Jon McRae
Fiction
It is essential to learn the rules. It is wise most of the time to follow the rules. It is on occasion a legitimate and powerful gesture to break the rules. Any idiot could lie and claim to be Spartacus. It's doing it at just the right time, in just the right way, for just the right reason, that makes it an act and a measure of greatness.
Jon University
A summary of writing advice I've been lucky enough to receive and employ.
Design
Ozone is a sleek, atmospheric website design. It is immersive and versatile, thanks to several interchangeable stylesheets. It also features two versions of a three column layout suited to dense, compartmental websites like forums, communities, online catalogues or shops, and two versions of a two column layout suited to a complex personal site, a small to medium business, or a gallery of art, photography, flash, mixed media, et cetera. Although visually invovled, Ozone does not rely on images or heavy code, but streamlined CSS. This makes it ideal for high traffic sites which require style and variety at a minimal cost of bandwidth.
Blog
The Land of Wind and Ghosts — March 9th, 2012
Butoh. Japanese post-war dance largely devoid of stricture other than ghostly white make-up and a focus on extremity and absurdity. There are, Sharon told me before the dance we attended yesterday, only three Butoh companies extant in the world. Two American, one Japanese. Their tours are rare and select. This is not to say independent . . . full post