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what the fuck is the ITU?

By joshuacitrak, on November 15th, 2012 |

Glad you asked. It’s a UN organization that very soon will decide if the global internet is in need of some good old fashioned censorship, regulation, bandwidth throttling and lowered expectations of privacy and free speech.

We defeated PIPA and SOPA last year, now we must encourage our own government to carry out our wishes internationally. Other foreign [...]

asshat's lament

By Mitch Mitchum, on June 5th, 2012 |

unemployed

let down by friends

feel so low that not even

masturbation is appealing

2:34 AM on a Tuesday

By Mitch Mitchum, on June 5th, 2012 |

who feels gypped after a drunk fuck?

only the guy in the next apartment over listening to it through the walls while

he can’t sleep.

up worrying

about every little problem that ever flashed across his path because he can’t

grip it in his hands.

squeeze those problems around the neck until the head just

flops under its own unconscious weight.

let the [...]

picture me rollin'

By joshuacitrak, on May 9th, 2012 |

is the title of my recently finished first novel, and… it’s done. whew. that was a lot of work. seriously. 75% of the book was written in a flurry since July, which would explain the lack of posts here, the crazed look in my eye and the fact that i no longer have any friends. [...]

how to (not) to snag a literary agent

By joshuacitrak, on January 30th, 2012 |

Thought I’d link to this great post on Awkward. Lots of humor there, but lots of truth as well.

introducing your dream literary agent

By admin, on December 3rd, 2011 |

Do you have absolutely zero ideas for a book?

Or perhaps you just want to know how to properly use the little known literary trick, “ellipse-semi-colon style” (…;) properly in a sentence?

Then, here’s your man. But, fair warning: you probably don’t have the chops to get this dude to rep you.

help defeat "SOPA" H.R.3261

By admin, on November 16th, 2011 |

Non-writing related, however if H.R. 3261 does pass, it will most certainly effect the way you consume your media, books included.

While the Stop Online Piracy Act sounds like it might be a good thing, it really isn’t. It puts the ability to censor websites and their content in the hands of major corporations and the enforcement of such in the hands of third-party ISP’s, completely foregoing legal due-process for any who might be targeted. [...]

Mad Libs

By Mitch Mitchum, on November 16th, 2011 |

“I bet somebody makes a lot of money writing Mad Libs,” she said, brushing her rolled cigarette against her lips before taking a drag. “They’re probably fucking rolling in it.”

“I got these in the dollar bin,” I said. “I was just walking by and I saw them there and suddenly I wasn’t in San Francisco [...]

i'm so sick of websites with comment sections for every pathetic spew of an article they publish

By joshuacitrak, on October 19th, 2011 |

why the need to ruminate on every compartmentalized experience your imagination says you’ve gone through?

it’s one thing to be contemplative, another to worship your own narrow uniqueness, to let it dictate how you should be, and also how others should must accept you.

that’s a fucking deep-assed ditch you’ve dug there and now that you [...]

Rafe Bartholomew interviews the Don

By joshuacitrak, on October 3rd, 2011 |

I’m gonna continue my recent posts theme of reposting Grantland articles. This is fast becoming one of my favorite websites. on the 60th anniversary of the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” Rafe Bartholomew interviews Don DeLillo.

I love what Don says in regards to a question posed, Is writing a lot like sports?

When the work is [...]

what the fuck is the ITU?

asshat's lament

2:34 AM on a Tuesday

picture me rollin'

how to (not) to snag a literary agent

introducing your dream literary agent

help defeat "SOPA" H.R.3261

Mad Libs

i'm so sick of websites with comment sections for every pathetic spew of an article they publish

Rafe Bartholomew interviews the Don

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