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Musica Extremis06 Jul 2003 - Time Experiments26 Jun 2003 - Introduction Millennium Roadtrip05 Jul 2001 - Grand Subtleties and Evil Gods04 Jul 2001 - A Use for Kudzu 03 Jul 2001 - Marbled Angels Against Spanish Moss 02 Jul 2001 - Thirteen Foot Gators and the Pecan Scam 01 Jul 2001 - Pelican Watching 30 Jun 2001 - TANSTAAFL 29 Jun 2001 - Holiday Spirit 28 Jun 2001 - Bugs Bunny, UN Peace Envoy 27 Jun 2001 - Appalachian Magic 26 Jun 2001 - I Slept with Your Boyfriend 25 Jun 2001 - Opening Moves Others15 Jun 2003 - The Worst of the Worst Voting Scandal03 Aug 2002 - Incompetence Watch #2 27 Jul 2002 - Incompetence Watch #1 01 Apr 2002 - If I Can't Have You, Can I At Least Have My Gator? 18 Mar 2002 - Manager Me 04 Jan 2002 - The Evil Masterminds in Exile Club 03 Jan 2002 - Leave Me the Hell Alone, Government 13 Aug 2001 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles 12 Aug 2001 - TV Licenced to Kill 24 Jun 2001 - Let's Dream New Dreams 23 Jun 2001 - Internet Anarchy in the UK 22 Jun 2001 - Fame at Last 21 Jun 2001 - Cast Out the Beam 20 Jun 2001 - Pubic Hair in a To Go Box 19 Jun 2001 - The Sweets of Solitude 18 Jun 2001 - Lemonade 17 Jun 2001 - Kyoto Rows 16 Jun 2001 - The Anarchists' Travelling Circus 15 Jun 2001 - The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing 14 Jun 2001 - Emperor, Where Art Thou? 13 Jun 2001 - The Unexpected Thankyou 12 Jun 2001 - Description for a Passive Morning 11 Jun 2001 - Chapter and Verse 10 Jun 2001 - Stoned Porn Stars and Temporary Marriage 29 May 2001 - Left Knuckles: Hate 28 May 2001 - Right Knuckles: Love 27 May 2001 - Lego Arcology 26 May 2001 - Public Soft Toy Massage 25 May 2001 - Grandma to a Village 24 May 2001 - Private Ephemera Detective at Your Service 23 May 2001 - Free Sex with Tom Cruise! 22 May 2001 - The Great Dr Pepper Manhunt 21 May 2001 - Edgar Allan Poe on Junk Mail 20 May 2001 - Pondering Over Jane's Breasts 19 May 2001 - We Pledge Allegiance... 18 May 2001 - This Aphorism Affliction 17 May 2001 - Talk of Freedom, Talk of Ale 16 May 2001 - This Creation Business 15 May 2001 - The Rain Within 14 May 2001 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish 13 May 2001 - Oh, to Be Able to Add CQT After My Name 12 May 2001 - Without Understanding and Never Twice the Same 11 May 2001 - A Modern Day Robin Hood 10 May 2001 - Sage Advice on Kids from One with None 09 May 2001 - Most Open of Diaries, Most Open of Lives 08 May 2001 - Dead as a Dodo? 07 May 2001 - The Day of the Jinx 06 May 2001 - A Mid-Spring Night's Dream 05 May 2001 - Will, Will and Gramma Grace 04 May 2001 - On Courtesy, Chaos and How a Coach Can Train a Bus 03 May 2001 - Beware Falling Pianos 02 May 2001 - The Bumbling Bureaucracy Battling Gene 01 May 2001 - Getting Out of This Country 30 Apr 2001 - A Secret Elven Weather Control Experiment 29 Apr 2001 - The Most Divisive Issue in the World 28 Apr 2001 - Polymath Wanna Cracker? 27 Apr 2001 - Famous for Fifteen Minutes 26 Apr 2001 - A Shameful Attempt at a Blatant Bribe 25 Apr 2001 - Incensed and Censoring the Census 24 Apr 2001 - Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell 23 Apr 2001 - The Great Vampire Kitten Conspiracy |
The Million Word MarchThe Million Word March is my long term writing project, inspired by Jerry Pournelle's article on writers and writing.His advice was pretty simple. Set aside a couple of hours a day, he said, on a PC with no games and no internet connection, and write. More importantly, finish what you write. By the time you've reached a million words, if not before, you'll be a writer. So I started, back in 2001, to write a piece a day. I set myself an hour to start and finish a piece, and it got easier and easier as time went on, mostly because I got used to the routine. In recent years I've been busy with many things, not least emigrating to the United States, but I've kept writing all the while. While I haven't updated these pages in some time, I am still busy working on the Million Word March. Some of these pieces are small parts of a larger whole. The Millennium Roadtrip pages comprise a tour I took through the United States in 2000, though I'm unlikely to finish the last couple of articles. The two Musica Extremis pieces are the beginning of something that will become an important project for me in years to come, namely a serious investigation of extreme musical art, but I have another project on the go first. I've gained enough confidence to tackle a major project, so I am currently researching and writing a full length travelogue through the IMDb Top 250 Films. When I feel it is ready, I will post it here as part of the Million Word March. My rough estimates suggest that the book will comprise around 250,000 words. As of May 2005, I am over 80,000 words in, making my total for the March just short of 200,000 words, or a fifth of the target. The Million Word March is listed with the most recent piece first, so if you want to start at the beginning, that would be the bottom of this page. My favourite of all my articles is This Aphorism Affliction, but the best could well be Grand Subtleties and Evil Gods, my travelogue of Washington DC. Certainly the most popular seems to be Pubic Hair in a To Go Box, an unofficial top ten list of rules for eating out in public. Wherever you start, enjoy! My favourite e-mails are always those that come right out of the blue. I've had some wonderful mails in the past from people who wanted to comment on articles they had read in the Million Word March and I'm always happy to receive more. Please feel free to write to me, whatever you have to say about my writing.
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