http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:01:48 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/im-back-baby.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/im-back-baby.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/im-back-baby.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:01:48 -0800 Sunday afternoon I returned from another intense and wonderful Writers in Paradise in St. Petersburg, FL. This year I was in Laura Lippman's workshop and she was fantastic. The guest speakers (Richard Price and Ann Hood) were both fascinating an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/im-back-baby.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e398d80e5f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/grifter-movies.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/grifter-movies.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/grifter-movies.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:18:39 -0700 Grifter Movies I've seen The Grifters The Lady Eve Paper Moon The Sting House of Cards The Spanish Prisoner Big Hand for a Little Lady Catch Me if You Can Heartbreakers Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Six Degrees of Separation To watch Nine Queens (AKA... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/grifter-movies.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e398a265f70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cons & grifts http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/inside-the-murder-book.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/inside-the-murder-book.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/inside-the-murder-book.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:21:07 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989f6f150003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989f6f150003-50si" alt="08-19-07 016" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/inside-the-murder-book.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989f597c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/writerly-bi-polarity.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/writerly-bi-polarity.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/writerly-bi-polarity.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:33:59 -0700 Sometimes you think your work is The Shit, sometimes you think your work ain't shit. Sometimes you pinball between those two extremes a dozen times within a couple seconds. Tomorrow is the 15th. It's all but assurred I won't make my goal of a ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/writerly-bi-polarity.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989db0770001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> progress http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/last-night.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/last-night.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/last-night.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:43:30 -0700 I wrote the last line of my novel. Hold that applause. It's not the end of this draft. I have several scenes in the middle that I have yet to write and a few transitions as well. But I am getting close to finishing this draft and it's excitin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/last-night.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989c1a650002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing process http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/this-week-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/this-week-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/this-week-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:12:01 -0700 This week I read Matchstick Men; A Novel About Grifters With Issues by Eric Garcia. Because I am writing a book about a con-artist I resisted reading this or watching the Nicholas Cage movie based on it until now. This ain't no Paper Moon, t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/this-week-i-read.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900e3989c285a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books reading http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/another-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/another-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/another-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:51:27 -0700 Perhaps a bit more dubious. Yesterday for the first time I successfully picked a regular pin-tumbler lock. I was able to repeat the feat a couple of times too. The things we do in the name of research. Not for actual research, but that's our... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/another-achievement.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900d4144024f8685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> research http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/it-wasnt-faith.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/it-wasnt-faith.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/it-wasnt-faith.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:11:54 -0700 I've never had faith that I could finish this book. That's actually been one of my biggest obstacles to finishing. Kind of like punching yourself in the crotch. But this weekend for the first time ever, I started to believe I might actually fi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/it-wasnt-faith.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900d41442f0d86a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sequels faith progress http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/first-an-apology.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/first-an-apology.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/first-an-apology.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:50:39 -0700 I haven't been around. I apologize, but it's kind of a good sign. I got moved. I got unpacked/stowed enough to have a housewarming party while my sister was in town. I got sick and then better. I got writing done. Not the whole time. I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/first-an-apology.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900cd973743114cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> apology progress http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/a-little-inside-baseball-for-ya.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(GriftWriter) http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/a-little-inside-baseball-for-ya.html?_c=feed-rss http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/a-little-inside-baseball-for-ya.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:26:10 -0700 Laura Lippman is a mystery novelist with a series, and several standalones one of which "What the Dead Know" just broke her for the first time on the NYT Bestsellers list. I met her both years at Writers in Paradise and she so bright you can tell... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://griftwriter.vox.com/library/post/a-little-inside-baseball-for-ya.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252b84b5f21900d414290ab06a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> linky inside-baseball