Posted in writing, tagged notebook on 25 February 2008 | No Comments »
Another enigmatic entry from one of my old notebooks:
6 January 2003
He Walked with a lisp.
She Talked with a limp.
Their children went into
A list that must have amused me:
17 Feb 2003 Monday 12:20 a.m.
spots
spat
pot
past
pest
step
Sometimes I see something that sets off strange connections:
5 May 2003
“Doctor Locke”—chiseled into the concrete on the sidewalk next to where we [...]
Posted in writing, tagged notebook on 19 February 2008 | 3 Comments »
Continuing my wanderings through some of my old notebooks.
I’ve learned it’s usually best to write down things that strike me as very interesting. Which doesn’t necessarily mean that eight years later it will make much sense to me:
24 March 2000
Use pesticide names for names of villians
Blackberries saved my life
Here are some impressions of the rooms [...]
Posted in writing, tagged notebook, poetry on 17 February 2008 | No Comments »
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I’m deep into the research and writing of my newest novel, 2D, and at the same time I’m revising [...]
Posted in writing, tagged notebook, the writing life on 11 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
Like many writers I have a notebook that I carry around for recording observations, quotes, scenes, thoughts, snippets of dialog, attempts at poems, and some of the crazy ideas I get that might someday be the impetus for a writing project. It’s an analog device with two components: a school composition book with sewn binding [...]
