Month: July 2006
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One Good Paragraph
I have to go, to meet some friends from out of town. But this morning, after a late start with involved dreams that kept me setting the alarm back a half an hour for two hours and which I have no real memory of now, and stalling in the living room in which E finally […]
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Day 11 (my last day off) Fast Approaches
Well, my last vacation day is tomorrow. And what can I say I accomplished in this time off? Things are started, things are in the air, but things have not yet landed. To keep my mind off of it (and you might say that’s not such a good idea) I: bought two short story anthologies […]
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What a Difference a Day (Possibly) Makes
I woke this morning with a sense of direction. Then I lost it. Then I found it again, but for something else. Also found was the strength (or is it foolish naivete) to face again the Problem of the Novel. In the fall I will be sending it out, depending of course on a waiting […]
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A Story for My Collection
I found a wonderful story, again in Tin House, over coffee today. It was so wonderful I stayed at the table until I finished it, and then immediately went to photocopy it to keep in the binder I admitted to keeping on my “Influences” page. The story in question is by Steven Millhauser, who gives […]
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Please Tell Me Why I Am Working on This Story and Have Been for Almost the Whole Entire Week
I don’t know why, really. It’s about 25 pages now—too long. And it’s not yet done. And I don’t even know if I like it. Yet. I feel like I’m carving into granite and I’ve only just scratched the surface of what I wanted to say. I’ll be working on it tomorrow, if some other […]
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Here
I don’t think we’ll be moving to Los Angeles this year. Are you surprised? Probably not. Debt problems aside, we had a breakthrough when it came to reality and realized that to build up to the dreams we’re working toward, it makes better sense to stay here. For now. Once you’re settled here in New […]
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Conversation Overheard
Writer 1: So it’s official then, with your publisher? Writer 2: As of yesterday. Writer 1: Have you been wined-and-dined yet? Writer 2: No, not yet. Were you? You must have been. Writer 1: Oh, I was wined-and-dined once, a long long time ago. At the beginning. Writer 2: Only that one time? Writer 1: […]
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Route ?
I am writing about a very specific road, but I can’t for the life of me remember its name. It was two lanes. It curved through the trees so you could never see too far ahead. On the left side was the reservoir, hidden by pines, and I knew the two secret entrances even though […]
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Writing Day Upside Down
I feel like I’m writing from another hemisphere today. My clock is all out of whack. I slept very late this morning, later than I’ve slept in months. Today is Day… what day is it anyway? Technically Day 7 of my writing vacation, with vacation really the operative word since I’ve been doing only what […]
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2 Working Days Away from the Office, and…
Pages and pages of unread emails already. It’s overwhelming. (I shouldn’t have logged in to look.)
distraction no.99 