Ehhh I’ve got to get back to work soon so let’s see how fast I can knock out the rest of this.
About EOA5, part 4
I always see these things that say “and a dash of awkward” or something. I didn’t feel they were very accurate when it came to me.
(original outline isn’t mine, it’s her’s: http://mentallydatingfrankiero.tumblr.com/)
Mary Pilon: I'm Heading to The New York Times!
Big news! In November, I will head to The New York Times to be a sports reporter!
For over three years, I’ve worked with an incredible team of journalists at The Wall Street Journal. Through many a crisis, my colleagues here have proven to be completely unflappable, professional and passionate…
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
This is a recording from 1959 of Flannery O’Connor herself reading A Good Man is Hard to Find at Vanderbilt University.
Probably one of the coolest things in the world right now. Also, it’s included in the special features of John Huston’s film version of Wise Blood, recently released in the Criterion Collection.
CLICK THE SQUARES.
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
(Source: mandaflewaway)
Introducing: Submissions
There’s an interesting genre of blog that is more about the community than the author.
At some point you’ve probably seen Eat Sleep Draw, This is why you’re fat, or Cute Overload.
The author starts posting about a topic they care about, the readers start contributing, and before you know it, the author has become a curator.
Tumblr has always been uniquely suited for this type of blog. In fact, 6 of them have gone from Tumblr blog to book deal in the last year.
So today we’re very excited to release Submissions, a feature to streamline community-driven blogs. You can enable it from your blog’s Customize screen to let your readers submit posts via web.
