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david miller : twitter novel

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:47:18 +0000

yo stray. .� .yeah. . the twitter 'novel' .� . . been working on this since dec. up to 20,000 words. there are a bunch of dudes from france and canada (working in french) who are into this form. check out http://twitteroman.blogspot.com/

david miller : updates after a week of rain

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:31:26 +0000

yeah it's flash, but still 'realistic.' checked out hudsonweb. thanks for link. seems to be about some kind of monster. makes me feel 'weird.'

david miller : updates after a week of rain

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:29:37 +0000

yo. rumble is publishing a flash fiction piece about these kids living in tiny cabins up in Colorado who make a goldfish pond and then let it freeze. Seattle / Portland readings: will be reading to a mostly Heeb (read: Jewish) crowd. probably will read a couple of my poems about israel / and growing up as a Jew in the south (one of which will be published in this upcoming magazine, Drash) might also remix some Saul Bellow lines into poetic form. . .haven't decided yet. merci pour la check-in -- and the new twitter novel section at http://buboneka.blogspot.com/ looks great man.

david miller : notes on the twitter novel: month 3

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:14:30 +0000

we'll see about new forms. there's definitely a quiet evolution going on. the other day i found / participated for a few minutes in what seems like 'literature in real time' it was at the website HTMLGIANT. people started leaving comments on a post (Zachary German's bookshelf) and it just kind of erupted into people leaving scraps of poems / novels and just little thoughts and reports of feelings. each time you refreshed the comments it was like there were new 'characters'. it seemed exciting for a few minutes. twitter could be an ideal place for this kind of ongoing flow of characters / thoughts / expression. re: pulp. i don't know. never really read any 'pulp' except bukowski's pulp. funny too, that was the only book of his i never really 'devoured.'

david miller : twitter novel

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:00:29 +0000

'published' meaning published a book? not yet published lots of articles.

david miller : twitter novel

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:52:05 +0000

thanks for turning me on to Another Sky. Looks like a really interesting publishing house from what I've read so far.

funny how weird and bizarro fiction doesn't sounds less and less weird and bizarro.

travel writing: trying to do my part to make it more literary. remixing with flash fiction, only true events.

everything optimized for generations to come that won't have attention span longer than 30 secs.

david miller : twitter novel

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:38:04 +0000

thanks for the props on matador. a lot of hard work for sure. is there a url that links to your first book?

david miller : twitter novel

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:14:04 +0000

tried to read cosmoplis while living in buenos aires. it was translated into spanish and i only made it about halfway through.

we'll see what happens as a far as twitter novels. at least here twitter seems just utterly dominated by marketing. the reverse chronology makes it so hard to read. . . .

having doubts but whatever

as long as the story keeps coming i'll keep writing

look forward to seeing your work unfold mon frere

david miller : twitter novel

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:11:05 +0000

thanks for the check in LeRoy. i've never been able to get into those bricks. something just too massive. there's a new one out though that i have my eye on -- Roberto Bolano's 2066. Bolano is chilean though, and writes from a way different perspective, one of an expatriate and in much less 'air-conditioned nightmare' style that dominates so much of US writers' work.

will check in with your new link here in a bit. work (http://matadornetwork.com) has been fully 'consuming' lately.

Travelers Notebook : Notes On Receiving Contributor's Copy of Fodor's Patagonia

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:26:40 +0000

thanks Eva! yeah, this was fun to get and flip through for sure. overall a good experience, a learning experience. if we'd had more time and had been able to commission more pieces while we were down there it would have made hella difference

david miller : about

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 01:21:45 +0000

thanks yo. i'll have to keep ponging. liked this contest.

Travelers Notebook : Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:18:51 +0000

gracias j.

Travelers Notebook : Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:17:42 +0000

take your time man. ba isn't going anywhere.

Travelers Notebook : Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos

Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:55:25 +0000

thanks Tim. clean like tipped over wedding cake. puerto madero is the cleanest, but it's almost a separate 'entity' from the rest of ba -- originally a port transformed into mixed commercial / residential enclave for the wealthiest. other key neighborhoods--palermo, la boca, are kept relatively clean compared to neighborhoods as you get farther away from el centro. i think there's like 50 barrios in buenos aires. at least i heard a tango that said so.

david miller : twitter novel

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:15:08 +0000

Thanks so much KC. Really appreciate the props. It means everything to know there are a few folks out there who believe in your vision. Respect.

Matador Pulse : 6 Reasons Why the Michael Phelps' "Scandal" is Uniquely American

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:45:45 +0000

echoing comments above. This was the most fun piece I've had to edit in the last 3 months.

david miller : twitter novel

Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:12:33 +0000

Thanks Matthew. Just checked your live essays. Sounds like a familiar situation!

Matador Nights : 10 Most Influential Musicians for Travelers over the Past Decade

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:33:43 +0000

thanks for the bigups everyone. i'll have to check out Xavier. I've heard of him before actually, but still haven't heard him. a couple honorable mentions i'd add too: diplo, zizek, and also old-school r.e.m. (murumur, fables) when i'm feeling lost.

Matador Pulse : Should Travel Writers Blog?

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:02:19 +0000

my writing flows a hundred times better when I'm away from all electrical outlets. . .

Matador Goods : 5 Best Surf Films of All Time

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:33:12 +0000

dang. makes me want to break out the 6-4. for all non-surfers out there, endless summer is def. worth net-flixing even as just a great travel / culture film. a true classic. almost anything else seems like "surf-porn" in comparison.