http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress Where the Writer Comes to Write. Sometimes. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:54:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's time to wax philosophical about American writing and what our unique strengths are. This post will contain some vast generalizations for which there are plenty of exceptions, but I hope that the general ideas will be mostly true. For the longest time, American writers were considered an extension of British ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=198 We all write for our own reasons, but I think those reasons can be grouped into a few categories. Chances are, we all fit in most of the categories to some extent, but we probably favor one over the others. Here are my proposed groupings, all greatly generalized. 1. The Word Lover I ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=197 I was talking to Jeff Harris about zombies, a common topic around the office, and he came up with an idea that I couldn't resist. Jeff, you're my inspiration... Here is the result: Dear Editor: With great interest, I read your special issue about biometric computer authentication (May, 2009). My firm has been ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=196 PinderSoft Whiteboard (http://pindersoft.com/whiteboardps.htm) is an interesting note keeping app, set up with a whiteboard metaphor (meaning a blank screen). Its uniqueness comes from its ten tabs, which can all be renamed, plus an 11th tab for storing links. Beyond that, there’s not much to say. It’s a notes app. ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=195 This song is best when complete, but almost nobody ever sings the whole thing, completely changing Mr. Guthrie's meaning and intent. This Land Is Your Land This ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=193 I was planning a post about my file backup strategy, but I posted it at the Utah Children's Writers Blog instead. Go over there and check it out. http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=192 I blogged today, just not here. Look for my post, "Writing Good Villains," at http://utahchildrenswriters.blogspot.com. ---------------- Now playing: LadyHawke Soundtrack - Marquet's Death via FoxyTunes http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=191 I just read this one for the first time this morning, and really like it. So I'm sharing. THAT EVERYTHING'S INEVITABLE That everything's inevitable. That fate is whatever has already happened. The brain, which is as elemental, as sane, as the rest of the processing universe is. In this world, I am the surest thing. Scrunched-up ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=190 SPECULATION: ALONG THE WAY The roaring alongside he takes for granted —"Sandpiper" by Elizabeth Bishop And when, of a given evening, say, an evening laced with storm clouds skirting distance parsed by slanting light, or when the thick air of an August afternoon by the late approach of just such a storm turns ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=189 THE ALLIGATOR BRIDE The clock of my days winds down. The cat eats sparrows outside my window. Once, she brought me a small rabbit which we devoured together, under the Empire Table while the men shrieked repossessing the gold umbrella. Now the beard on my clock turns white. My cat stares into dark corners missing her gold umbrella. She is in ... http://scottrhoades.com/wordpress/?p=188