J.G.C. Wise (formerly Josh Cacopardo) has been on staff with The Curator since 2009, and also writes occasionally for GenerationQ. His first literary love was poetry, which gave way to songwriting and performing at various clubs around New York and Brooklyn. Though he will always have a soft spot in his heart for verse, Josh retired from performing in 2010 to focus more specifically on writing fiction. Since 2004, he has authored two novel manuscripts, which he hopes to have published one day, as well as numerous short stories and articles. His literary interests primarily include fairy tales, historical fiction, English classics, creative non-fiction, and religious non-fiction.
When he's not writing, Josh spends his time as an amateur mixologist, photographer, quilter, and confidante. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his amazing wife, Stephanie.
Is NaNoWriMo still a thing? It sure is!
The following was originally published in 2010. About nine years ago, I decided that I wanted to write a book. This came as no major surprise to the people who knew me. After all, I’d started drinking at a young age, and I’d demonstrated an uncanny ability to make foolish decisions. Writing a book was […]
I’m writing these words from my couch in my Brooklyn apartment. I’ve been sitting here for five days now in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Across the river and to the east, there are damaged homes and damaged lives. There is loss, brokenness, and suffering. There is death. Yet amidst all of that, there is also a spark of hope, a sentiment rarely admitted to in this tough and superficial city.
Creative Historical Memoir Fiction
How would I ever choose the right agents or publishers to send the manuscript to if I didn’t even know how to market the piece by its genre? Would my novel be doomed to unclassifiable purgatory?
Sure, at home you lower the likelihood that someone will spill beer on your, or that you’ll have to wait in line for the restroom, and certainly that you’ll have to put up with someone cheering on the opposing team, but all of that misses the point.
I’d wake up at the crack of dawn and my father would drive me down to the local donut shop for some early morning trans fat before making our way to the empty parking lot of the nearest ticket outlet in the next town over. There we waited for hours, always the first in line to get the best seats available for whichever band had captured my attention.
Perhaps the thing that makes a fairy tale different from its cousins is the fairy tale voice; that strange and varied tone that hints at a childish audience despite the fact that the story most likely wouldn’t be understood by anyone so young as that.
For those who’ve forgotten, and those who never knew, just some of the rich, diverse, and beautiful history of a holiday that has, over two thousand years, quietly crept up upon the others to be one of the most celebrated occasions around the globe. Here’s to remembering why.
By the time you read this, the name Joshua Cacopardo will be no more.
Pen on Paper: A Defense of Writing
The pen, it seems, may slay the mighty sword, but it doesn’t hold up very well against a matrix of plastic squares with letters printed on them.
The government finds itself much closer to a First Amendment violation now than it was when churches were merely indulging in that same Amendment’s provision for the free expression of religion.
The question sought to bring to light what is different about Christian organizations. According to the responses, nothing.
The Willful Death of a Luddite
My order complete, I closed my browser window and picked up a chewed copy of Dracula, opening to a random page just in time for one of those whom I betrayed to come around the corner.
Crime can never be abolished by disregarding the criminal, but only by loving him, and there can be no love without forgiveness first.
I immediately clicked on the link and signed myself up for thirty masochistic days of sub-par plot lines and character development, forsaking all other people and duties in the name of I’m still not sure what.
Autumnal Resolutions: JC Oktoberfest 2010
There’s more to these brews than aesthetically-pleasing misspellings. Oktoberfest seasonal ales make up the sole reason to look forward to the doldrums of fall.
Operation: Make Quilting Manly
Flowery patterns and ironing boards be damned; I was a quilter drinking beer.
Those lovable lefties have taken up the faithful arms of that pesky Eighth Amendment once more in order to propel the next Great Debate: life imprisonment for minors.
Both the Dracula sequel and Twilight are only extreme examples of a phenomenon happening to the modern vampire – indeed, even the modern monster – the world over. In our consumerist culture of sex and excess, fear has taken a backseat to desire.
Whatever Happened to Due Process?
Those who make their beds with determination to lie in them should be allowed to do so.
Happy or Merry Something or Other
This time of year, we might need to consider a different kind of tolerance.
Raymond Clark, Roman Polanski, and the U.S. system of justice.
Where to find the real New England autumn experience.
Doves’s four-year hibernation was mostly worth it.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: the Classic Regency Romance – now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Who was Neda Agha-Soltan? Nobody but a woman living her life in the best way she knew how. Perhaps the better question is: Who is Neda now?
The Human Revolution promotes hope, love, and responsibility to your neighbors and your planet, all to a danceable groove – and they practice what they preach.
Arancello, or How One Italian Combats The Summer Heat
Recipe included!
Summer getting you down? Make some arancello and celebrate the weather.
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