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From the mind of Jason Kapcala comes an eclectic journal dedicated to the study of creative writing, rock music, tailgating, and other miscellany. The musings, meditations, contemplations, and ruminations expressed here are my own unless otherwise indicated. Please feel free to share your comments, thoughts, and opinions, but do so respectfully and intelligently.
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Name That Blog Contest

8/18/2012

 
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So I've been trying to come up with a suitable name for this writing craft blog and the best I've been able to do is "Field Notes" (taken from those little moleskin notebooks). No one ever said coming up with a title is easy, right? So I've decided to open it up to you: what do you think this page should be called? Submit your suggestions in the comments section by October 1, and I'll choose a winner.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention the grand prize! The winner will receive a 3-pack of West Virginia County Fair Field Notes (or the state of your choice, for those living outside of WV).  

UPDATE #2: And we have a winner!

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Susan Sauter
8/28/2012 06:11:17 am

Here's an effort toward naming the blog. I feel like we are "Writers-in-Training" vs. the already named Community Writing Workshop even though you didn't ask for comments on that. So I suppose you could name the blog that, i.e., For Writers-in-Training

Susan Sauter
8/28/2012 06:22:39 am

Hey, Susan! Great idea. Oops, sorry, didn't mean to be so narcissistic. ;) More blog naming ideas: 2) Kapcala Word Matters
3) Wordcraft 4) Kapcala Writing Matters Okay, my favorite so far is 4. Keep 'em coming, Susan.

Kap
8/28/2012 10:40:37 am

Hey, we've got some suggestions! Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Susan! Speaking of narcissism--I'm not so sure I want to brand the blog with my name. I mean, we could go with Jason Kapcala's Chocolate-Frosted Shards of Wisdom, maybe, but I'm hoping it'll be more communal than that. Keep them coming!

Dominique
8/28/2012 04:01:31 pm

Chocolate-Frosted Shards of Wisdom sounds like the worst cereal ever...

Notes from the Underground-Writer's-Workshop? Too Dostoyevsky? He also copyrighted The Dead, so that one's out.

Others: "Few Choice Readers" -A Line by the Roman Poet Horace

"Built-in, Shock-Proof Shit-Detector" -Hemingway, actually

I just got back from class, and clearly am a bit punchy.

Susan Sauter
8/29/2012 09:04:36 am

Oooo, yeh, on Chocolate-Frosted Shards of Wisdom AND double oooo yeh on Shock-Proof Shit-Detector. Dominque, YOU punchy? No way.

Kathleen Abate
9/11/2012 07:59:49 am

Name that Bolg entry: Incremental Perturbations

Kap
9/11/2012 08:19:57 am

Ah, yes, named after John Barth's definition of plot, of course: "The incremental perturbation of an unstable homeostatic system and its catastrophic restoration to a complexified equilibrium." Not bad . . . .

Keep them coming!

Susan Sauter
9/20/2012 04:27:22 am

Here is another suggestion for the blog name: Considered Words

Kap
9/24/2012 04:26:18 am

Thanks, Susan! Another good one--just one more week to go, so keep sending along those suggestions!

Susan Sauter
9/25/2012 05:17:52 am

Two more entries: 1) Stacking Stones 2) Wordmesh

Kathleen Abate
9/27/2012 08:30:01 am

Rust Belt Ramblings
A riff on Dominque's suggestion: A Few Choice Words
Susan came up witih something after thelast class and I forgot what it was...aging is fun? new friends every day.

Carol Hamblen
9/27/2012 01:14:46 pm

Bloggin' noggins

Susan Sauter
9/28/2012 07:35:39 am

Kathleen, I think we both came up with the idea as we gabbed our way out of The Bookshelf after class--it was, as I recall, Words on a Page....ss

Kap
9/29/2012 02:09:58 am

So many good names to choose from--this is going to be difficult! Only 48 hours left, so keep them coming!


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