Talking WriteMax!® by Christopher Wachlin
A Short Story by Christopher Wachlin
Welcome. And thank you for joining us. My name is Steve Pyradine. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard people say, “I wish I were creative”. As an actor, people often tell me they’d like to be in the movies. Sometimes they wish they could paint. But more than anything else, I hear people say they wish they could write. Great writing amazes people. It inspires them. But people are often scared. They’re intimidated by the difficulties up ahead, like lions in the jungle, ready to pounce. Sadly, they’re right. Writing is difficult, and not a suitable occupation for everyone. But we have a powerful, proven program to start you on your way to a career in the writing industry, and we can do it today. It’s called WriteMax!®, and it was designed by a visionary man named Wilson Damien. Mr. Damien built this program with beginners and experts in mind, and he’s here today to explain how it works. Please let me introduce you to the man who has helped so many people just like you unleash their creative juices. Wilson Damien.
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Cooking Meat Advances Evolution?
Where would literature be without its accolades, addicts, deaths, raconteurs and Japanese authors? For that matter, where would DSM be without its bearskin rug and salt and pepper ascot? Shudder the thought. But spare no fret, dear reader. Come, plop down next to us and let’s enjoy what’s proper in this madcap literary world. First up, in what’s already being hailed as the most talented lineup in years, the 2009 Man-Booker Long List has been announced. A famed expert and translator of Russian Literature has died. The first public review of Murakami’s new novel has arrived. It’s found on a blog called Neojaponisme. A former pill-popping author discusses his book about pill-popping and William T. Vollmann, himself a writer with narcotic tendencies, talks with Charles McGrath in the N.Y. Times. Finally, a Harvard professor living in Uganda has surprising insights about grilling meat and human evolution. Time to break out the bratwurst. — Kevin Murphy
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Wednesday's Writerly Happenings
