Tip of the Quill: A Journal

Category Archives: Voice: Tip of the Quill

Bookwhat?

Every so often, you come across a site that’s much like your own, so much so that it makes you laugh out loud as you click through its pages. All Inkblots fans should be sure to visit Bookslut, an Austin-based literary webzine that’s doing more or less exactly what we were when we got started […]

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Chalk up another one.

I feel like there’s something introspective, something deeply reflective I should be writing here. Today’s my birthday. 25, to be exact. It’s a strange birthday, one of those not-young-but-not-old birthdays. It feels like a pretty good place to be, and I feel like I’m doing pretty well for 25. Trying to start up my own […]

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Quick revelation.

I wonder if there’s any connection between Dan Pink‘s Free Agent Nation rise of work-at-home consultants, TiVo and the rise of nifty television programming for fairly intelligent people (Naked Chef, Junkyard Wars, Monster Garage, Trading Spaces, The West Wing etc. etc.). I know that there are a lot of days that I’ll put on what […]

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So that’s what he’s up to these days.

From The Guardian: The Reinvention of Jamie “Naked Chef” Oliver. Apparently our favorite “pukka” chef is now teaching unemployed young Brits how to become chefs. Good on ya, Jamie. Somebody tell The Food Network to start airing this, quick.

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Damn, snow!

Whoa. Last night they were calling for snow. A lot of snow. Every time “they” call for “a lot” of snow, we get something like half an inch, if that. Winters here in Maryland aren’t diddly squat compared to some of the rip-roaring, blizzard-snorting winters we used to have back in my day in Ohio. […]

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So I’ve got a question.

Recently, the idea of what it means to be “a good American” was brought up in conversation. What does it really mean to be a good American, in the eyes of the government? Is it nodding and smiling to whatever the current administration says? Is it openly criticizing the government in times of national crisis? […]

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Welcome to the neighborhood.

Mad props go out to our own Mad Billy C, who has just started up his own brand spankin’ new weblog. Welcome to the iHood, yo.

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Trembling with ambition.

Ever found yourself staring at a project of such magnitude that it has you quivering at your own sheer gall? This winter marks Inkblots’ seventh year in existence and the launch of a more ambitious format. I’m putting the calendar together as we speak, and lo, it’s a thing to behold. 🙂

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What a rush!

I just did a fantastic interview with two of the folks behind Born Magazine for our upcoming winter edition. Look for it to go live sometime in January. We got to talk about a lot of great things, from the philosophy of collaborative poetry to digital storytelling. It’s always an amazing high to speak with […]

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An extension of yourself.

One of my projects for this week is revamping either geoffreylong.com or dreamsbay.com. They both need it, and they’re intertwined with each other as tightly as a double helix. I’m looking to extend the scope of geoffreylong.com to more than just my portfolio, but now I’m beginning to feel a little of that “how much […]

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