization, it is fundamentally wrong.<br />
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Knowing that religion is wrong, does that make science right? No, not necessarily. That is a grand example of a false dilemma (apologies if this was said before). I suspect the answer is somewhere in between, as is usually the case.<br />
<br />Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-34616381865154151082014-03-03T12:15:00.001-08:002014-03-03T12:15:44.465-08:00Europe’s Weakness Highlights Putin’s StrengthThe European Union is a financial amalgamation of states and currencies, bound together in order to counter the financial power of the United States, and more recently, China. This has been generally good for the whole of the continent. But as a cohesive self-defense unit, they are totally unreliable and cannot be depended on to counter the aggression of Russia. NATO is also suspect.<br />
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As Putin presses his advantage, and America and her allies stumble over their “diplomatic” options, one has to wonder what realistic options are available to stop Putin from pressing all the way to the doorstep of Europe. Bold talk seems to be the order of the day. Russia presents a united effort to press and hold their own interests while the rest of the world pauses, considers, and hesitates.
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America and Europe have made a terrible mistake by assuming that Putin and the Russian army have neither the gumption nor the expertise to actually seize and occupy territory. But they have done that – much more effectively than in any of the wars fought by America in the past decade. By taking and holding Crimea without warning or resistance, Russia has shown the capability to wage modern war more effectively than its most visible competitor.<br />
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And so sits Europe, dangling like a fat fruit, ripened by decades of peace and prosperity. If the tanks begin to roll over the countryside, what power could stop them? Could any country in Europe muster a successful defense, or even slow down the modern jets and highly trained troops as they wreak havoc and assume control? Was the whole of the continent so satisfied with the treaties and the protection of America, that they are all but powerless in a conventional war? And what of America? Would war-weary America put itself forward as the shield of Eastern Europe? Would America jeopardize its entire military and economic well-being for Latvia, Romania, or Poland? <br />
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In times of stress, the faults will begin to show. As pressure continues to build, individual countries will inevitably look to their own interests. Germany may roll up its good will in favor of more self-protective measures. The same could be said for the United Kingdom. Spain and Italy may not survive in such an environment, with their own governments and economies so fragile. Greece, Macedonia, and other Baltic states may welcome the opportunity to support Russia, and vis-à-vis gain their own economic and industrial advantages. What side might Libya and Northern Africa take?<br />
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There must not be a second underestimate. Russia and Putin are working masterfully on the diplomatic and warfare stages, leaving America and her allies struggling to catch up to the moment. America and Europe must assume that this is but the first in a series of well-planned and prepared actions, carried out by experts with decades of experience. Even now, there may be agents turning the wheels on the next phase, sowing discontent and weakening resistance in new theatres. There must not be a second underestimate. Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-68187762444969802662014-02-11T06:14:00.000-08:002014-02-11T06:15:35.404-08:00The Trip to CaliforniaFrom a letter to my brother.
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The California trip. The first flight was a 6+ hour excursion, due to what the pilot called “strong headwinds.” I didn’t think it was too bad, because the plane was pretty comfortable and the accommodations were very nice (we basically had a fully functional TV for each seat, and also soft drinks on demand. I like Virgin America). However, Mom and Dad were not having such a great time. Though Mom handled the trip very well overall, she did admit that she was feeling claustrophobic for the duration of the flight. Dad was also mentally sore by the end of that trip, later saying it was “pretty much his limit” for length of flight. None of us slept very much. The lousy travel, mixed with the jet lag, meant that Mom and Dad had very limited energy for the next three days. But they were good soldiers, and kept a good attitude throughout. I am very thankful to them for that. Farda and I plan to get them something special for their anniversary, as a thank you. I guess I should find out when their anniversary is.<br />
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Farda picked us up at LAX – an adventure in itself. Fortunately she knew what she was doing, because we were like logs in the river. I looked out across 3 or 4 parallel roads, all with different functions, and wonder how anyone ever gets where they are supposed to be.<br />
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We did breakfast the first morning, with Farda’s immediate family. That’s when we “made it official.” Mom asked Farda’s Mom for permission to join our families. Everyone was happy, and that put me at ease. Mom and Dad also tried some new food, and liked it. The whole thing was about as good as I could ask for.<br />
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Then we went to see the Pacific. They took us to all the local beaches, and some of them were simply breathtaking. Makes Jersey look like even more of a dump. Huntington Beach was massive – long and extremely well maintained. You could fit hundreds of thousands of people there, comfortably. Newport was another experience. It felt like a private beach, but it wasn’t. They built those fancy houses almost to the edge of high-tide. It was beautiful, and I envied the people living in that place, with the ideal weather, with their roof-top lounges and sweeping balconies. What a life that must be. Then, we went further south, towards Laguna, and stopped at a cliff face overlooking the ocean. We didn’t know what the beach was named, but it was stunning. There were a line of rocky hills, and between them were white-sand beaches. They built condos and houses into the cliffs like the elves of Rivendell. Quite a display. I even took a few pictures with my phone. Finally, we made our last stop at Laguna Beach. It was a very nice town, swollen with shops but not too touristy. We ate an early dinner there, outside (in January), at a nice little Inn overlooking the beach. That alone was worth the 6-hour flight, in my opinion.<br />
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By the time we got back to the hotel, which was about 6:00, Mom and Dad were struggling to stay awake. I was also struggling, but I wasn’t afraid to use coffee. Coffee definitely saved me that night.<br />
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Farda took me to a Sushi place, to meet her friends. That was pretty great – they were very nice, and the Sushi was beyond excellent. West Coast Sushi is simply better. Like New York Pizza, there’s no comparison. I also tried Jamba Juice. Overrated.<br />
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And that’s about the end of the end of the excitement. We went to meet some extended members of Farda’s family the next day, for an engagement party. Farda was dressed up to the teeth, looking very pretty. The party at first was a bit unsettling, because everyone there was treating me like I was the man. Like, the man in charge. Everywhere I looked, people wanted to get me things – tea, food, a seat, gifts, etc. They were asking me for permission to do things, like start eating, or to introduce themselves, or to leave the house. I was the center of attention. It’s a cultural thing. And, by the end of the party, I was enjoying it. I might feel like a real King at the wedding.<br />
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The plane ride home was much better. 4.5 hours, smooth flying, plane only half-full, and in the sunlight so it felt less like a prison. We landed tired but happy, and drove back to our normal lives.<br />
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<br />Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-62362172405941444552014-01-08T14:32:00.003-08:002014-01-08T14:44:27.526-08:00(Approximately) 100 Ways to Write More<div align="LEFT" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.21in;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like
most of us aspiring writers, I have struggled to find the time and
the energy to write. I’m sure you agree that writing is an
intensive and time-consuming process. It’s not something that
can be done sitting in front of the TV, or on a cell phone, or during
that 20
minutes between classes (or jobs). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In compliment, I’ve
been told that writing is a necessary step to be a writer. I
tend to agree. In the same way that taking a class in civics
does
not make you a lawyer, writing one story that one summer a while ago
does not make you a writer. It is a constant process, a
constant calling. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So,
let me pass on some good advice that I have received throughout my
life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>1.</b>
<b>Wake up early</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
one cannot be stressed enough. Often, the early morning is the
only quiet and composed time that we will get in the day. That
goes double for those of us with families. Toughen up, set that
alarm 90 minutes earlier, fire up that coffee pot, and embrace the
dawn. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ideally,
this would be a 7-days-a-week process. I actually find that my
best time is early mornings on the weekend, while the world sleeps
off the presumptive hangover.
This isn’t always possible, but to be effective, it should be at
least 3 days
a week. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2.
Schedule time to write </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Almost
as important as number 1. We
all fall into the trap that goes something like, “I’ll write when
I have more time.” Of course, we either never get that time,
or find a far less productive way to fill that time. The only
way to make sure you actually take the time is to <i>set
it in stone</i>.
Put it on your calendar. Tell your friends. Prepare
yourself for the event (ie, coffee & snacks). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And be as
specific as possible: </span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On
Wednesday, from 7:30 until bed, I am writing. Nothing else will
happen except writing. No one may contact me during that time –
any requests will be ignored. Good day.”</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I
find that people generally respect your desire to commit time to your
passion. And certain people (ie, the ladies) may <i>admire</i>
that
commitment (wink wink). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3.
Make it regular </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
tandem with the first two. In
order to get into the “habit” of writing, there needs to be some
normalcy about it. Writing should not be a special event, but a
typical event.
It should be part of your life in
some way, everyday. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Being
more of a mathematics/logic thinker, I find that weekly scheduling is
the best way to do this. I’ll
look at what I have planned for that week, determine what can be done
to accommodate my personal and family obligations, and then block off
time for writing. That way, I make sure that I have set aside
the time, for each and every week. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4.
Set goals continuously</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe
you want ten pages this week. Or 2,000 words.
Whatever
metric you choose to use, make it ambitious. But not too
ambitious. And,
set those goals early and often. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
we set a huge goal, like “Finish this book by the end of the year,”
it’s very discouraging when we continually see that goal being
proved too
much to achieve. Instead, set a weekly or monthly goal.
That way, if you don’t quite make it to that goal, you can try to
“make up for it” during the next phase. It’s
a good and easy way to motivate yourself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5.
Make a hive</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There
should be a place that is quiet and comfortable for writing.
Hopefully, you
have an office or a bedroom with a desk where you can shut the door
and politely tell others “do not disturb.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But
if you don’t, strongly consider finding a “hive.” This
could be at a local library, a coffee shop, or even a bar.
Whatever place is most comfortable for you, and whatever has the
fewest distractions. Simply being at home, on the couch, with
the TV and the cell phone
and whatever other gadgets you have, all make it
harder to write. Distractions distract. That’s what
they do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But
when you go somewhere <i>different</i>
with
the <i>specific</i>
purpose
of writing, it only helps get into the necessary mindset. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>8. What happened to 6 and 7? </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>12.
Get rid of resistance </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If
you have somebody in your life that, for whatever reason, is
resentful or resistant regarding your writing time, then you should
strongly consider remedying that situation. I’m not saying
that you should break up with your bf/gf -
but
instead have a serious conversation about your desire and dedication
to writing. Insist on your desire to write. Be
aggressive, if need be. This goes for friends and family
members, as well. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You
will most likely have to deal with disappointment when you turn down
social events or casual hang outs in favor of writing time.
That’s part of it. But if it is a constant resistance from a
particular source, you need to be proactive. Or else that other
person will win the fight, and you will be writing less and less over
time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>47.
Read </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My
personal opinion on reading is somewhat different from most actual
authors, so take it with a big ol’ grain
of salt. While I agree that reading <i>before</i>
you
begin a project is extremely important, and revisiting sources of
inspiration is also extremely important, I believe that
reading <i>while
</i>you
are actively writing is of less importance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nonetheless,
it is indeed beneficial to
keep your head in the game, so to speak. Revisit the works and
authors that inspire you. Read articles about writing and
publishing. This will rejuvenate you, give you new ideas, and
therefore aid your writing. Most importantly, this is something
that can be done in 15-20 minutes (unlike writing itself). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>72.
Celebrate </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We
all achieve certain milestones as we go through a project.
Perhaps it is the first 10,000 words, or completing the rough draft,
or successfully rehabilitating that abysmal fourth chapter.
Whatever your milestones may be, be
sure to reward yourself for the hard work – because it’s almost
certain that nobody else will be
near as happy as you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Typically,
I’ll find a way to buy a good bottle of booze, or maybe indulge in
a trip to a favorite restaurant. These little celebrations feed
into my energy to write, and give me something to look forward to. </span></span><br />
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said, don’t get carried away. Don’t throw a party every
time you finish a chapter. Or else you’ll be doing more
celebrating than writing, and it loses its effect. </span></span></div>
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you haven’t learned by now: you don’t get much by being nice to
everyone. In order to make the time for writing and get the
project written, you will need to be assertive; which is a polite way
for saying jerkish. You may have to occasionally piss off
people you love in order to achieve your writing goals. If you
aren’t prepared to do that, then you should reconsider your passion
for writing in the first place.</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span>Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-28106504602031769272013-12-27T04:17:00.000-08:002013-12-27T04:17:05.415-08:00Found Nothing, Coming Home
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJDFXZS" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJDFXZS" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jbZ1BxG7w-w/Ur1vA7RE0DI/AAAAAAAAAmU/7pXBv8XUMLU/s320/Found+Nothing+Coming+Home_2.jpg" width="179" /></a>I was 22
years old, and had just graduated college. There was a short time
period after graduation when I could live near campus, because
classes stopped in early May but my lease was good until mid-July. I
chose to stay away from my parents’ house for that 2-month period.
My justification was that I could focus on the job hunt, and that I
had fewer distractions at school because most other students would be
gone.
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My parents bought it. That said, I did
make a token effort in the job search. Still stubbornly naive, I had
all confidence that I would be able to land a job within minutes of
actually applying myself to the task. So, why waste this valuable
time with the real world? After all, this was my last chance to
enjoy the freedom of college life.
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I wanted to do something big, and I had
a few ideas. They mulled around in my mind for a day or two,
sparring and struggling for dominance. There was a science
fiction/fantasy idea, which I had been thinking about and somewhat
planning for several years. In the same vein, I considered going
full-force into my ideas for a new role-playing game in the style of
Dungeons and Dragons (if you’re too young to know what that is:
Wikipedia). That new game is something I had actually worked on, in
substantial detail, the previous summer. To answer your question:
No, I didn’t have many friends.</div>
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However, there was another potential
project, which was winning the skirmish at the time. It was what I
considered to be my great philosophical endeavor. You see, I loved
the library. I loved books (I still do). I especially loved parsing
the depths of the library, in the lower levels where nobody ever
went, to find an inspiring philosophical treatise that hadn’t been
checked out since the 70’s. I’d take this forgotten gem,
perhaps something by Spinoza or Schopenhauer, and sit in one of the
big easy chairs in one of the reading rooms. And then I’d read
until I couldn’t stand it any more.</div>
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Accordingly, I’d take all this
reading and apply it to my own endeavors. I thought I could easily
write my own philosophical work, and take great care to do it right.
Of course, I would include hundreds of citations and quotations, and
be mindful of criticisms. I’d polish it until there was nothing
left but brilliance. After all, I was a brilliant person.</div>
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But I guess I was mature enough to
realize that I wasn’t mature enough. Someday that was an
achievable goal, perhaps, but not right then. I entertained the idea
of doing a less extensive philosophical work – a thought experiment
somewhat in the style of Hume - but that didn’t garner the same
kind of energy. So, for another day or two, I wasn’t sure what I
was going to do with this time I had available. Luckily, I had a lot
of TV to catch up on, and the “on demand” feature had just been
coming into stride. Therefore, I'd hesitate to say those were wasted
days, because I enjoyed myself thoroughly. If a 12-pack of cheap
beer and 15 hours of Discovery Channel programs isn't a good day,
then I don't know what a good day is.</div>
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That night, late, I was stirring with
an unusual energy. To borrow a cliché (and I <i>hate</i> clichés):
it hit me. Great works have interesting characters. So, I needed
something that had great characters. People who were exceedingly
complex, constantly intriguing, never quite certain. And thereby,
serve as a metaphor of my young adult life in general. The
frustration! The demands! The drama! I needed an Armory Blaine. I
needed a Jake Barnes.
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Such was my ego at the time.
Nonetheless, I was not short on inspiration.</div>
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This novel became a series of short
stories, which failed and proved frustrating, and was then pushed
back into novel form. It was meant to be a novel - that was how I
wrote it in the first place. You see, it was divided into chapters,
like a novel. Generally, I would write one chapter a day. Some days
it didn’t happen, due to my own personal distractions or a lack of
energy. But otherwise, I was full into writing. And I felt proud
of it.
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Of course, the current chapters do not
represent the chapters at original writing. This book has been
pulled apart and put together a half-dozen times. There were about
15 chapters in the first writing. Many of those have been cropped,
merged, or eliminated entirely by now.</div>
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It was a lovely time. The days were
long, warm, and sunny. My uniform was a T-shirt and gym shorts. I
could wake up when I chose, eat when and what I chose, exercise, nap,
watch morning TV (I was into international soccer at the time). You
know, whatever I felt like. But I also had the time and the energy
to write, to <i>really</i> write. I wrote of my own personal
ambition and volition, for perhaps the first time in my life.
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Ten days passed and I had ten chapters
in place. Some of them I liked more than others, but I was overall
very proud of the achievement. It was about 60 pages of typed text.
Then or about then, I concluded that I really enjoyed writing, and
wanted it to be my profession.</div>
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That should give you some idea of my
mindset at the time I originally drafted this thing.</div>
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When the work was all done, it was
about 20,000 words. Not exactly novel length, but I didn’t let
that discourage me. I sent it to the few friends that I had,
including the parents of one of my good friends. It was a proud
moment for me, to share my work while still in its adolescent stages.</div>
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Much to my surprise, the reviews of the
short novel were less than outstanding. I was told that it needed
more work, that it felt incomplete. And they weren’t sure what the
real plot was, like it didn’t come to a conclusion. This came as
somewhat of a shock, because I felt quite the opposite. I thought it
was very complete and had a clear message. I thought the character
development was excellent, and patiently arrived at a Joyce-like
epiphany – No, several epiphanies!</div>
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But, they didn’t agree with me. Yes,
but what about the characters? I asked. They liked Anna. Why Anna?
I asked. What about Ron - the person to whom most of my energy was
dedicated? They responded with a collective shrug of the shoulders.</div>
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As you might expect, I was discouraged.
I let the book sit idle. Eventually I went back to my parents’
house - a familiar trip that was the curse of my entire generation.
I spent the rest of that summer drinking, sleeping, and fattening.</div>
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Later, towards autumn, the boredom
roused me from my funk. I sent the manuscript of the novel to a dozen
different publishers via email, postage, and one faxed copy. Though
much reduced from my original arrogance, I was still very hopeful
that I would get something. I was <i>almost</i> expecting to.</div>
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To no one’s surprise but my own,
nothing came of it. For most of them, I never heard back. For the
few I did, it was a chafe of words: “No thank you,” or “Resubmit
later.”</div>
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And so, the novel went into
hibernation. I lived the real life in the meantime, slowly becoming
an adult. Therefore, by the time I revisited the book, most of my
idealism and optimism had left me.</div>
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Revisiting was an interesting task.
Even though my ego was much diminished, I felt that there were still
a few good parts to the novel. One or two of the characters were
genuinely interesting, and some of the situations were genuinely
dramatic. Why, with a little work, this could be a serviceable text.
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I pondered, and then there it was. A
young man’s idealistic short novel, which could be reworked and
arranged into something at least presentable. Effectively, the
highlights of the former novel.</div>
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I hope you will enjoy it. Now available on Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJDFXZS">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HJDFXZS</a> </div>
<br />Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-20087156020226554312013-12-12T09:18:00.000-08:002013-12-12T09:18:28.188-08:00Think Better, pleaseI had a short but revealing discussion the other day. It may have been yesterday. In which I came upon my philosophical shortcomings. Indeed, if you were to ask me <i>Why (insert anything)</i>, I’d probably have a smart-ass answer and a laugh, then go back to worrying about my money and planning my daily itinerary, grumpily stamping my way through the daily motions, confident that my efforts will lead to a higher station and a better life, someday.
<br><br>This led to a pondering of purpose – not just generally, but overall. What is the purpose of this life, that I seem so predetermined to lead? Why am I here in this place? What the hell do I hope to accomplish with this fleeting gift of consciousness? And why haven’t I thought about this in… <i>years?</i>
<br><br>Of course we are assuming, like most of my generation does, that religion is not the answer. God is for old people. We prefer to die alone, cold and lost. (Or maybe we just don’t ever expect to die). Or maybe, as our bodies degrade and death becomes close, we will scramble back to the comforts of the religion that we left in our parents’ homes. Am I moving this topic around too much?
<br><br>Back to the pondering of life. And my former beacon of admiration, the stoic Marcus Aurelius: <br>“For a man can lose neither the past nor the future; for how can one take from him that which is not his? So remember these two points: first, that each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle, and that it signifies not whether a man shall look upon the same things for a hundred years or two hundred, or for an infinity of time; second, that the longest lived and the shortest lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.” (Meditations, book II, 14)
<br><br>You’ll be damned if that isn’t blowing your mind. Because you and I, we don’t think about these kinds of things every day. Hell, we don’t even get close.
<br><br>There seems to be a general lack of thought. A general lack of intelligent dialogue, even between intelligent people. And this perplexed me. Because in our age when everything can be done so quickly and efficiently, why should there not be time or energy to ponder the Universe? To question the way things work, to challenge the political system, to progress society in an idealistic way?
<br><br>Perhaps a book could be commissioned to answer these questions. Because I cannot here answer them, not in my present state.
<br><br>So, I implore you people, whoever might read this. Go read something meaningful. Let its wisdom cascade over you. And then, think about it. Think hard and deep. Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-85846072488603161022013-11-12T09:11:00.002-08:002013-11-12T10:19:40.823-08:00In its entirety, the Mann Act Memorandum<i>Note: This was a simulation exercise; all cases and statutes are fictitious -JEG
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<center><b>MEMORANDUM</b></center>
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Introduction
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You have asked me to address the following; the material facts are not in dispute. Joseph Hurtz is married to five women by right of his sect of Mormonism. In order to keep his
hardware store in business, Hurtz took his 5 wives to Nevada so that they could make money as
prostitutes. They worked in a licensed brothel in Lyon County. Two days after arriving there,
Wanda Dresher-Hurtz was detained by Nevada State Police in relation to a public intoxication
incident; Dresher-Hurtz is the youngest of Joseph Hurtz’s wives. In the routine questioning by
police officers, Wanda Dresher-Hurtz revealed that she was from Utah, and also that she was in
Nevada for the purpose of prostitution. Wanda was later released without charge.
The following morning, Joseph Hurtz was contacted by Nevada State Police. In a
recorded phone conversation, he admitted that he was from Utah. He also admitted that he did
bring all his wives with him into Nevada. However, Hurtz never admitted to coercing his wives
into prostitution. Hurtz refused any knowledge of the prostitution of his wives. As a result, you
are concerned whether Joseph Hurtz has violated the Mann Act.
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Issue
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Whether the transportation of five wives across state lines by Joseph Hurtz constitutes a
violation of the Mann Act?
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Discussion
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The Mann Act prohibits the transportation of women across state lines for immoral
purposes. In particular, statute 2a reads, “Any man who transports a woman from one state into
another shall be subject to the statutes herein.” And, in tandem, statute 3a reads, “A man who
crosses into a state shall be subject to the definitions of morality as determined in the courts of
that state.” Indeed, in most states, prostitution would be considered an immoral act. However,
in the case of Nevada, prostitution is a legal enterprise and a mark of the tourism industry. In
Francis v Dark Street Video, 35 F. 2d 28 (3d Cir. 1992), prostitution was affirmed as a legal
business and subject to business taxes within the state of Nevada. Therefore, it would appear
that prostitution is not immoral according to the state’s standards. This is especially true when
considering the case of Masterson v Jameson, 37 F. 2d 38 (2d Cir. 2003), whereby Masterson
was found liable for payment for services rendered by a prostitute in a licensed brothel.
Truly, in some counties of Nevada, prostitution has been rendered illegal. But this is a
local matter, as there are no state laws disallowing prostitution. Hurtz is indeed held accountable
for transporting women across state lines for prostitution, as one of his wives admitted.
However, when considering these above stated cases, prostitution is not held as an immoral act
in the state of Nevada. Accordingly, Hurtz did not violate the Mann Act because he did nothing
immoral.
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Conclusion
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The transportation of five wives by Joseph Hurtz from Utah into Nevada is not a
violation of the Mann Act.
Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-20355428783555956812013-10-10T09:54:00.002-07:002013-10-10T09:55:41.841-07:00A Word Concerning the GRE in British LiteratureFor the past two months, I've been sloshed, waist-deep in the dark loch of Spenser, Milton, and Austin. Though it's been an increible learning experience - I feel as though I now have some sort of expertise in the realm of British Literature - it's also been very tiring. And, ultimately futile. <br />
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Yes, futile. I am studying for a test in order to do well on a test. I am infatuated with names, dates, character names, and critical movements. Any semblance of plot or style must be summarized in a simple sentence. As for appreciation of art, ha! <br />
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While I can understand how a foundation in the history and classical works of English Literature is important to one who intends to study English, this one is taking it too far! I feel smarter, but dumber. I know more, but my skill and appreciation wanes. I feel as though I will need a detoxification when this is over. I'll march to the Library, find a dark and dusty corner, and then cuddle around a stack of Vonnegut. <br />
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Once that's over, (finally) back to writing. GRE, give me my life back!Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-77731030999452162252013-08-20T04:33:00.000-07:002013-08-20T04:33:08.866-07:00Anna Blue, 2nd in the series, available FREE starting August 22<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Found-Nothing-Coming-ebook/dp/B00ECXHQ2Q" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TgirXPIax4M/UhNSAUi5f5I/AAAAAAAAAkA/VB2dE_TdWKk/s200/anna1+th.png" width="125" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Found-Nothing-Coming-ebook/dp/B00ECXHQ2Q" target="_blank">Hullabaloo and Shenanigans!</a> Through the gracious hands of our overlords at Amazon, the second book in the "Found Nothing, Coming Home" series will be available at no cost! Zero dollars and zero cents. Of course, this engagement is only available for a limited time. Be sure to pick up your copy on August 22nd and the following weekend.<br />
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If that's not enough for you, then both the series opener, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Found-Nothing-Coming-Home-ebook/dp/B00E96S1P2" target="_blank">Found Nothing</a>, and the 3rd installment, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Being-Found-Nothing-Coming-ebook/dp/B00ENGFB0G" target="_blank">For the Time Being</a>, are also available in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Good/e/B00E9AUUIE" target="_blank">Amazon Store</a>, for the modest price of $0.99.<br />
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A summary follows.<br />
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Adrift in the ocean of self-wrought apathy, a siren calls the young man to shore.<br />
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Ron Collins finds himself as the product of misplaced ambitions and unjustified self-worth, and cannot summon the strength to acknowledge his failures. Yet, there is one thing in his life that is worthy of his efforts - the young mistress Anna Blue. Anna is a vibrant and volitile young woman, beautiful and confident in her disposition. Ron craves her attention and finds himself at her beckon, despite being regarded as her boyfriend. Anna, perhaps knowingly, keeps him at a persistent distance. In the meantime, Ron finds his friendships suffering, his energy waning, and his emotions dulling. Will he meet Anna again? Can she save him?<br />
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Anna Blue explores the expanding and evolving concept of relationships in young people; they who have technology as a buffer from intimacy, and also often come from less than ideal family circumstances.<br />
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<br />Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-28906315816707399912013-08-07T04:12:00.000-07:002013-08-07T04:12:08.955-07:00August 8: One release, one free. Book-iesta!ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIBA!<br />
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In celebration of the release of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Blue-ebook/dp/B00ECXHQ2Q" target="_blank">Anna Blue</a>, my other ebook, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Found-Nothing-ebook/dp/B00E96S1P2" target="_blank">Found Nothing</a>, will be free. Yes, FREE. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Found-Nothing-ebook/dp/B00E96S1P2" target="_blank">On Amazon</a>. But it is not a permanent arrangement. This is limited to August 8th and the subsequent weekend. so, get on it, peeps! Time's a wastin'!<br />
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Oh, and there is also my new ebook, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Blue-ebook/dp/B00ECXHQ2Q" target="_blank">Anna Blue</a>. I'm somewhat proud of this one, as I've always had a degree of difficulty developing female characters. It was a fascinating exercise, and took no small amount of work before I was contented. So then, let's plug, shall we?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Adrift in the ocean of self-wrought apathy, a siren calls the young man to shore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ron Collins finds himself as the product of misplaced ambitions and unjustified self-worth, and cannot summon the strength to acknowledge his failures. Yet there is one thing in his life that is worthy of his efforts - the young mistress Anna Blue. Anna is a vibrant and volitile young woman, beautiful and confident in her disposition. Ron craves her attention and finds himself at her beckon, despite being regarded as her boyfriend. Anna, perhaps knowingly, keeps him at a persistent distance. In the meantime, Ron finds his friendships suffering, his energy waning, and his emotions dulling. WIll he meet Anna again? Can she save him? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Anna Blue explores the expanding and evolving concept of relationships in young people; they who have technology as a buffer from intimacy, and also often come from less than ideal family circumstances. </span><br />
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Do a little dance.<br />
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<br />Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-20406220876738048112013-08-02T14:38:00.003-07:002013-08-02T14:38:43.188-07:00Found Nothing Is Available FREE for a Limited TimeThe following is a press release. Just read the headline and you should be fine.<br />
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The first taste of the Series proves to be sweet! A limited number of copies of the eBook "Found Nothing" have been set aside, and will be distributed at no charge. The free copies can be found at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E96S1P2">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E96S1P2</a> . Supplies are limited. This is a first-come, first-served event.<br />
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After the promotional period is expired, the book will go live for the cost of $1.49 USD. The ebook will also be avilable in all countries via Amazon. All are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to save a few bucks and enjoy some quality fiction! Please visit the author's blog and follow him on twitter (details below) - any feedback is greatly appreciated.<br />
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"Found Nothing" is the first story in the compilation Found Nothing, Coming Home. Within it, we meet Ron Collins - a superior personage with inferior prospects. As a young man struggling to come to terms with his failures, Ron looks to his on-again girlfriend, Anna, for support. Through the story, each of them finds that they are unable to cope with their own inflated expectations, which causes Ron to descend deeper into a denied yet stubborn self-loathing. Both intense and revealing, Found Nothing explores the emerging problem of being young, educated, and unsuccessful.<br />
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Future short stories in the series will be launched at a later date. For more information, please follow the author: @Goodjeg (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/goodjeg">www.twitter.com/goodjeg</a>). Updates and alerts will be distributed regularly.Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-65120876132831425762013-08-01T04:23:00.001-07:002013-08-01T04:40:30.068-07:00"Found Nothing," ebook, is now available on Amazon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a fascinating and delirious trip to finally complete what is my first self-published ebook. Fortunately, I have tempered myself with the advice of others, and therefore I am not one of those first-time authors who expects to become Hemingway overnight. Although the story itself was a journey for me, the book here is just the first step.<br />
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But enough of these cliches. They are hurting my soul.<br />
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The book is actually a short story, the first in a series of six (count 'em - six) short stories that will be released sometime in 2013. If you would like to learn more (and why wouldn't you?), <a href="http://fj717.blogspot.com/p/works.html" target="_blank">please point yourself to the "works" page of this little website</a>. Gee, thanks.<br />
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Also, the book can be found at: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E96S1P2">http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E96S1P2</a><br />
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There are sure to be free giveaways, special deals, etc, in the near future. So stay tuned. Please.Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-11113415758662269592013-07-30T03:35:00.000-07:002013-07-31T03:36:18.715-07:00Excerpt from "Found Nothing"As a mild, uncertain, somewhat-innocent tease of my upcoming e-book release, I've decided to show a small excerpt from the story. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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Please check back for updates on the upcoming releases.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Reaching for it beside his
bed, he unscrewed the cap, and smelled the stink of the alcohol. He
felt comforted, in a way. After a deep breath, he took a gulp. And
then he took a second gulp quickly, thinking that he might lose his
nerve. The booze was cheap and bad and lingered in his mouth. But he
soon calmed down, and the burning passed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> Ron sat in his room and
watched the reruns of the morning sports shows. He was feeling the
alcohol, feeling numb. He couldn't remember the last time he ate.
There was a cough building in his chest, but he fought it off. After
that, he laid down in his bed. After a few minutes of blinking, he
was feeling very tired. Several times, he caught himself falling
asleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Huh?</i> Anna didn’t
call. <i>Oh. </i>With that, he let
himself fall into sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A blurb:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #010101; font-family: 'Times','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">"<u>Found Nothing</u></span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is the first story in the compilation <u>Found Nothing, Coming Home</u>. Within it, we meet Ron Collins - a superior personage with inferior prospects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a young man struggling to come to terms with his failures, Ron looks to his on-again girlfriend, Anna, for support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the story, each of them finds that they are unable to cope with their own inflated expectations, which causes Ron to descend deeper into a denied yet stubborn depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both intense and revealing, <u>Found Nothing</u> explores the emerging problem of being young, educated, and unsuccessful</span>."</span></span>Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3732739621976884845.post-66492178342636487332013-07-24T13:29:00.001-07:002013-07-24T13:29:34.918-07:00"Found Nothing" to be Released ...Soon!The first short story in the series <u>Found Nothing, Coming Home</u> is due to be released. It will happen <em>soon</em>, but due to certain technical concerns, life events, etc., the exact date has not yet been finalized. The story will be released on Amazon exclusively, for at least the first 90 days of its existence. There will also be a period where the book will be available for free. Details to follow!<br />
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A blurb:<br />
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<u><span style="color: #010101; font-family: 'Times','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Found Nothing</span></u><span style="color: #010101; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is the first story in the compilation <u>Found Nothing, Coming Home</u>. Within it, we meet Ron Collins - a superior personage with inferior prospects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a young man struggling to come to terms with his failures, Ron looks to his on-again girlfriend, Anna, for support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the story, each of them finds that they are unable to cope with their own inflated expectations, which causes Ron to descend deeper into a denied yet stubborn depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both intense and revealing, <u>Found Nothing</u> explores the emerging problem of being young, educated, and unsuccessful</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #010101; font-family: 'Times','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">End blurb.</span><br />
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Any and all updates will be here. Come back soon, ya hear?Static Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601625279349661782noreply@blogger.com0