by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2015 | 90s Monday
This is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. Talk Show Host is from the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack circa 1996, and it’s on the playlist I listen to while writing my work in progress. I’m loyal to the 1968 movie so I wasn’t crazy about this modernized...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 17, 2015 | Kafka, Quote Images
Franz Kafka in his letter to Felice Bauer, August 20, 1913 “Talking is altogether against my nature. Whatever I may say is wrong, in my sense. For me, speech robs everything I say of its seriousness and importance. To me it seems impossible that it should be...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 10, 2015 | Book Research, The Sculptor
Seeking help in choosing a bike… (for my character) 😉 I love sport bikes. I got my motorcycle license years ago and planned to buy something fast and Japanese. Then I moved to Panama where having this kind of bike is a death wish. The Husband and I were thinking...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2015 | 90s Monday
I spent many afternoons languishing in delicious melancholy to this song. I am a poor, freezing-cold soul, So far from where I intended to go. Scavenging through life’s very constant lulls, So far from where I’m determined to go. Wish I knew the way to...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog Tours
Yay! Madhuri Blaylock, author of The Sanctum and co-writer at Write Bitches, nominated me for the Liebster Award. Wait. Who is this mysterious Liebster? And why did he start these awards? I have no idea, but I am very honored to participate. Here’s what Madhuri says....
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 29, 2015 | On Philosophy
This describes me (though I’m still working on shattering the world), my characters, my favorite artists and writers, and many of my creative contemporaries. Being ‘normal’ is the most unnatural and incomprehensible thing for us!
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 27, 2015 | Character Appearances, For Writers, On Creativity, The Sculptor
I love to nag people for interviews, and annoying as I may be, some very famous people occasionally indulge me. This was the case with world renowned sculptor, Antoni Azarov. Even though the press dub him, and I quote, an “asshole,” I’ve discovered once you get used...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Do you ever sit around, have a beer, and retell stories of those crazy legendary friends of the past? Well, that’s kind of what Julie Mc Sorley and her son Marcus have done with their book, Out of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler. I...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2015 | 90s Monday, On God
Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah became more poignant for me after his somewhat absurd and untimely death, especially when I contemplated the meaning behind the song’s words. I like Jeff Kober’s interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2015 | News, The Sculptor
Hey, all! I know I haven’t been writing any ‘real’ posts. I’ve been trying to placate you with obscure cocktails and old videos, but that’s because I’m knee deep in the shiz right now. Some of you may already know that...
