Tumblr (3.0; @patricksomerville)http://www.patricksomerville.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rF7d4itfrYA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s the trailer for The Bridge, the show I’ve been lucky enough to help write for the last few months. I will probably post more about the experience at some point, but needless to say, it’s been pretty radical to learn how television is made and to translate (as best as I can) what I know of writing books and stories into a very different medium. Characters are characters, though, and this show has a whole lot of great ones. I hope you’ll watch this summer.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/50582683672http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/50582683672Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w5R8gduPZw4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>DFW on ambition and perfection.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/48205525279http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/48205525279Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:24:21 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jk8bCBB0ClM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s what I’ve been doing for the last two months.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/46597247768http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/46597247768Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:33:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/81515384981926799ce09dbf2d7f02b7/tumblr_mjongm70kA1qe7bgdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>2013.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/45396763577http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/45396763577Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:38:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d18991df9c65829a99afa22c5713eb7/tumblr_mhi7zgpAh11qjzfl0o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://annfriedman.com/post/41958950722/graph-shame-noun-graf-sham-a-painful">annfriedman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Graph Shame</strong> (<em>noun</em>) <span>\</span><span class="unicode">ˈ</span><span>graf ‘</span><span class="unicode"></span><span>shām\ </span><span>: a painful emotion caused when a friend calls you out for some embarrassing shit that someone else tagged on Facebook three years ago.</span></p> </blockquote>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41959333103http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41959333103Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:18:24 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GqlfgMIZlSw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hillary as role model.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41710748251http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41710748251Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:50:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42afa6bbd61f16a33a6ae872884e3a48/tumblr_mh5fuxfspq1qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Okay, NOW here’s an excerpt from “The Legend of Troy Cartwright,” just out in the new Hobart. I jumped the gun yesterday.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41384310118http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41384310118Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:32:57 -0500litprincess and peatroyglobal death<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8681428a53dcfe806a6ed3f345f35c6b/tumblr_mh1m1ajgk51qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a new something that’s got me, real, real excited.<br/><br/></p> <p>It’s been a few years since The Cradle was optioned, and after a few different Hollywood lives and a few different setups, things have circled back a bit, as they are wont to do in that industry. I’ve been hired by the producers to write the screenplay, mostly because I’ve had a little more experience with film and TV of late, and I’m going back to the world of Matt, Marissa, Renee, and young Joe. It feels good! I’ll be sure to post news as it comes down the pike, friends; there should be a bit more to come. For now, EXT. WISCONSIN HIGHWAY.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41213110319http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41213110319Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:55:00 -0500the cradlenot even on spec!<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nvoTE00AdRA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Posting this here to commemorate my realization that I am basically the same as the guy from Darkon.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41205473761http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/41205473761Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:54:43 -0500this is what actual epiphanies are like<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d264fa685956a8ce8248ada67b134a0e/tumblr_mg291i5Pvw1qe7bgdo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>My hero.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/39576112287http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/39576112287Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:39:18 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5e37158574f6c01f1b671452b036e2d4/tumblr_mfi5t9evE11qe7bgdo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Happy holidays, everyone.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38653885804http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38653885804Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:17:33 -0500goatee<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/613b81ab0ca9f2166ba3be8012703e59/tumblr_mfcn34b2CD1qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I just found out there was a facebook mail folder labeled “Other.” Be careful when you go there.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38409474101http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38409474101Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:45:03 -0500straight mushrooms“There is something terrifying about meeting writers and liking them — drinking with them, realizing you come from the same part of the world, realizing you are interested in similar things, and that you probably like the same books — and then having to go home, get their book, read it, and hope to fuck you enjoy it.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Patrick Somerville’s</strong> <a href="http://www.themillions.com/2012/12/a-year-in-reading-patrick-somerville.html">Year in Reading</a>. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://millionsmillions.tumblr.com/">millionsmillions</a>)</em>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38309296122http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38309296122Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:30:22 -0500here's mine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4527ffe78ea17789dcd0b7e175cf5cb4/tumblr_mf8p62fgPc1qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here is the problem when the wrong cultural and commercial conditions are in place: the answer is “nobody.” Which is an infuriating answer, and one that—not to mention—the mainstream media, by virtue of being the mainstream media, is simply unequipped to articulate.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38238449311http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38238449311Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:39:38 -0500goddamnitso much angerso much confusion<a href="http://jamiatt.tumblr.com/post/38160161209/i-was-writing-last-night-and-am-still-thinking">Home No. 5: I was writing last night (and am still thinking) about public...</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jamiatt.tumblr.com/post/38160161209/i-was-writing-last-night-and-am-still-thinking">jamiatt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I was writing last night (and am still thinking) about public expressions of grief and general reactions to tragedies, and how I respect your right to have those public expressions even as I choose to ignore them because all they do is make me feel worse. I watched all my feeds ignite on Friday…</p> </blockquote>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38162058510http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38162058510Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:27:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/904515a9351bb5b8a3c9c991754b18fb/tumblr_mf6t3eHtv71qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hey friends. Here’s a new short story.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38157428410http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/38157428410Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:09:14 -0500UpernavikQaqortoqThule<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/16b8a70fd4864b6957a034507ca02f70/tumblr_mezpdwg3IC1qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s me interviewing Kathleen Alcott, an amazing young writer, at Bomb.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37858448916http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37858448916Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:05:56 -0500Really good<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/204gY7HLqXc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>From <a href="http://deadspin.com/5968124/watch-a-referee-block-kris-humphriess-free+throw-attempt">Deadspin</a>.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37846399822http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37846399822Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:09:00 -0500ups<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b0adc127dfa061a28d0988a3101e212/tumblr_mevwvqYYqc1qe7bgdo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>A nice addition to the blurbs for the paperback next summer.</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37733458195http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/37733458195Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:57:26 -0500TBR<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6m1bSACx1qe7bgdo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sometimes new stuff happens so fast, you don’t really even have time to process it, let alone make a decision that’s based on anything but instinct. I got hired to write for this show, and am in LA now, working away. Books live in the center of my heart, they do, but film and TV flank them. There was no chance I was passing this up.</p> <p>Time to live in a different world for a little while…</p>http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/35280522583http://www.patricksomerville.com/post/35280522583Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:29:00 -0500bridges