Word Pirates

Slate asked some writers what font they preferred. The winner seems to be Courier.
So that’s why I’m not a best-selling writer yet! Stupid Times New Roman…
~ Joy

Word Pirates,
Last night’s meeting was swell. We were inspired by the beginning of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Breakfast of Champions where he breaks U.S. culture down into very simple terms. He explains America as though he were explaining it to a child, breaking down all facts to their smallest components. By doing this, he creates a […]

Quick. Think of a really famous American writer. OK, is this person an alcoholic? Probably! The profession is filled with souses!
Writers – and other artists – are known as booze hounds. No surprise there. But I still find it really fascinating. I am hard-pressed to make a list of great writers that isn’t at least […]

Last night we celebrated Word Pirates’ slightly belated birthday with a delicious fruit-ladened cheesecake provided by Marcia. Happy one year birthday Word Pirates!
At last night’s meeting we covered a lot. We covered so much that Marcia and I forgot to have people read their work at the beginning of the meeting. First, we talked about […]

OK, so the “adorable baby” part may have been a ploy to get your attention. But there is a campaign to save book reviews, led by the National Book Critics Circle.
Over the past five years, one by one, newspapers have begun to forsake books and their readers. … Not long ago, the San Francisco Chronicle […]