slouch.

what the fuck is the ITU?

joshuacitrak — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:18:30 +0000

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 [...]

the closing of the american mind by Alan Bloom — or — the author’s admission that he is old, useless and in the way.

joshuacitrak — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:40:29 +0000

Allan Bloom is a hysterical, raving, reactionary lunatic. He and his academia ilk are exactly the reason why education teaches kids nothing, because they know absolutely zero about the children they’re supposed to teach. mostly, this book is little more than a “get off my lawn” diatribe against any and all (race, sex, drugs, rock [...]

asshat’s lament

Mitch Mitchum — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:59:03 +0000

unemployed

let down by friends

feel so low that not even

masturbation is appealing

2:34 AM on a Tuesday

Mitch Mitchum — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:45:45 +0000

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 [...]

read ‘run’ on paragraphline.com

pookie you-know-that-guy-that-hangs-out-front-the-liquor-store-all-day — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:51:48 +0000

Some of the stories in my just finished novel, Picture Me Rollin’, are self contained enough so that I sought about publication for them in lit mags. ‘run,’ a story about a witnessed home invasion in the Western Addition, is now up on paragraphline.com

picture me rollin’

joshuacitrak — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:30:43 +0000

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

joshuacitrak — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:05:41 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:55:52 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:13:07 +0000

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

Mitch Mitchum — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:38:13 +0000

“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 [...]