"You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone." John Ciardi (US poet,1916 - 1986) [Quote supplied by the Quotations Page] Oh, so true -

Woooooooo HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And that, my friends, is the sound of me passing the 50,000 words finish line, which I did at about 4pm today while sat in the Roast Caf in Belfast with several other WriMos. I was smug. I admit it. I think I was owed a bit...

First off, an explanation - or confession, however you prefer to read it. Between 1995 and 2006, one of my main pastimes was MOOing: taking part in online text-based roleplaying games run on the MOO platform, generally ones based on Anne McCaffrey's...

Although Thanksgiving in the US isn't till next Thursday, the last Exquisite Corpse poem in which I took part has been all about giving thanks. It's hosted on Champagne Dreams, and it's called

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... the sound of me passing 40,000 words, five days ahead of schedule. I'm aiming for 50,000 by the end of Sunday, which means a reasonably easy 2,500 words a day for the next four. The usual daily goal is 1,667, but I've...