Story-teller, commentator, raconteur – R. Dismantled is all of these, and more. A long-time resident of Second Life, R. is a keen patron of the arts in-world, including performance art and dance – so much so that with regards to dance in Second Life, he has in the past been a guest writer in these pages.
R. is also a prolific writer of 100-word stories – or “drabbles” as they’re known. It’s something he got into as a result of several influences, as he explains:
I started writing drabbles after a friend in college wrote a set of them in a 100×100 project. Woody Allen’s play about Abraham Lincoln obsessing over “How long must a man’s legs be? Long enough to reach the ground” inspired me.
Then, a group of writers started the site “100 Words Or Les Nessman” where they challenged themselves to write about a topic, or they had to write about Les Nessman. Featured writers posted on the site, and guest writers joined in the comments section of each post.
– R. discussing the origins of his 100-stories and podcast
On May 31st, 2005, R. started a podcast featuring recordings of his drabbles, promising to write a story a day until life decides otherwise; hence the sub-title of the podcast’s website, The 100 Word Stories Podcast: A 100 word story every day until the day I die.
Today, 15 years on, R. is still writing and the podcast is still going, offering an originally story a day, together with weekly challenges for others to join in the writing fun. It is, as R. is confident in saying, the longest-running daily podcast of original material in the world.
To celebrate 15 years of continuous writing and recording, R will be appearing at the Terpsicorps Pit Stage today, Sunday May 31st, from 17:00 SLT – so why not hop along and listen? You might get to hear about George the Pirate or Doctor Odd, or you may not – but you will hear stories that can by turns be funny, uplifting, thought-provoking, conscience-pricking – and entertaining, delivered by a master raconteur.
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- Terpsicorps Pit Stage (Terpsicorps Isle, rated )
Celebrating… enduring… same difference. lol ❤ -R
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Congratulations R. That is a fantastic feat to celebrate indeed! Here’s to 15 more years of storytelling.
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Reblogged this on KULTIVATE.
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Oh shit, how could I forget this?
R Crap Mariner’s 100 Word Stories Podcast and Blog has just turned 15 years old, and Orca – as a huge fan – wanted to blog abaout it … but forgot. 😦 Then she read about it in Inara’s blog and promptly forgot again. 😮
But now, finally I’ll reblog Inara’s story.
Congratz on 15 years of wonderful storytelling in 100 Words, Laurence Simon aka, R.Crap Mariner.
PS: Ever noticed when I do something bad or awesome I become “she” and “Orca”,when I’m just myself, well then I’m just myself. 😐
Anhoo, here’s Inara from a couple days ago …
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