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Arts Editor
There's more to art than you think. It's not just theater, paintings, books and dance. It's the enterprise of human creativity and it takes vastly different shapes and forms. Here you'll find my thoughts about the arts in Charleston and beyond. Neither of us knows what to expect.
Author Archives: Jon Santiago
Day Two
November 3, 2008 – 11:19 am
On this date in 1829, nothing much happened. Same as today.
As relationships go, this one’s crap.
It’s nothing more than stolen moments, paper-thin alibis — all take and no give. Yet I can deny her nothing. And I can’t shake her off.
Procrastination is my mistress.
She knows my weaknesses and plays them against me. [...]
Day One
November 3, 2008 – 11:17 am
Dark clouds on the horizon. Yay!
The last time I braved the NaNoWriMo challenge, I prepped a little bit.
I tucked a few characters, a couple plot ideas, under my belt.
I tossed a back-up pound of coffee into my pre-NaNo pantry.
These minimal preparations gave me just enough confidence to step out onto the noveling highwire.
Today, anticipating the [...]
In Praise of Folly
October 31, 2008 – 9:55 am
National Novel Writing Month countdown
My ever-practical sister and I have lurched through this dialogue so often I know it by heart. The conversation goes like this:
SHE: “Why would anyone want to do this?”
ME: “It’s a personal challenge.”
SHE: “Okay, but what’s the point?”
ME: “To write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days.”
SHE: (sighing, rolling her [...]
