NotWriting.com: Stuff one writer does when he should be writing - Chris Orcutt's fiction has appeared in literary journals including Potomac Review, Snake Nation Review, The Griffin, Timber Creek Review, and The 2003 Dan River Anthology, among others. Stories include The Bootlegger, I Hope You Boys Know What You're Doing, Whose Van is That On Fire Out There, Descent, The Bridge Inspector, Security Guard, I've Got This V, All the Young Fellas Are Linin Up, The Novelist, Indian Giver, Hands, The Day Nixon Resigned, and others. In 1992, Chris Orcutt received a New York Press Association award, and in 2002 he won the 55 Fiction World's Shortest Stories Competition and placed second in the MOTA 3 Emerging Writers Contest. His self-published fiction includes Nick Chase's Great Escape, http://www.nickchase.com, and I Hope You Boys Know What You re Doing, http://www.ihopeyouboys.com. Chris Orcutt's nonfiction has appeared in several magazines and online publications including Writer's Digest. His websites, or sites he's designed, include notwriting.com, nickchase.com, ripeforpipe.com, davekingwriter.com, fishbat.com, morganonline.com, orcutt.net, chrisorcutt.com, and dozens of Merrill Lynch intranet sites. Originally from the coast of Maine, Chris Orcutt has moved over 32 times. Between moves, he earned a B.S. in philosophy and worked as a pizza maker, newspaper reporter, Radio Shack salesman, landscaper, house painter, American history teacher, president of a software startup, technology consultant, technology manager, and parking valet (1 day). In addition to his writing, Orcutt now provides consulting services for Fortune 500 companies and teaches writing at Baruch College in Manhattan. Chris hopes you enjoy NotWriting.com: Stuff one writer does when he should be writing.

Our Mission

NotWriting.com is all about making lazy-ass writers feel better about procrastinating. Let's face it, writing is hard work and it isn't any easier when we're made to feel guilty about not doing it.

Here at NotWriting.com you'll read daily or weekly commentary (really whenever the author feels like it) on one writer's plight with not writing. Through this series, you'll gain tremendous insight into the things writers do when they really should be writing like watching traffic stops out the window, making ice cubes, and sorting paper clips. Welcome.

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