Bittersweet Archive
Entries by Title
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- Brick and Mortar
- The most wonderful lover in the world, and other adventures in public relations
- I love the smell of WiFi in the morning
- Moving is such sweet sorrow
- Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…
- Comic-Con 2008 Gallery
- Recovering from Comic-Con 2008
- Off to Comic-Con
- Please pardon this crass commercial interruption...
- Step beyond the velvet rope
- Speed dating for authors
- The naked truth
- Hell hath no fury like a teen girl deprived of her cell phone--a rant on why the Waltons had it easy
- It’s your baby, Rosemary!
- The 4th of July. Keeping fire departments and burn-wards in business since 1776
- “An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.”
- There’s no place like, well, you know…
- Awake in the city that never sleeps
- Live from the Hotel Chelsea
- Packing my bags for NYC
- Psst...
- Good news for the functionally illiterate
- Willkommen in der Hotel Panama
- Clothing makes the man––insane
- Summertime and the blogging's easy
- You should never judge a book by its lack of cover
- Polls never lie, they just exaggerate a little
- A "blurb" is not the sound you make when you laugh and milk shoots out of your nose
- One room––non-stabbing, please
- Uncle Harry
- In the words of Pinocchio: “Now I’m a real boy”
- Contrary to popular belief, a dangling participle is not a euphemism for a male body part
- Judge a tree by its fruit
- Oxymoron of the day: Utah Jazz
- One million dollars––what’s that in Canadian?
- Dead men (normally) tell no tales
- "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -- Mark Twain
- Strange, pseudo-inspiring snippet for the day
- Celebrity Deathmatch: Paris Hilton vs. Anna Karenina
- A king without a sword, a book without a title...
- What’s that strange glowing orb in the sky?
- Storyland vs. Storyville
- Gonna get my geek on
- The author as a franchise (Or why I wish I could hire someone to write this blog for me)
- Rated R—for racist?
- Where the boys aren't
- God is in the details, along with a whole bunch of other people, including you
- Festival of the Book report
- Good news!
- Why guys never stop and ask for directions
- A picture is worth 20,000 words
- A moment of silence
- Are you alliterate?
- The revolution will be podcast
- Editing is such sweet sorrow
- Festival of the whaaa?
- A perfect office, complete with padded walls, part deux
- Fight Club: Hillary & Obama
- American Gods: Hillary & Obama
- A perfect office, complete with padded walls
- "I love the FedEx guy because he's a drug dealer and he doesn't even know it.” – Mitch Hedberg
- My book (group) report
- Once more unto the breach, dear friends
- Today's oxymoron: Smart TV shows
- Halfway home
- Very. Short. Blog. Post.
- New York is calling
- Celebrity endorsements on acid
- The winter of my (dis)content
- Drinking the Kool-Aid
- Beating the !@#$%! out of cancer
- Blog 0. Research 1.
- The full report on my partial
- A geek gathering of biblical proportions
- The WGA writers is still on stryke. Or why hiring scab labur is a rilly rilly bad idea.
- Feeding your inner voyeur, and other fun
- The glamorous life
- It’s not loitering if you’re holding a Starbucks cup
- The hours
- 300
- A gratuitously long year in review
- Lucky numbers
- And the dead shall write again
- Facebook vs. MySpace
- Ya know, sometimes we do look alike
- Ford. Jamie Ford
- MySpace, the final frontier
- Ho Ho Horrors
- Cannibalism. The ultimate low-carb diet.
- Becoming one with my keyboard
- It's sorta...my um...first um...radio interview
- It wasn't Ed McMahon, but...
- "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers"-- Henry VI, William Shakespeare
- I was the man in the gray flannel suit
- Write your own dang headline
- I love it like a sick, three-legged puppy
- 分かりませんでした
- Greetings from Seattle
- A Bitter & Sweet update
- Happy Halloween. Stay hydrated
- I've seen fire and rain and Night Ranger and Ratt and...
- Color blind
- “Oh, the humanity!”
- An orgy of books
- When vanity press just isn't vain enough
- The real reason why writers drink
- This week we'll explore the fascinating world of barnacles, writers and other flightless birds
- Ghosts of Halloween past
- Casper the Hungry Ghost
- I surf like white people dance
- The oh-so glamorous life of a writer
- A public service announcement: Would the last short story writer please turn off the lights?
- No longer a meme virgin
- Marlboro: come to where the cancer is
- Missing links
- Writers Anonymous
- In the hot seat
- I'd rather be Stan Lee than Hugh Hefner any day
- Open Pants Night, part deux
- What really goes on between clients and agents
- When you're at your second best
- Congrats! Now do it again...
- Deal or no deal? Deal!
- R.I.P. Dewey Decimal System
- Southern-fried gothic
- Vacation in the Garden of Good and Evil
- Good news for those with short attention spans
- Chinatown, circa 2007
- LOTTERY, live from Seattle
- Getting ready for my close-up, Mr. DeVille
- Book titles and other mysteries of the universe
- News so good, I can’t share it yet
- The few. The proud. The blogroll.
- I drink my milk, love my mother and date nice girls
- Library funding, now overdue
- Check your rapier, dagger and cell phone at the door
- Of Mules in Horse Harness
- The Hardy Boys, and other forms of child abuse
- Der beste Titel aller Zeit
- Bootcamp––one year later
- An ode to summertime cinema
- "You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll kiss eight bucks goodbye."
- In memory of Memorial Day
- Obedience vs. following your heart
- Baiting the hook
- My ambassador of kwan
- I've made up my mind
- Patience is a !@#$% virtue
- And my new agent is...
- I got the call!
- "Holy free stuff, Batman!"
- Riding the query-go-round
- Make time for the Endless Hour
- Query letters, junk mail, and what exactly are you going to do with that million dollars from Ed McMahon?
- “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
- Have you seen this guy?
- Last call!
- A few random thoughts on editing. Or why this darn headline really needs to be much shorter
- On board the Glimmer Train
- Postcards from the edge
- Open Pants Night
- Please, judge these books by their covers
- Giving birth. The pain. The mess. The joy.
- There is no finish line
- Self-imposed deadlines and other forms of self-abuse
- Short stories. How short? Six words.
- Performance anxiety, or why I feel like I’m 16 again
- Barnes & Noble, or Broadway?
- Writing romance, and other manly pursuits
- Writing a book is like giving birth
- Where's Neil?
- Unpacking my flannel
- Next stop, Seattle 1942
- It's not the size of the needle, it's what you do with it
- NUM3ERS
- Thoughts on pen names. Or why I’ll never be an unpronounceable symbol like Prince
- Where were you five years ago?
- On Becoming a Novelist
- Oh, Canada
- Pale Immortal, now available
- 20,000 words
- Frankenstein on ice
- “One of us, one of us!"
- The Lonely Moon Short Fiction Contest, plus an interview with a vampire (writer)
- Research, it’s not just for spores, molds and funguses
- Coming home a different person
- Must. Sleep. Now.
- There's no growth in the comfort zone
- "Crap! I’m late––I gotta go buy some cocaine."
- Babe Ruth would have made a great author
- Friends with benefits
- The way of all flesh
- Whipped
- "The job of an artist is to set your synapses on fire."
- It’s official. I’m going postal.
- You’ll read this blog entry like Michael Jackson gently caressing the pages of Tiger Beat Magazine
- What would you write about if you knew you could never fail? (Think about it).
- Look who’s stalking
- The 4th of July. Keeping fire departments and burn-wards in business since 1776
- Coming out of the literary closet
- How to train your spouse (to be your wise reader)
- Where the boys are
- Head on down the Midnight Road
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Saturday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Friday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Thursday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Podcast
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Wednesday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Tuesday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Monday
- Uncle Orson’s Literary Boot Camp—Sunday
- Weekend update
- Say hello to my lil' friend
- Shhhh! I’m trying to write about the Library
- This story is not unique
- Brave new world
- Don't call him slow
- Welcome to Geekistan. Population: me.
- Before reality TV, there was Charles Bukowski
- Personal twist or codpiece fetish?
- What we leave behind
- Lock up your daughters––it's Authors on Tour
- Art School Confidential
- Miscellaneous Monday
- ( I’m speechless )
- Through a glass darkly
- The horrors of childhood
- Playing with your food, and other causes of blindness
- Meth by day. Book by night.
- Schlock the Vote
- Oprah's Book Club is proud to announce...
- Latest sign of the Apocalypse
- Who's up for some urinal soccer?
- Dealing with complacency. Or, why I’ll get around to writing a funnier headline later
- When you’re little you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and yourself
- Wal-Mart über alles
- Go ask Alyce
- Killing the ones you love
- No soup for you
- My obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Does that period look funny to you?)
- Year of the Pig
- Amazon is watching you
- The literary country club
- I used to be Chinese
- Gallery of the Absurd
- How old is too old? Put on your bifocals and read this.
- Jessica Simpson plans to bare her commodious lexicon
- Dysfunction runs in the family
- Admit it, you've read The Da Vinci Code too
- Kleenex sales went up last week
- John Mellencamp was right
- Performance anxiety, and a strange coincidence
- A white lie
- My funny valentine
- I know American Idol is on, turn off your TV anyway
- Group therapy––yes or no? No really, let it all out...
- In praise of sublime weirdness
- I'm predicting a close one. Seahawks 73, Steelers 7
- Speaking in Public vs. Rectal Exams
- Rewriting: Step Three--brought to you by NyQuil
- Rewriting: Step Two
- Rewriting: Step One
- Hell reports freezing overnight temperatures.
- Rewrite in Seattle
- A threesome every creative person fantasizes about
- Rewrite, or extreme makeover?
- James Frey's career––now in rehab.
- Beyonre genre.
- Of all the Hasidic reggae rappers, this guy is my fav.
Entries by Week
Click on a week below to view a list of articles published during that week.
- August 31, 2008 - September 6, 2008 (2)
- August 24, 2008 - August 30, 2008 (1)
- August 10, 2008 - August 16, 2008 (1)
- August 3, 2008 - August 9, 2008 (1)
- July 27, 2008 - August 2, 2008 (2)
- July 20, 2008 - July 26, 2008 (2)
- July 13, 2008 - July 19, 2008 (3)
- July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 (2)
- June 29, 2008 - July 5, 2008 (3)
- June 22, 2008 - June 28, 2008 (3)
- June 15, 2008 - June 21, 2008 (4)
- June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 (1)
- June 1, 2008 - June 7, 2008 (3)
- May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008 (2)
- May 18, 2008 - May 24, 2008 (2)
- May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008 (2)
- May 4, 2008 - May 10, 2008 (2)
- April 27, 2008 - May 3, 2008 (2)
- April 20, 2008 - April 26, 2008 (3)
- April 13, 2008 - April 19, 2008 (1)
- April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008 (3)
- March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008 (3)
- March 23, 2008 - March 29, 2008 (3)
- March 16, 2008 - March 22, 2008 (3)
- March 9, 2008 - March 15, 2008 (1)
- March 2, 2008 - March 8, 2008 (4)
- February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008 (2)
- February 17, 2008 - February 23, 2008 (4)
- February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008 (1)
- February 3, 2008 - February 9, 2008 (3)
- January 27, 2008 - February 2, 2008 (3)
- January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008 (1)
- January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008 (3)
- January 6, 2008 - January 12, 2008 (3)
- December 30, 2007 - January 5, 2008 (2)
- December 16, 2007 - December 22, 2007 (3)
- December 9, 2007 - December 15, 2007 (3)
- December 2, 2007 - December 8, 2007 (3)
- November 25, 2007 - December 1, 2007 (1)
- November 18, 2007 - November 24, 2007 (2)
- November 11, 2007 - November 17, 2007 (2)
- November 4, 2007 - November 10, 2007 (2)
- October 28, 2007 - November 3, 2007 (4)
- October 21, 2007 - October 27, 2007 (3)
- October 14, 2007 - October 20, 2007 (3)
- October 7, 2007 - October 13, 2007 (2)
- September 30, 2007 - October 6, 2007 (4)
- September 23, 2007 - September 29, 2007 (3)
- September 16, 2007 - September 22, 2007 (2)
- September 9, 2007 - September 15, 2007 (3)
- September 2, 2007 - September 8, 2007 (1)
- August 26, 2007 - September 1, 2007 (3)
- August 19, 2007 - August 25, 2007 (2)
- August 12, 2007 - August 18, 2007 (2)
- August 5, 2007 - August 11, 2007 (2)
- July 29, 2007 - August 4, 2007 (1)
- July 15, 2007 - July 21, 2007 (1)
- July 8, 2007 - July 14, 2007 (1)
- July 1, 2007 - July 7, 2007 (2)
- June 24, 2007 - June 30, 2007 (1)
- June 17, 2007 - June 23, 2007 (2)
- June 10, 2007 - June 16, 2007 (1)
- June 3, 2007 - June 9, 2007 (2)
- May 27, 2007 - June 2, 2007 (1)
- May 20, 2007 - May 26, 2007 (2)
- May 13, 2007 - May 19, 2007 (3)
- May 6, 2007 - May 12, 2007 (1)
- April 29, 2007 - May 5, 2007 (3)
- April 22, 2007 - April 28, 2007 (1)
- April 15, 2007 - April 21, 2007 (1)
- March 25, 2007 - March 31, 2007 (1)
- February 25, 2007 - March 3, 2007 (1)
- January 7, 2007 - January 13, 2007 (1)
- December 31, 2006 - January 6, 2007 (1)
- December 24, 2006 - December 30, 2006 (1)
- December 17, 2006 - December 23, 2006 (1)
- December 10, 2006 - December 16, 2006 (3)
- November 26, 2006 - December 2, 2006 (1)
- November 12, 2006 - November 18, 2006 (1)
- November 5, 2006 - November 11, 2006 (1)
- October 29, 2006 - November 4, 2006 (1)
- October 22, 2006 - October 28, 2006 (1)
- October 15, 2006 - October 21, 2006 (1)
- October 8, 2006 - October 14, 2006 (1)
- October 1, 2006 - October 7, 2006 (2)
- September 24, 2006 - September 30, 2006 (1)
- September 17, 2006 - September 23, 2006 (2)
- September 10, 2006 - September 16, 2006 (2)
- September 3, 2006 - September 9, 2006 (3)
- August 27, 2006 - September 2, 2006 (2)
- August 20, 2006 - August 26, 2006 (2)
- August 13, 2006 - August 19, 2006 (2)
- August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 (1)
- July 30, 2006 - August 5, 2006 (3)
- July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 (2)
- July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006 (2)
- July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 (3)
- July 2, 2006 - July 8, 2006 (2)
- June 25, 2006 - July 1, 2006 (2)
- June 18, 2006 - June 24, 2006 (2)
- June 11, 2006 - June 17, 2006 (8)
- June 4, 2006 - June 10, 2006 (2)
- May 28, 2006 - June 3, 2006 (3)
- May 21, 2006 - May 27, 2006 (2)
- May 14, 2006 - May 20, 2006 (1)
- May 7, 2006 - May 13, 2006 (3)
- April 30, 2006 - May 6, 2006 (2)
- April 23, 2006 - April 29, 2006 (1)
- April 16, 2006 - April 22, 2006 (2)
- April 9, 2006 - April 15, 2006 (2)
- April 2, 2006 - April 8, 2006 (5)
- March 26, 2006 - April 1, 2006 (4)
- March 19, 2006 - March 25, 2006 (2)
- March 12, 2006 - March 18, 2006 (3)
- March 5, 2006 - March 11, 2006 (4)
- February 26, 2006 - March 4, 2006 (3)
- February 19, 2006 - February 25, 2006 (2)
- February 12, 2006 - February 18, 2006 (3)
- February 5, 2006 - February 11, 2006 (2)
- January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 (3)
- January 22, 2006 - January 28, 2006 (3)
- January 15, 2006 - January 21, 2006 (3)
- January 8, 2006 - January 14, 2006 (3)