On the Wrong End of the Sunrise
We’ve all been there. Natural light slowly infiltrates your dark cocoon or at least prompts you to turn off your lamp. Then with reluctance you look out your window to see the beginning of a new day – for everyone else. You, well, you’re the dumbass that just stayed up all night. Then comes the self-recrimination. […]
Continue readingIn Need of a Montage
As my year off comes crashing to an end and I am not only in the midst of rewrites on my novel but also searching for employment, I find myself in desperate need of a montage. A simple scene in my life where the upbeat music plays and we catch glimpses of me working […]
Continue readingHappy Birthday Hermann Hesse
I know it might be silly to acknowledge the birthday of a dead person, but how can I not acknowledge the man that wrote: “Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of […]
Continue readingFirst Draft Finished
Just to notify the five people who read this blog, I finished the first draft of my book today. Please hold your congratulatory cyber pats on the back, because now the nightmare of rewrites begin and, trust me on this one, the rewrites will be long and extensive. With any luck the book will be […]
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