Monthly Archives: October 2005

I read Missing Persons beginning to end on Saturday. It took me all day (330 pages), making notes and corrections. This may be the first time I’ve read the whole thing in such a short period of time—previously I think … Continue reading →

Don’t forget tomorrow night:

This is the time of year when you’re more likely to see zombies than normally. I know—I was one yesterday. The cumulative lack of sleep caught up with me. The sleep that gets sacrificed because I get up early in … Continue reading →

I have a lava lamp on my desk at work. I turn it on every morning when I arrive, and dutifully turn it off each night when I leave. For the most part I ignore it, but it’s a conversation … Continue reading →

Since I continue to think seriously about writing a novel-in-a-month (NaNoWriMo, not to be confused with the British Columbia city of Nanaimo), I’ve been interviewing myself about the story that I would write. I’m not doing it as formally as … Continue reading →

I know it’s NaNoWriMo and not “nano” WriMo but I like the duality—a very short time to write a novel, a month. National Novel Writing Month is November, a time during which people are challenged to churn out 50,000 words … Continue reading →

My essay at Storytellers Unplugged went up today. It’s about doing research for writing, and was inspired by my ride-along experience on Saturday, though the ride-along itself features in the article not so much. I would estimate the producers of … Continue reading →

You are the Justice card. Justice preserves the harmony of the world. Working with opposite forces, Justice does not seek to criticize or condemn but rather to accept. The idea behind the card justice is that opposite forces are complementary; … Continue reading →

It’s amusing sometimes how one thing will lead to another. There’s this bagel shop about a mile from where I live that I go to almost every morning before work. It’s where I change gears from writing to the day … Continue reading →

Fight or flight—it’s a strange situation. We were out for our neighborhood walk the other night. Approaching from the other direction, a couple with two dogs straining at their leashes. One was a small yappy mutt, the other a big, … Continue reading →