hi there
hello everyone,
i signed up primarily to participate in the writer's workshop, and i thought i'd introduce myself here.
i've been fascinated by chuck palahniuk's writing since freshman year of high school, when i first read "guts." then i saw fight club, then i read fight club, then i saw fight club again, and it ended up having a pretty big impact on my development of a world view in those formative years.
now i go to college in new york and i'm majoring in writing. being a writer has been my thing throughout my life, for as long as i can remember, cliche as that is to say. i'm almost done with a class i've been taking this semester called Beginning the Novel, and to be honest it kinda sucked. none of the submissions in this class have been on the same level as the workshop submissions i've read here so far; but hey, at least i get college credits for it. actually my dissatisfaction with the class is part of the reason i decided to give this site a shot, and it's looking really good so far.
so yeah i'm working on a novel, i'm about 11,000 words in, and i have no idea if it's any good. i also write short stories semi-regularly.
let's see, my favorite author right now is bret easton ellis. i read his entire bibliography in order, starting my junior year of high school, just kind of moseying along, liking him but not that much, and then i read american psycho, glamorama, and lunar park throughout my first semester of college and i was just blown away. the latter two, particularly, are some of the most powerful books i've ever read. i was so moved by lunar park's ending that i could not stop crying, literally, until i went outside to smoke some cigarettes, and even then...never have i been so affected by a work of art. i feel like i can really relate to bret easton ellis, more so than any other author.
well, some other favorites of mine: raymond carver, donna tartt, amy hempel, dennis cooper, haruki murakami, hunter s. thompson, martin amis, and of course nabokov, garcia-marquez, etc. etc...
ok i've said enough, i'm sure i'm boring you all by now. sorry for the lengthy intro! i am looking forward to reading and critiquing you guys in the workshop, and eventually submitting pieces of my own.
best,
trotchky.
oh yeah and i will be at webster hall to see chuck and amy on wednesday, so if you see me, help me buy drinks ('cause i don't have a fake id)! 
It's one of those things that came at the perfect time in my life, where it affected me in the maximum capacity it was capable of, if you know what i mean...no other work created by man or machine has had such a visceral impact on me
I know what you mean. I'm a little taken aback by the fact that Lunar Park has had the largest impact on you, out of every work of man. But, to each his own.
Step back. Evaluate. Recognize.
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Fremde, etranger, stranger.
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Happy to see you,
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Here's a picture of my girlfriend!
*Snickersnicker*
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it's nice to see someone a little closer to my age here! (im pretty much the youngest one here, and they all hate me for it)
i look forward to hearing some of your work, and you've definitely got me thinking about reading lunar park in the near future.
(p.s., if you lived where i live, you wouldn't need a fake i.d.)
I had no idea you were 14 or that anyone hated you for your age. Weird.
Welcome. Don't accept the lobster - it's a trick.
Good coffee is like drinking Rock and Roll.
I didn't know you were young, sheusedtobeblonde. 
I doubt that'd be a reason for people to hate you. *Pats your head*
Welcome, stranger!
I want to be your medicine
I want to feed the sparrow in your heart
nobody hates you, you beautiful used-to-be blonde..
hey, trotch-
welcome to the cult. there is a great deal of booktalk here, and the workshop is badass. i hope to see your chapters in the workshop. work them one at a time. the very cool thing is, you can garner a great deal after feedback from just a few submissions, reviewing plenty, and reading the essays.. in just a few moths, the improvement as well as your writerly self confidence will prove uncanny. if you can handle a workshop, your writing can handle anything.
oh, and i'm furious.. you get to see chuck and hempel !!
welcome to the cult. a much larger work is about to take hold.
(oh, and if by chance you get to speak with chuck, let him know you just joined his workshop!)
take care, brother, and see you in the shop
-kabol
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play hard, like it's work to be done.
ey, that's a pretty hot chick, vitaly. though she looks young. oh, wait.. youre both young.
i feel old now, thanks. shuffles away.
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The ending to Lunar Park was incredibly sad and moving.
Step back. Evaluate. Recognize.