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Archive for the ‘Whatever’ Category
Who Has a Letter in The New York Times?
Posted in Media, Whatever, tagged Letter to the Editor, The New York Times on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Better Yet, DO Write that Novel
Posted in Literature, Whatever, tagged In Defense, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Salon on November 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just three days into NaNoWriMo — and, as my stats show, I’ve kept up so far — and the very act of amateur novel writing is under attack from Salon’s Laura Miller. In a column yesterday she argued that National Novel Writing Month amounts to “a lot of crap.” It’s not apt to produce many [...]
The ACG Blog Takes on National Novel Writing Month
Posted in Literature, Whatever, tagged NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear ACG Blog readers, Today is November 1, and this year I’ve pledged to complete NaNoWriMo. If you haven’t heard of it, NaNoWriMo — short for National Novel Writing Month, aka November — is a massive worldwide creative writing project sponsored and promoted by a non-profit organization, the Office of Letters and Lights. 2010 is [...]
This Is It — the Majors
Posted in Media, Whatever, tagged Gawker, Making It, Newsweek on August 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It can be difficult to know when you, as a journalist, have finally made it. Maybe it’s when your first A1 article appears; maybe it’s when you make a Pulitzer shortlist; maybe it’s when you are called into the ombudsman’s office and don’t get yelled at. But today, I really know that I made it, [...]
A Twentysomething Reacts to the Times’ Twentysomethings Article
Posted in Education, Whatever, tagged New York Times, Psychology, Twentysomethings on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?” So begins the 8,000-word novella on today’s New York Times magazine cover. Why indeed? This question is over rather paramount importance to me — a 22-year-old liberal arts college graduate, unemployed, living with my parents and looking for a job in [...]
Introduction
Posted in Whatever, tagged Introduction on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the ACG Blog, sometimes referred to simply as the ACG. I’m your host and guide, Alex C. Guillen (hence the ACG Blog). I’m a recent college graduate, looking for employment, preferably in journalism and preferably in D.C. The ACG will be about anything interesting. Vague, yes, but always fascinating. Possible topics include: current [...]
