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I realize now that these writing process notes are upside down. A blog is a stack of articles – last in, first out (LIFO, we used to say in another life; as opposed to FIFO, which is a queue). So … Continue reading
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Wacky People Doing Wacky Things Toole, John Kennedy (1980) A Confederacy of Dunces. New York: Grove Press. The main character, Ignatius J. Reilly, is a modern-day Don Quixote, a manic, tragi-comic, delusional soul who believes, or at least pretends, that … Continue reading
Eye of the Beholder Saramago, José (1995). Blindness. New York: Harvest. A man sits in his car at a traffic light, staring at the red, waiting for the green. The light turns green and the cars around him roar ahead. … Continue reading
My back yard is open to the desert – no fence. I like it that way. Reminds me that I live in a certain terrain. My house is not an insular platform or barricaded station, but part of an ecology. … Continue reading
Chapter 3, just completed, ended abruptly, surprisingly so. After 3400 words, it wanted to be finished. At least I had the sense to listen to that signal. I had another scene lined up, a big one, but I sensed it … Continue reading
Cute Kittens Sell Books! Lamb, Kristen (2013). Rise of the Machines: Human Authors in a Digital World. Ebook: WANA International ISBN: 1938848322. Lamb is a well-known social media guru for writers and this book offers advice on how to establish and … Continue reading
Here’s an update, and I know you care, on the continuing struggle of my latest project: I’ve established the Garrison family, their upscale house, their affluent status. I’ve introduced the two teenaged kids, who may figure importantly later. I’ve introduced … Continue reading
I’m writing this post instead of doing my real work, because my real work is stuck. I wrote a scintillating (ha!) Chapter 1, which got the new project off the ground. Hurrah for that. Now I’m staring at the proverbial … Continue reading
Wittgenstein’s Mistress on the Mezzanine Ridgway, Keith (2007). Animals. New York: Harper Perrenial. An unnamed, first-person narrator is a free-lance illustrator of animals, in or around London. He describes his ordinary, nerdy life in excruciating detail, reminiscent of Nicholson Baker’s … Continue reading
I’m looking down into the water, seeing my own hesitant reflection, trying to convince myself that I’m ready to dive. I know I’m not going to turn around and climb down off the board. I’m going to soar, gracefully, smoothly, … Continue reading