I do a lot more of commenting than writing these days. Real life, it is a hard taskmaster. Many things languish on Google docs in half-finished form. Sigh ( Read more... )

I've been musing about ideas of security - one of my favorite personal idols - and one I'm trying to dethrone. It was mostly tripped by off by a different discussion a few weeks ago, but then I read this quote from the very astute Ms. Welty:

In fact, when we think in terms of the spirit, which are the terms of writing, is there a conception more ( Read more... )

Currently reading Eudora Welty's On Writing - and hoping it will rub off on some of mine. Although re-reading her short stories hasn't helped me (yet) to cut any of mine down. I seem categorically unable to write something short and sweet. Maybe I'll just start sleeping with it under my pillow and hope it works via osmosis ( Read more... )