Blog Posts for Vincent Louis Carrella

The Upside-Down Man

Vincent Louis Carrella — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:51:35 -0700

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 ...

Treasure Island Is Within You

Vincent Louis Carrella — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:25 -0700

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 ...

Tweet, Say. (Share the) Love : Nanostories: Why writers should love and embrace Twitter

Vincent Louis Carrella — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:31:15 -0700

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 ...

Come and See, A gift from Sean Penn to me, and to you.

Vincent Louis Carrella — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:18:51 -0700

Last night, without warning or intention, I was transformed by a film. I mean utterly changed. I am still, 12 hours later, stunned. And it’s been so long since this has happened that I have forgotten that film is the most powerful medium of expression thus far invented by man. My body is affected. My mind is reeling with images, emotions. How do I even process such a thing? I write about it.I ...

Boys to Men

Vincent Louis Carrella — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:26:34 -0700

Post removed by author...I'm going to rethink this one. Stay tuned.

The Art of Tunnleing

Vincent Louis Carrella — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:44:12 -0800

In order to write truly, one must feel that he has lived before, a different life in a different world. You must feel it and believe it and make your reader believe it too. When you write, you follow images and feelings from your subconscious, and you sort through them, so quickly, so unconsciously, that the process can hardly be observed, and in your writing you record those relevant to your ...

The Serpent Box Letters: Sometimes Writing Means Not Writing

Vincent Louis Carrella — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:39:59 -0800

So, I have been posting the letters I wrote during the writing of Serpent Box, not just for you dear reader, but for me as well. I want to learn what I learned during that time when I was working on what I hope will not be my last novel. As I post these, I am reading them for the first time. So we're discovering together. You hear writers talk about their process and what that is, is, how you ...

The Serpent Box Letters: How One Writer Can Save Another’s Soul

Vincent Louis Carrella — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:04:00 -0800

There is a quote attributed to Hemingway that I cannot verify, but it sounds like something he would believe, if not actually say and it goes something like this: "Some writers were born to help another write a single sentence." And it is true. As writers we not only help each other to write, but it is our solemn responsibility to do so. We stand on the shoulders of those who came ...

The Road: Litquake, LoveFest and Tiny Purple Fishes

Vincent Louis Carrella — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:46:58 -0700

The thing is, you never do know where the road is going to take you. Our intended destinations rarely turn out to be our destiny’s true intent. What we need most to see, to hear, to feel in our hearts, is given to us. It is laid out at our feet, if you look for it. If you trust the road.I thought it was Litquake. This was Saturday October 4th. I believed I was coming into the City for ...

Back East

Vincent Louis Carrella — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:47:40 -0700

“[1] I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you” There was a lake nearby where we took the canoe early that first morning about two hours after the passing of a storm in the night. The water was flat and clear as resin and we were the only anglers upon it, just my brother and myself, as we had done countless ...