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Posted on 25 Jan 2006 | Comments Off

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Ah, falling asleep right after work, and being wide awake at bedtime. Hi. Thanks for bearing with my “snakes on a plane” phase. It was at least more entertaining than my “living with wolves” phase. The latter just involved me weeping and attempting to write a poem about wolves. Bzzt! Instant cliché material. But at least I was writing. As I was reading K.G. Schneider’s tips on writing, I remembered talking last weekend with the MSG‘s mom about the practice of writing manuscripts by hand. I’ve made a habit of bringing my large ruled Moleskine notebook everywhere, and it has paid off beautifully. I write much more than I did when I waited to be near a computer. Also, having a tangible reminder of works in progress...

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Posted on 25 Jan 2006 | 2 comments