Please forgive my long absence (if ya even noticed!) as I’ve not purposely neglected the Block… I’ve just been busy busy busy! Whilst feverishly sorting through things preparing for my upcoming move, though, I ran across this poem from April of 2005. I figured I’d share it, especially since poetry isn’t a realm I dive into very often since… well since around the time this was written.
Overlook the lack of capitalization and, for the most part, punctuation. When I do write poetry those often get thrown out the window.
Did the Block die? Yes and no. It seems that we have lives after all, and damn if they didn’t get busy! However, we are back! We’re not really better than ever, but we’re working on that.
A few additions grace the Block. Firstly, we finally have member profile pages! You can access those here. The plugin needs a little tweaking, but so far, so good. If you want to edit your profile, you can do this by logging in to your dashboard here.
The registration form, if you are not yet a member, has been updated too. Just a minor change, but it doth rock. You can now set your own password without having to wait for Wordpress’s random password to be emailed to you. This is especially nice if your email isn’t spam friendly.
Other updates are mostly behind the scenes and boring; I won’t go into them, but I will say that the Block will be running much more smoothly because of them. When you are… I mean… When you have a lazy administrator, this is nice.
I will also say that the Block will be neglected no more! More updates, more additions, and (most importantly) more writing!
In the meantime, please enjoy this wonderful advice from one of my favorite writers, Kurt Vonnegut.
Yah, I’m Jess. I’m 22 years old and live in Los Angeles with my boyfriend, Derek. He’s dead sexy. We’ve been together for about five months now. I own Lianhua.nu, which is sadly falling by the wayside because of my new job and classes and general lack of time. I’m working on it, I promise.
I’ve been writing since I was about five years old, and my elementary school had a big school-wide project where we all wrote, illustrated and even bound our own books. I wrote a non-fiction about tigers the first year, and in subsequent years fiction stories about a whale who couldn’t sing, a parakeet who threw a slumber party and Garth Brooks. Ahem. In high school, I decided I wanted to be a journalist, but ended up going to Sarah Lawrence College, where I decided fiction was really where I wanted to go. Eventually, I want to be able to write (fiction as well as screenplays) and translate (from French, Italian and/or Mandarin).
At the moment, though, I work for one of the largest/most-visited sites in the US. You’ve probably used it before, in fact, or at least heard of it. Anyway, I’m one of the codemonkeys. Specifically, I do the CSS/HTML for the frontend of the site. It’s pretty fun. I love my job.
I’m starting a creative writing class focused on writing drama (the good kind, not the evil kind) tonight, so hopefully the fact that I’ll have to finish some assignments will get me into a creative mindset. Or something. And then I’ll end up writing more to put up on WB as a result? I’ve got my fingers crossed.
I’ve got a little poem here that I wrote a couple of years ago as part of an adaptation/modernization of Dante’s La Vita Nuova (”The New Life”). It’s one of seventeen poems that echo the storyline of La Vita Nuova. Enjoy. Continue Reading »
After some discussion, I’ve been elected to be “in charge” of Fiction Fridays. So I thought I would start us off with a little pretend FAQ.
What is Fiction Friday? I’m glad you asked! Fiction Friday is a prompt that the staff puts up on Fridays at 12:01AM (Eastern).
Can I participate? What do I do? Anyone can participate! It’s simple! All you have to do is to take the given prompt and write whatever you want to - a poem, a story, a haiku, the possibilities are endless! - on your own site.
Do I link The Writer’s Block? A link back to The Writer’s Block is highly appreciated, but not necessary.
Okay, I wrote my _____ for Fiction Friday, now what?
Reply to the blog containing the prompt and let us know that you participated. We’ll add you to the links for that prompt so that others can read what you’ve contributed.
That’s it? Yes, you’re all done!
Do I get anything? I’m currently thinking of prizes/awards for people that participate in 5, 10,… Fiction Fridays. Nothing is set in stone yet, besides this is for FUN!
If anyone has any questions, just let me know and I’ll add them in.
I’m working on it, I promise.