Archive for June, 2008
Lies!
My dinner-party story has been put on the back burner. I still plan on writing it, it’s just that it was getting very weird: Rob Roy showed up. Then Bono. And I don’t want to subject anyone to anything resembling the middle act of Across the Universe.
But all is not lost: I’m now over [...]
Onward
Spent a good chunk of time yesterday both writing and editing. I’m reworking a story I wrote in the winter about Niagara Falls and broken dreams, and I’m hoping to send that out by the end of the week.
I also wrote about 600 words on a new story, (very) tentatively titled “A Progressive Dinner [...]
The Write-a-thon!
I’m participating in this year’s Clarion West Write-a-Thon in which past graduates of the Clarion West workshop set challenging writing goals for the weeks in which this year’s workshop is taking place. So, from June 22 until August 1, I’ve committed to write 500 words a day, come hell or high water. I’m looking for sponsors [...]
Read More..>>FreeWrite: Undiscovered Talent
My goal here was to simply write 500 or so words about an incident between a teacher and a student in which the teacher learns something. Have at it:
“It’s a long way, Mr. Davis.” Meep squinted, peering across the gorge. The west wind fluttered against his eyelids, peeling them back.
“It’s a puddle.” I elbowed him [...]
Read More..>>So, ya. About that.
Have been putting off things and stuff. Procrastination is one of my life’s passions, which is kind of torturous, because at the same time, I have no patience.
Anyway, The whole working for myself thing is going well, but I’m still having trouble with the whole writing for myself thing. I promised myself I would do [...]