I'm starting up a new short story today. Two goals: (1) make it good and (2) make it long enough to be an actual short story, as opposed to a short-short (which is what all my short stories are right now).
Sneak Peek: Wiki says, 'The term [mortgage] comes from the Old French, dead pledge.'
And...I decided to become a writer. So, this is a blog for me--and whoever ends up reading me, hopefully--to see my progress. Right now I'm studying at Oberlin College, but I also write and read all the time, and consider writing to be my main profession.
Some of my favorite books/authors: The Elementary Particles, The Stranger, shorts by Mary Gaitskill, The Golden Ass, Honeymoon, Plato, anything by Raymond Carver, Edith Wharton, Alyce Miller, Isabel Allende, Lolita, essays by Bertrand Russell, shorts by Jhumpa Lahiri, Classics are always good; Philip Larkin, John Donne and Denise Levertov are wonderful poets.
I have a website where you can view my writing, too. It's http://writersonthemarina.jottit.com .
