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It’s the end of the year and the end of a decade, which means the slow, drunken descent into the holidays has officially begun and the only thing our turkey-drugged brains can handle is reading endless lists of lists. The …
About the Dad
Alan Kercinik has been a Chicagoan his whole life and a dad since 2009. He finds it easy to relate to his two boys, since he still likes most things from his childhood. All opinions here are his own, to the relief of his wife, employer, family and majority of his friends.
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Dec
01
2009
NaNoWriMo and My Epic #Fail
As I wrote here last month, I was going to try my hand at NaNoWriMo in November. It’s a rather sadistic exercise of trying to write a novel of 50,000 words in 30 days. I didn’t make it. Frankly, I …
Oct
30
2009
November Is Write On
Who would try and write a novel in one month? About 150,000 idiots, me included. I kick off National Novel Writing Month 2009 with this post.
Oct
17
2009
What’s Your Story?
Reading Nick Hornby makes me wonder: do writers only have one idea? And is that necessarily a bad thing?
Oct
02
2009
That Blue Twitter Bird Works Blue, Too.
This post is dedicated to the memory of William Safire, whose “On Language” column confounded and entertained me. ——- Last week, I roamed New York City, looking for a bookstore. I had a presentation to finish and needed coffee, free …
Sep
17
2009
The Dangers Of Raising A Boy Genius
When the wife was preggers, we did the things that I imagine most about-to-be parents do. Bought What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Bandied about names. (I look forward to telling Jack how much I lobbied, a little less than …
Sep
05
2009
I Don’t Know (Before) Jack
I like to think I know myself pretty well, but Jack has definitely shed some light on things I did not know about myself. In honor of him almost turning six months, here’s six of my favorites so far. I …
Jul
24
2009
Five Top Book To Movie Transmorgifications
Hollywood has a long, proud history of ripping off adapting stories from all kinds of source material. Toys. Videogames. Comic books. Websites (supposedly, there is a Facebook movie in the works.) Board games. Even the NOW IN DEVELOPMENT Hong Kong Phooey, …
Jul
12
2009
To e Or Not To e. That Is The Question.
As we continue to digitize ourselves, the book is being forced in for an upgrade. I feel surrounded by e-reader converts. They gush like a Monday morning after a weekend hanging out with a new potential boyfriend. It’s just like reading …
Jul
05
2009
Hunting High and Low
With the wife at work last Saturday, I planned a father-son outing for the day. We’d convinced ourselves that the boy was already enamored of books. He kicked and giggled when we read him Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! …