Greetings, 2008!
The No-Talent Hacks welcome you.
Our Hack resolution, though challenged by distance, time, and workloads, is to try and have more Hack posts on this here blog than we did for 2007. So here goes.
Write on!
Showing posts with label Hack News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hack News. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Happy Hacksgiving!
Greetings Hacks Fans!
Props to Brian, our faithful west coast Hack, for keeping content on the Hack site over the last few months. A Hack-laden wedding sort of got in the way of our postings for a bit, plus it is commonly known that we hacks tend to take a blog-hiatus during the summer. But fear not, we have returned! Stay tuned for new and exciting Hack literature from your favorite slacker hacks!
- Hack Central Command
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Greetings, Hack Fans!
(A note from your friendly neighborhood Marcy)
The Hacks are back after a brief lapse. It's been busy for everyone here in Hackdom, and with summer approaching, who knows how much we'll get written ... Hack Summers tend to involve us northeasterners getting out into the sun and air as much as we can before the snow returns. But we'll put up a valliant attempt to get words on the blog nonetheless, so stay tuned.
To quote one of my favorite writers, Brian Arnold:
"Write on!"
The Hacks are back after a brief lapse. It's been busy for everyone here in Hackdom, and with summer approaching, who knows how much we'll get written ... Hack Summers tend to involve us northeasterners getting out into the sun and air as much as we can before the snow returns. But we'll put up a valliant attempt to get words on the blog nonetheless, so stay tuned.
To quote one of my favorite writers, Brian Arnold:
"Write on!"
Friday, April 06, 2007
Feliz Cumpleanos!!!
Here's a big, joyous (sadly belated because I suck)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to two of our fellow Hacks:
Matt (March 30) and Brian (March 31)
Matt (March 30) and Brian (March 31)
(Had I not been in Scranton painting doors and walls last weekend I might have been more on top of that ... sorry ...)
posted by Marcy (who does not claim ownership of this photo, the credit is on the photo)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Howdy Hack Fans!
Marcy here.
It's the new year, and we Hacks are done hibernating. Our site has a new look and a new purpose. So stay tuned ... there's going to be a lot more activity in The No-Talent Hacks Writers' Den starting today!
It's the new year, and we Hacks are done hibernating. Our site has a new look and a new purpose. So stay tuned ... there's going to be a lot more activity in The No-Talent Hacks Writers' Den starting today!
Monday, August 14, 2006
Yeah, so its summer...
And the hacks have been caught up in other hackish things. We didn't make it to the Ren Faire this summer, alas. But our lack of bloggishness has meant (at least in the cases of some) more writing on our actual projects. This is a good thing. Here's a picture of Dave on his birthday.
In the meantime, and until we can get back into meetings after our summer break, we leave you with these thoughts:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force is the bomb diggity.
Coffee is also the bomb diggity.
Cheese is good.
Many happinesses to you and may Vikings never pillage your home.
-The Hacks
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Meeting Minutes
And now, the minutes from last night's No-Talent Hacks Meeting
(As remembered by Marcy the next morning over coffee...)
Date: June 28
Location: Allison's Abode
Hacks present: Allison, Matt, Dave, Marcy, Bryan
On The Menu: Baked Ziti, garlic bread, salad, peach pie, and of course, Guac.
First, we discussed Allison's pieces written for a writing contest. They had number-of-word limitations, but despite the rush induced into a story by a number-of-word limitation, they were nuggets of goodness. We all agreed that she is faboo and wanted to read the revised versions when she revises them for other contests with less constricting number-of-word limitations.
Oliver the cat joined us and soaked up a lot of attention.
We then discussed the coming year of Hackdom, and outlined a plan of attack. Expect to see new things on this blog; the Hacks have tested the waters of blogdom since the creation of this blog, and now we're ready to jump into the pool and play Marco Polo.
We finished off the meeting with an in-class writing assignment that created much hilarity... some of which will be appearing here on the blog. We picked out of three envelopes; one had subjects, the next had an action, and the last had a 'result'. These three sentence fragments formed the first sentence of our stories. Look for these stories in subsequent posts.
That's all for this meetin' folks...stay tuned for great new things on this blog...
(As remembered by Marcy the next morning over coffee...)
Date: June 28
Location: Allison's Abode
Hacks present: Allison, Matt, Dave, Marcy, Bryan
On The Menu: Baked Ziti, garlic bread, salad, peach pie, and of course, Guac.
First, we discussed Allison's pieces written for a writing contest. They had number-of-word limitations, but despite the rush induced into a story by a number-of-word limitation, they were nuggets of goodness. We all agreed that she is faboo and wanted to read the revised versions when she revises them for other contests with less constricting number-of-word limitations.
Oliver the cat joined us and soaked up a lot of attention.
We then discussed the coming year of Hackdom, and outlined a plan of attack. Expect to see new things on this blog; the Hacks have tested the waters of blogdom since the creation of this blog, and now we're ready to jump into the pool and play Marco Polo.
We finished off the meeting with an in-class writing assignment that created much hilarity... some of which will be appearing here on the blog. We picked out of three envelopes; one had subjects, the next had an action, and the last had a 'result'. These three sentence fragments formed the first sentence of our stories. Look for these stories in subsequent posts.
That's all for this meetin' folks...stay tuned for great new things on this blog...
Thursday, May 11, 2006
AND NOW, Hacks of all ages...
The minutes from last night's Hack Meeting (as remembered the next morning by Marcy):
Tonight's Meeting Attendees: Marcy, Bryan, Matt, Dave
Location: Marcy's apartment
Time: 7:30 pm EST
We began our meeting as always - by gorging ourselves on Dave's Guacamole. This brought about a quote from Matt:
"Dave, I could live at the bottom of a bowl of your Guac."
While consuming Dave's Guac and Marcy's Spinach Artichoke Dip, we viewed a tape of the film "Covert Operatives" - a stop-motion GI Joe film made by friends of Marcy's from college. Hilarity ensued.
After the viewing, we discussed Matt's "The Traveler" piece. Much insight was shared - both literary and metaphysical. Matt's setting - an Arizona desert - and his symbolism with animals led Marcy to bring up the point that he should check into the local Native American connections to these particular animals. We agreed that Matt's piece was nearly polished, and left us wanting more.
At this point, Marcy made a big pot of coffee. Matt drinks his coffee black. Dave drinks his coffee black but with two spoonfuls of sugar. Bryan drinks his coffee with Irish Cream creamer. Marcy drinks her coffee with fat free creamer and a spoonful of sugar mixed with cinnamon.
While sipping coffee, Bryan made the observation that every time Dave submits a piece of his novel to the group, it is never enough. This led to a quote by Dave: "My story is giving you blue balls?"
We discussed Dave's latest piece of his novel, and how the brilliant chunks he's written - while captivating - need to start being tied together. We also discussed other authors that write in a similar way; George R.R. Martin and ___ in particular. We also made the observation that there is not a real strong female character - the few that are there seem to be background characters - in the story and wondered if that would come into play. We then begged Dave for the next part of the story. He laughed maniacally and called us minions.
At this point, we snarfed down a Devil's Food cake that Marcy made. It tasted yummy but wasn't very pretty. The top layer had broken in half and was sliding off the frosting. It looked so bad that "This was supposed to be pretty" was scrawled on the top in the frosting. In retrospect, we should have taken a picture to post with this blog entry, but we were distracted by bad teenage poetry.
A local poetry contest inspired us to our next writers' group assignment:
This Friday, we will post a blog entry in which we have all written our absolute worst attempt at mocking bad teenage angst-ridden poetry. To get us all in the mood, Marcy broke out her high school diaries and read horrible passages to all as we laughed with glee.
So, Hack Fans...stay tuned, and read all our pretend teenage angst this Friday...
-The No Talent Hacks
Tonight's Meeting Attendees: Marcy, Bryan, Matt, Dave
Location: Marcy's apartment
Time: 7:30 pm EST
We began our meeting as always - by gorging ourselves on Dave's Guacamole. This brought about a quote from Matt:
"Dave, I could live at the bottom of a bowl of your Guac."
While consuming Dave's Guac and Marcy's Spinach Artichoke Dip, we viewed a tape of the film "Covert Operatives" - a stop-motion GI Joe film made by friends of Marcy's from college. Hilarity ensued.
After the viewing, we discussed Matt's "The Traveler" piece. Much insight was shared - both literary and metaphysical. Matt's setting - an Arizona desert - and his symbolism with animals led Marcy to bring up the point that he should check into the local Native American connections to these particular animals. We agreed that Matt's piece was nearly polished, and left us wanting more.
At this point, Marcy made a big pot of coffee. Matt drinks his coffee black. Dave drinks his coffee black but with two spoonfuls of sugar. Bryan drinks his coffee with Irish Cream creamer. Marcy drinks her coffee with fat free creamer and a spoonful of sugar mixed with cinnamon.
While sipping coffee, Bryan made the observation that every time Dave submits a piece of his novel to the group, it is never enough. This led to a quote by Dave: "My story is giving you blue balls?"
We discussed Dave's latest piece of his novel, and how the brilliant chunks he's written - while captivating - need to start being tied together. We also discussed other authors that write in a similar way; George R.R. Martin and ___ in particular. We also made the observation that there is not a real strong female character - the few that are there seem to be background characters - in the story and wondered if that would come into play. We then begged Dave for the next part of the story. He laughed maniacally and called us minions.
At this point, we snarfed down a Devil's Food cake that Marcy made. It tasted yummy but wasn't very pretty. The top layer had broken in half and was sliding off the frosting. It looked so bad that "This was supposed to be pretty" was scrawled on the top in the frosting. In retrospect, we should have taken a picture to post with this blog entry, but we were distracted by bad teenage poetry.
A local poetry contest inspired us to our next writers' group assignment:
This Friday, we will post a blog entry in which we have all written our absolute worst attempt at mocking bad teenage angst-ridden poetry. To get us all in the mood, Marcy broke out her high school diaries and read horrible passages to all as we laughed with glee.
So, Hack Fans...stay tuned, and read all our pretend teenage angst this Friday...
-The No Talent Hacks
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Meet Your No-Talent Hacks!
BRYAN MAHONEYBoston, MA
Good looks: Check.
Writing Skills: Check.
Creativity: Check.
Big Annoying Ego: Check.
Even Bigger Noggin: Check.
Check out Bryan's own blog here.
DAVE WHEELERCanandaigua, NY
Dave is simply The Man. That's all that must be said. Well, no. In addition to being The Man, he's also a journalist, a conoisseur of fine earworms, a sci-fi/fantasy/filk geek in exelcis. And he's broke. Send him money. Lots and lots of money. Fund his existence so he can write. Or just buy him a Guinness and everything'll be cool. Oh, yeah.
Check out Dave's LiveJournal Here
MARCY MAHONEYBoston, MA.
I'm random, rambling, and radioactive. I love Halloween, hate cube steak, and my favorite cartoon of all time is He-Man. I love stories that take you somewhere else and leave you there, then steal your lunch but leave you chocolate. Favorite authors include Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, George R. R. Martin, Paulo Coelho & Phillipa Gregory.
Check out Marcy's own blog here
BRIAN ARNOLDLos Angeles, CA
Got a job, a wife, a kid, a text book, a dry sense of humor and lots of student loans.
Check out Brian's blog HERE.
JILLIANNE REINSETHVancouver, Canada
Born of the Norsemen, Jillianne is a Viking Pirate Queen with boundless creativity and a California/London/Canadian accent. She is an animation and comic book guru who loves cute mighty cartoon characters and all things Bruce Campbell. Jillianne joins the Hacks from Vancouver, Canada, and as such has made the Hacks an international organization!
MATT RIED
Fairport, NY (for now)
Geek: Always
Cook: Sometimes
Writer: Sometimes
I love anything (mechanical) that flies, hockey, Discovery HD Theater, Battlestar Galactica, and history. Books rock and so do computers (refer back to geek)
LAURA MAHONEY
Boston, MA
Laura has zip-lined through the jungles of Costa Rica, sailed with the Merchant Marines across the Arctic Circle, and lived in Seville, Spain. She played Jesus' mother in her school play and yelled at Joseph when he forgot his lines. By day, she's a travel agent and by night she's a super-hero travel writer.
Check out Laura's Facebook page here
KRIS DREESSEN
Rochester, NY
Kris is an adventurer and a rebel. She loves loud music, she hates grasshopper lollipops, and her guilty pleasures are the Jackass Movies.
Check out Kris's own blog here.
ALLISON COOPERCanandaigua, NY
Allison is a newpaper editor, reporter, supermom, and philosopher. She has the soul of a poet and the prose of a goddess.
STEVE MAST
Los Angeles, CA
Steve Hacks from sunny So Cal and graduated (not recently) from UCR. Enjoys long walks on the beach, plasma TVs and HD movies.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
NO-TALENT HACKS UNITE!!
Welcome to the official blog of the No-Talent Hacks writers group!
(Yes, we are exclusive, you can read us but not play with us. We're not snobs, just insecure hacks.)
We, the No-Talent Hacks, will be comin' atcha with all of our creative fury.
We write it all ... travelogues, fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, fantasy, children's lit, spiritual journeys ... and once there was this story about a pink balloon registering under a false name while waiting for the four horsemen...
Sit back and enjoy the magic, as the No-Talent Hacks try to live up to their glorious name.
Yours Hackfully,
The No-Talent Hacks
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