posted by Neil
So, last year I recorded a piece for a This American Life episode about adventure. It's a little memoir about adventures, and how I mostly don't have them.
It wasn't the piece I originally wrote, though, which was a short story. Or rather, it was the piece I originally wrote. Ira Glass wasn't sure about the personal one, when I sent it over, and wanted a short story, so I wrote a short story instead, but the producers preferred the personal memoir, and outvoted him, so that was what I recorded.
Ira Glass still liked the short story, and mentioned to Dave Eggars that I had a short story that he liked that nobody had read, and Dave Eggars wrote to my agent and asked if he could read it for McSweeneys, and I was happy that it wasn't going to be completely forgotten forever (I'd already forgotten it existed, and hadn't given it to anyone or submitted it anywhere, so it was just sitting getting dusty on a hard drive somewhere). I wasn't sure if it was any good, and had to be nudged by Dave several times to send it. It was called Adventure Story.
Having emailled it to Dave I forgot about it again. And then, in the post, this arrived:
I opened it. And I thought, I've got story in McSweeneys!
I read the story, a little nervously, now it was printed, and thought, and it's good.
It's a great issue of McSweeney's. The Jason Jagel comic insert, Topsy Turvy, is wonderful, the collected writing is, as always, excellent, varied, powerful (the book 2 account of a week in Rwanda; the writing that inspired the Egyptian uprising...). Beautiful production values.
You can get a copy of it at McSweeneys: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeneys-issue-40
I'm really happy and proud and thrilled to be in it. Thank you, Ira Glass.
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The New York Times has a page of me talking about books and what I'm reading and suchlike on it. (The blue picture is Jillian Tamaki's wonderful picture of me from it.) (They edited out the bit where I had President Obama talking about a hooker eating a man with her nether bits, which in retrospect might have been wise, but made that section less funny.)
It wasn't the piece I originally wrote, though, which was a short story. Or rather, it was the piece I originally wrote. Ira Glass wasn't sure about the personal one, when I sent it over, and wanted a short story, so I wrote a short story instead, but the producers preferred the personal memoir, and outvoted him, so that was what I recorded.
Ira Glass still liked the short story, and mentioned to Dave Eggars that I had a short story that he liked that nobody had read, and Dave Eggars wrote to my agent and asked if he could read it for McSweeneys, and I was happy that it wasn't going to be completely forgotten forever (I'd already forgotten it existed, and hadn't given it to anyone or submitted it anywhere, so it was just sitting getting dusty on a hard drive somewhere). I wasn't sure if it was any good, and had to be nudged by Dave several times to send it. It was called Adventure Story.
Having emailled it to Dave I forgot about it again. And then, in the post, this arrived:
I read the story, a little nervously, now it was printed, and thought, and it's good.
It's a great issue of McSweeney's. The Jason Jagel comic insert, Topsy Turvy, is wonderful, the collected writing is, as always, excellent, varied, powerful (the book 2 account of a week in Rwanda; the writing that inspired the Egyptian uprising...). Beautiful production values.
You can get a copy of it at McSweeneys: https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeneys-issue-40
I'm really happy and proud and thrilled to be in it. Thank you, Ira Glass.
...
The New York Times has a page of me talking about books and what I'm reading and suchlike on it. (The blue picture is Jillian Tamaki's wonderful picture of me from it.) (They edited out the bit where I had President Obama talking about a hooker eating a man with her nether bits, which in retrospect might have been wise, but made that section less funny.)
Do you prefer a book that makes you laugh or makes you cry? One that teaches you something or one that distracts you?
Yes.
Wait, do you think those things are exclusive? That books can only be one or the other? I would rather read a book with all of those things in it: a laughing, crying, educating, distractin0 Comments on An extremely exciting week as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
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I just submitted this to Illustration Friday for their topic 'Swarm'. It is a watercolor on Liberte paper from a sketchbook 80 lb. cold press. The paints used were DaVinci and Winsor Newton. I have added texture and detail with pencil. The materials were what I had on hand not a preference and welcome finding out other peoples experience and preferences of materials.
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Love his expression Dayle, he is super cute and looks caught in the act. ;)
Oh yes his expression is priceless! The stings won't hurt him none. Wonderful character.
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Very expressive! I haven't used DaVinci paints yet, but I do like W&N. The color pencils give it a very nice texture.