On Saturday it threatened rain. On Sunday the rains came. Today, the rain continues. I look outside the sixth floor window, and rivulets of water run down the blue glass. York Road looks distant in the gloom. A subway train broke down this morning in the tunnel. My train sat at West Cold Spring, theContinue reading “On Writing in Dismal Weather”
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On Things I Did On Friday
I was in a Scottish mood yesterday. My RSS feed reader told me that the latest episode of Scotland Introducing, a podcast devoted to unsigned Scottish indie bands, was available. I followed that, throughout the day, by listening to Idlewild, Camera Obscura, Y’All Is Fantasy Island, and I’m probably forgetting one or two other ScottishContinue reading “On Things I Did On Friday”
On the Weekend’s Writing
Someone visited my website today, using a Google search on the phrase “What if your doctor tells you your brain is mush?” Sadly, I am not a doctor, and I can’t tell you what will happen if your brain is, in fact, mush. I can’t imagine it’s anything good, if you do have a mushyContinue reading “On the Weekend’s Writing”
On My Writing Routine
I have a writing hat. As a writer, I have a routine, much like athletes have routines to put on their game face. For me, it involves putting on a beaten-up baseball cap. It’s a white baseball cap. Says “Richmond Baseball” on it. It has a blue bill. The only significance to it is thatContinue reading “On My Writing Routine”
On Committing Fiction
I’ve committed fiction. Okay, it’s just a start. It’s hardly complete, and there’s a long way — maybe seventy, eighty thousand words — left to go. Around Easter, an idea struck me. I saw the beginning. I saw the ending. It was the part in the middle that was fuzzy. The part in the middleContinue reading “On Committing Fiction”