I love good writing. Here's some I stumbled upon on Digg, because I couldn't get past its teaser line and just *had* to click on it:
How My Life Was Eventually Changed by a Stranger's Offer to Supply Me With Knives | | | | | | | | | | | How My Life Was Eventually Changed by a Stranger's Off...John Darnielle, author of Wolf in White Van and lead singer of The Mountain Goats, on finding inspiration in his inbox. | | | | View on www.buzzfeed.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | Cool, thought I. During at least a couple of periods of my life I have been an appreciator of fine sharp-edged weapons, so I decided to read it. As I continued, I found to my delight that it was less about the sharp edge of knives than it was the sharp edge of good writing. It was a treatise on the creative process itself, backtracking the author's discovery of the idea that provides the pivotal point of his novel, "Wolf in White Van." Suffice it to say that I was so knocked out by this Buzzfeed article that I immediately ordered the novel. It sounds *wonderful* to me: Wolf in White Van | John Darnielle | Macmillan | | | | | | | | | | | Wolf in White Van | John Darnielle | MacmillanLong-listed for the 2014 National Book Award in fictionWelcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move. I... | | | | View on us.macmillan.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | |
