Hello everyone, my name is Jim, and you have stumbled into The Thought Box. Press the escape key before it's too late!
1. What is this blog all about?
Clearly you have not pressed the escape key! Actually I just pressed it myself and nothing happened, so I guess we're both stuck here (ignore the back arrow for the moment). ANYWAY, this is a blog whose purpose is to help me improve my writing. Currently not i rite gooder.
But even though I have been amazingly slack in my reading since high school and have yet to truly finish a single recreational writing project, I'm getting a book published. This is, frankly, incredibly unfair to the bjillions of people out there who have wanted to be writers their entire lives; laboring away at their precious novels, composed with tender-loving care, only to be turned away by publishers and agents again and again. Therefore, I must slowly train myself to become one of these aspiring writer peoples. It's preventive karma.
2. Ok, so you're basically doing this gig in reverse. First, you're getting a book published. Now you're going to learn how to write. Now are you going to give me a decent answer to my last question or not?
Pfft, I had enough interrogatories in law school, thank you very much. To improve my writing I'm going to use this blog to write short stories, random ideas I have, talk about books I'm reading, stuff like that. And I want you to comment on them, thus motivating me to write more and perhaps composing my next book!
3. About making comments on your stories; Are you one of those little wussy flowers who will brightly shine when complimented but instantly wither away if anyone says anything bad about the story unless the comment is presented in a kind, constructive, caring, and totally wussy manner?
Yes.
4. I've written an awesome short story! Can I tell you about it?
Yes! I am totally willing to take a look at original, unpublished stories and slap them into a blog post. Basically just send me an e-mail (reavisorama@gmail.com) with your short story and I will vigorously screen them using a scientifically tested "Does it Suck?" standard. If it passes, then TA-DA! you can be in the box for a day! And yes, the only one who is allowed to put sucky stories in the box is yours truly!
5. Stop fidgeting and tell me about your to-be-published book already.
Why thank you! So as you may have heard, I'm getting a book published. Its name is The Jim Report: My Life in Law School. It is about, yeah, my life in law school. Basically, about a year before law school began, I started writing a monthly e-mail known as "The Jim Report" as a way of keeping in touch with my family and friends. Law School showed up and the report became a monthly cataloging of my agonies at the place. One particular law student I had on the mailing list spread the word of this e-mail around, doubling its membership. Then some law students decided to gather up my e-mails and turn them into a book (using the law review printer) as a sort of Class of 2010 contribution. Said book then mingled around and a small academic publisher expressed interest in turning it into a nationally published book, so I jumped on it. It is currently in production and should be out by the holidays. Fingers crossed.
6. Can I get on "The Jim Report"?
I have decided that I'm going to keep the Jim Report confined to the friends and family I personally know, so it won't be showing up on this blog. But yes I'm still writing it.
7. Do you often have pretend conversation with yourself like this?
All the time.
