Gentle reader5/26/2023 ![]() If I can scrounge more time in front of a keyboard, might the results of that effort interest you? I would not add to the weekly email announcements unless you specifically asked me to. As a result, publication would be sporadic.Īnd here - gentle reader (argh!) - is where I ask your opinion. And I would attempt to maintain a higher standard in those stories, spending more time both crafting and proofreading. Such directed writing would be in addition to these weekly posts, not a replacement for them. The classic advice is to write what you know, and I know myself and my own past better than I know anything else, so… And while I am not exactly the most exciting of subjects, I do have a few tales I can share. For example, why I am doing it and what I am trying to accomplish? Having struggled with blank page syndrome on several occasions (during spectacularly failed attempts to write fiction) it occurs to me that starting with memoir(ish) stories might get the text flowing more readily. I won’t be answering those questions this week, but I am thinking about them and they may appear in the future posts.Īs you can see, I am trying to figure out a bit more about my writing. I recently assembled a list of story prompts that may be good places to start, and I am adding those questions to that list. I’ve been thinking about writing more and Green’s latest book is a nudge in that direction, as is an email from a reader, asking a set of leading questions about my art school experience. Green’s writing both fascinates and inspires me. On the left is his review of autographs, written after signing his name 250,000 times for this printing alone. I suspect the signature above is that colour, so there is a chance I saw him sign the specific page in our book, which I find amusing. It was an odd one: Intergalactic Cosmic Indigo, I believe. In one case he mentioned the colour of the Sharpie he was using at the time. He’s eloquent, funny and warm, and kept me engaged even as he did something entirely monotonous. I watched some of these and they were surprisingly entertaining. During these events he also answered questions from viewers. On a couple of occasions, Green hosted a live video stream from his home as he signed stacks of pages that were eventually bound into these books. Probably sixteen other things I have forgotten.The dogs must continue to eat, of course. Pick up my new glasses, along with going to the grocery store and the pet food place.And I got some much needed space back in my shop. ![]() I am definitely on call to help with it when he gets back to it. Returning the CNC machine to Xwalacktun.Things are still in stasis thanks to Covid, but maybe they will get moving again sometime in January. No definite information yet, but the person I spoke with is interested and will run it up the flagpole. Discussing the possibility of teaching a stone carving class through the Continuing Education department at Langara College.It’s good to have it in hand and understood. ![]() We bought the house just after the taxes were paid by the previous owners, and it is the only big bill we hadn’t yet seen.
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