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May.21.2013
Writing is a comforting activity.
Blog posting is more about understanding myself and the world, and venting, releasing the darknesses and madness that imperils my sanity. I enjoy reading others' posts so I can keep nudging back the many ways knowledge and experience traps me with...
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May.16.2013
Read an interesting post at Story Fix the other day, Left Brain, Right Brain or No Brain At All, by Larry Brooks. I'm mostly self taught in fiction writing and on continuous missions to learn more about others' processes. Insights I find to explain what I'm going through are small treasures....
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Apr.08.2013
I'm out of sorts today, an expression that I like because it seems descriptive. When I hear others say they're out of sorts, I picture them as disheveled, with uncombed hair, mismatched socks and shirts buttoned wrong. If it's a man that's out of sorts, they're unshaven. If they're...
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Apr.06.2013
Been writing like crazy. Up early, eager to get into it, sleep hovering in me, resisting efforts to shake it off. I fed the cats, showered, and then dressed without shaving, hitting the street for a long walk.
Well, not a long walk, a longer walk, a round around way to reach The...
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Apr.03.2013
Today I feel much like I do when cleaning the house. There's more to be done but I'm taking a break.
I just finished a chapter that was harrowing for the character. Things happened that he never anticipated. (Neither did I.) After escaping and surviving, he rested, and...
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Mar.17.2013
Today I returned to Pathogos and the Treasury. I followed Rachel through the halls and discovered with her that she was out of her depth regarding politics and power, and witnessed her decision to become a player. She returned me to Ashland, not to the Ashland I know, but the Ashland...
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Mar.16.2013
The writing day is on pause again. Wrote and edited ten more pages of the NIP. Fascinates me how these other people's lives, histories and places unfold.
What do you want to know about? Family history or the histories of conflicts, empires, and nations? Want to hear...
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Mar.06.2013
Weather, illness and end of the month sales transactions (with its accompanying accounting activities to close the books) have caused cancellations and reschedulings of many meetings. With time freed, I worked on my employer's projects, finished them and found myself with nothing to do....
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Mar.03.2013
I'm suffering a NIP slip. Should we call it a writing malfunction?
I've decided that today I'll address it during the writing day.
First, I dressed for the occasion.
Semi-spring is here. Meteorlogical spring has sprung. The calendar, being a static creature, pretends...
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Feb.22.2013
The writing day is just underway, having dispensed with a few productive hours of the working day.
Unwarmed by a milky winter sun, I walked down to the coffee shop thinking about the novels in progress - the NIP. Scenes from the "Dark Red" sequel twirled in my mind. Then, dusty NIPs...
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