Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's blog suspended

" The Los Angeles Times has suspended the blog of a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who posed as a reader to defend his own column and attack his conservative critics."

'Casablanca' tops list of 101 best screenplays

" The Writers Guild of America has chosen Casablanca as the greatest screenplay ever. Written by Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein and Howard Koch, the screenplay was based on a play called Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison."

Putting the party back into politics

"It's unheard of to see hipsters waiting in line outside the Mission District's Make-Out Room club at the ordinarily sleepy hour of 7 p.m. on a Monday. Especially ones ready to pay at least $10 to get into a...

Houston, We Have a NaNoWriMo Go

The accouterments of writing are all here: laptop, note pad, pot of coffee, bottle of aspirin, comfortable slippers, pipe. If I was Hemingway, I'd need a bottle of JD number 7, but I think that's more appropriate...

NaNoWriMo T Minus 2

So here I am on the first day of my vacation, waiting for the NaNoWriMo to kick off. I'm gathering thoughts about what to do, what to write, and at elevenish on a Saturday morning, the most important thing of all...

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