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One more cup of coffee before I go
One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee ’fore I go To the valley below Bob Dylan Every morning, my son and I have coffee together. We are the earliest risers in the house, so … Continue reading
The Novel approach
A writing conundrum Some people schedule a certain amount of time for writing each day. I have done that and felt very virtuous. Total time spent in one session: three hours; total word count for that session: two. That’s not … Continue reading
Musings about Jezebel, Ramses the Great, and Red Sandals
Jezebel I’m reading a quasi-biography about Biblical bad girl Jezebel. Oddly enough, much of what we know about Jezebel isn’t in fact true. But that’s not the interesting thing in the book. The real juice (for me) is the parallels … Continue reading
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Discovering a new writer. . .
What I’m reading Francine Prose In an idle moment at Half-Price Books, I picked up an ARC (advance reader copy) of Prose’s latest book, Golden Grove and was totally blown away by the exquisite beauty of her prose. (No pun … Continue reading
What I’m reading Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson Family dsyfunction in the UK. Magical realism? It’s not as if I’m on a theme of family dysfunction. This is a book club choice. ;=} Holy War, Inc. … Continue reading
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Almost July
What I’m reading The Gathering by Anne Enright Love. Death. Family dysfunction. Dublin. Kind of predictable even if it did win the Man Booker. What I’m writing and how I’m moving forward on getting published Revising first two chapters of … Continue reading
