writing
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Five Years and Counting
The sixth year of my marriage to Ariele has officially begun, and it’s a special milestone indeed. Our wedding took place very close to the fifth anniversary of our first date, which means that in the coming months I will at last be able to say that I have spent the majority of my acquaintance… Continue reading
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A relief and a break
Now that I’ve finished my July challenge, having written a short poem every single day, I can say both that I’ve enjoyed the experience and that I am extremely glad I don’t have to write another poem today. Writing poetry means a lot to me, but it’s not really a “challenge” if you don’t end… Continue reading
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This is not a post
Forgive me, friends. Between writing a silly little poem every day, and putting off revising the last two of the current tranch of chapters of my novel, I don’t have the energy to write a real weekend post. I tried thinking of one, but it’s almost midnight on Saturday as I write this, and I… Continue reading
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Reckoning with Juvenalia
While I wait for my editor to send me back some more chapters from my novel to review, my mind has been drifting toward poetry. I’ve posted two new poems here in the last couple of weeks, and I’m preparing for a special month-long poetry feature for July that will help me tone up the… Continue reading
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Let’s Appreciate the Birds and the Cherries
I’ve been a little neglectful of this blog space for a couple of weeks, and I’m sorry. Not on account of the sheer volume of my disappointed readership, but because putting out a little somethin’ somethin’ every week means something to me. It keeps me thinking and contributes to my sense of weekly rhythm. But… Continue reading
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The State of the Novel
Depending on what is meant by “write,” I only wrote The Ghost of Canard University once. But in the course of revising it, both on my own and with my editor, I have probably read it through two or three times. There are certain parts of it that I have read at least a dozen… Continue reading
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A Dream in the Vegetable Garden
The garden made a holy resolution,raising from the soil, lithe and green,a form refined by vicious evolution—grasping at the trellis like a bean,adorned with fragile blossoms in the morninglight, a delicate chemise of white,and bearing twilit fruit for night’s aborningstars, the touch of Venus brushing Mars—and have the jays been feeding from the cherries,do they… Continue reading
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On The Zeppo
For fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, last week brought some sad and sobering news. In the wake of the surprise cancellation of the planned revival of the show, it was reported that Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander Harris throughout its original run, had died. In a media era which seemingly never tires of bringing… Continue reading
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The State of the Novel
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I was striving to finish my most recent revision of The Ghost of Canard University by January First. I am pleased to announce that, in spite of my heinous executive dysfunction, I have indeed finished this revision—as of last Friday, January Sixteenth, 2026. That very evening, the revised… Continue reading
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Maybe Next Week
I’ve got a lot to think about. I’ve got a lot to do. There is no saving the world in feeling bad, or in writing about why the world needs saving or why you feel bad. There’s no exorcising those bad feelings with something you dashed off in a few minutes, or a spasm of… Continue reading
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