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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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Tag Archive: Writing
Nov
10
2010
Wordless Wednesday: NaNoWriMo = No Words Here
It’s November. Some men grow mustaches to raise awareness and money for cancer. Some people try to write a book. Since I am genetically incapable of doing the former, I’m going to try the latter. Again. November is, in some …
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 …
Jun
20
2009
Just Get On With It Already.
Not long after college, I had this crazy relationship. One day, we’d have a montage kind of day you could set to a Goo Goo Dolls song and edit into a romantic comedy. The next, we would fight like feral …