Vincent Louis Carrella's Blog

• The Upside-Down Man

  October 12, 2009

  • The street was crowded with us. We, the workers, the commuters. We were on our way home from jobs. Home from jobs. I was among them. It was Friday, this past Friday, and the collective thought of us all was the Friday thought - a weekend. Home. A throng of us was approaching the corner of Battery and Bush when I saw a man who was upside-down. This didn't seem at all strange to me. The man was ...
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• Treasure Island Is Within You

  June 23, 2009

  • It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."  Robert Louis Stevenson To be honest, to be kind, To earn a little, to spend a little less, To make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, To renounce ...
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• Tweet, Say. (Share the) Love : Nanostories: Why writers should love and embrace Twitter

  May 6, 2009

  • Twitter. What the heck is it? Why is everybody talking about it? And what can you do with it? Well writers, let me tell you, A  LOT. I had the same questions about a month ago and decided to figure out not just what Twitter was to other people, but how I, a writer, could use it - not to promote myself, but to free myself. Twitter is a social networking tool, not unlike Facebook but ...
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