Back this summer, my blogger friend Laura mentioned writing a bit of “found poetry” using spam email. I thought that sounded like fun, so I began collecting subject lines from spam that looked as if they’d have potential…
So I want you all to know this is Laura’s fault. 🙂
I now have more than 5,000 words of those spam-mail subject lines, and I didn’t even keep most of what showed up in my mailbox. Seriously, who wants to write poetry with lines such as “Order your new walk-in bathtub now!” or something about car insurance?
I’m going to have to stop collecting lines soon and begin putting them together into a coherent poem. Don’t worry — I’ll try to cut it down to no more than 3,000 words.
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About Thomas Weaver
For several years, I’ve been putting my uncanny knack for grammar and punctuation, along with an eclectic mental collection of facts, to good use as a Wielder of the Red Pen of Doom (editor).
I'm physically disabled, and I currently live with my smugly good-looking twin Paul, who writes military science fiction and refuses to talk about his military service because he can’t. Sometimes Paul and I collaborate on stories, and sometimes I just edit whatever he writes. It's worked out rather well so far.
My list of non-writing-related jobs from the past includes librarian, art model, high school teacher, science lab gofer… Although I have no spouse or offspring to tell you about, I do have eight cats. I currently spend my time blogging, reading, editing, and fending off cats who like my desk better than my twin’s.
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Just laughing. And…5000 words! Oh my.
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I did this for a while too … but my spam has slowed down. Some of it was pretty funny 🙂
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