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Brittney Gilbert
New York City
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Brittney Gilbert added a favorite at Andre's Notes
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Thanks for the kind words! As for the RSS, this atom feed works for me: http://brittneyg.typepad.com/sparkwood_21/atom.xml Is that the one you tried? I'd love to know, because now that I'm writing full time, this shit matters! :)
Toggle Commented Mar 20, 2012 on Here Goes Nothing/Everything at Sparkwood & 21
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Writing about writing is like movies about dancing about architecture. The second I begin I immediately cringe at the words I've chosen to group with those other words because it is writing about writing, so by God, it had better... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
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Here's how you write a cover letter. Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
“But whereas a girl of nineteen draws her confidence from a surfeit of attention, a woman of twenty-nine is nourished on subtler stuff. Desirous, she chooses her apéritifs wisely, or, content, she enjoys the caviare of potential power. Happily she... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
I'm a big advocate of psychotherapy. Most people, I think, could benefit from at least one short stint sitting across from a professional listener and talking about how they feel. There are lots of reasons why I believe this. The... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
Discovering new music. Well, new to me. Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
Sometimes a smothering loneliness sets in that you not only welcome but relish, for it, at least, is a companion. One you really don't mind at all. One that drives you to boil water and drop in a tea bag... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
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"I sensed a kind of uncertainty in her. Exactly what it was I couldn't have said, but it would come out every now and then in her words or actions. I might ask her something, and a single breath would... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
It is science that causes the fractured mind. It is mere biology that is responsible for it all. Just vessels. Just filters of energy. But, oh, it's everything. I don't have to like this to love it. Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
You might like this conversation between a bunch of internet "fogies" (see also: innovators) discussing the evolution (or devolution) of blogs and social media and the owning or renting of platforms and whether or not we are all just writing... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
In order to get to work each day I take a bus to Caltrain and then transfer to VTA light rail in Mountain View for the final leg into San Jose. There are, as you might imagine, many variables in... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
I haz a quote: NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik has a thriving social media presence. He suggested that organizations need to allow journalists to have an authentic voice on social media, but that individual journalists also need to take responsibility... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
"This is the way that books go unfinished and writers become women who once had stories in their mouths." Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2012 at Sparkwood & 21
Hahahaha, yes, I did. So great.
Toggle Commented Feb 27, 2012 on Sad, White Girl Music at Sparkwood & 21