Memoirs of an English Major

“There’s only four things we do better than anyone else: music, movies, microcode,high-speed pizza delivery” - Snow Crash

    Welcome Sharp Words readers! For those of you who are first time readers of the blog, welcome to my little corner of the web and what a strange corner it is. I’m one the few who doesn’t believe in a specific niche and write in an effort to not only keep my skill sharp, but also to see where ever it may take me. It is a slightly romantic notion, but it is where my muse comes from for time to time. Feel free to browse the blog, though if you want a couple of good articles or fiction to write, here are some suggestions.

• Cyberpunk Fiction : A rough, rough draft of some fiction in the works
• How I became an English Major : “And you may ask yourself-well…how did I get here?” - Talking Heads
• Will Write for Food : Not a post, but a great writer friend of mine. If you want some interesting reads, feel free to go here. Don’t forget to comment
• Writing : It’s the largest re-occurring tag on the site, so I suggest you have a look.

For first time readers, I feel that is a good start and even for readers who are familiar with the content, but haven’t dug into the archives yet, this is a great place to start. Thanks for coming and hope that you come back.

    Another week, another series of posts. I was going over the states the other day and noticed I there was a decline in hits. Though this isn’t a terrible alarming fact, it was just something I was noticing that I am fairly consistent with my ranking and have noticed that my site is general a third tier to fifth tier blog. Not at the top, but not one to overlook either. I feel very confident that these sorts of inroads are coming after some time and that what once started out as a writing experiment may turn out to be something more. I do thank all of my readers on my site and feel that the month of may will be a rewarding and prosperous one. The tide is changing and I feel like I am finally riding it.

    If there is one career path I have pondered over time and time again, it is that of copy write. I’ve always felt I would good at it, but never had the chance to do it professionally. Since this is the case, I figure I give it a go with the blog here. If the site I write about like the copy I write, feel free to use it on your site or anyone else, no link back required. So, for a first, I will start with Catherine Sharp’s site, Sharp Words

read on…