Thursday, October 15, 2009

1930 words--and the unexpected inevitability of fall

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There are four people in my little family. We go to four different schools: four different first days, four different last days, four diffe...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

18,200 words--and help through the Gordian Knot

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I've never been able to decide if the tale of the Gordian Knot one of brutality (Alexander the Great was ruthless, after all) or of rel...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

17,600 words--dragged out of me like a mule

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One of the many reasons I love Stephanie Bearce is that she wrote a novel--a whole novel!--in 15 minutes a day. She did this after her hus...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Re-entry Things To Do

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I'm taking the sage advice of Kathleen Duey , who is glorious both in presence and in person. She was the last keynote speaker at the S...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

16,600 words--and leaving for LA in six days. . .

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I have never written anything so badly before. Okay, that's not true. I've been doing a three-page "morning page" brain-d...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

15,300 words--and Glory Days

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This is my dad and me, in Bedford, IN, watching my brother play Glory Days flag football. My brother lives in Dallas, and I live in St. Loui...
Monday, July 20, 2009

13,700 words--and now back to our regularly scheduled life

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This is King Arthur. On Saturday, after the amazing Sue Bradford Edwards and I critiqued each other's stories, I rented a car, drove to ...
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