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"Will you meet me by the river, baby, one more time?"
On Tuesday, I set aside work on The Starkeeper to write a piece for Sirenia Digest #125 (June). I did 1,006 words on Tuesday. I did another 1,036 yesterday. It's called "Whisper Road," and was inspired by a drive through South County last Saturday ( Read more... ) -
Ouroboros Providence
I really do want to switch this back to journal mode, with actual words and everything. A month or a year from now I'm going to look back and regret not having recorded May and June. The conception of The Starkeeper, for example. Or thoughts on Jeff Nichols' brilliant Take Shelter (2011) and Midnight Special (2016). Or watching Mars from the floor ( Read more... ) -
"There's no future, there's no past. In the present, nothing lasts."
He only did what any of us would have done, surely. He only checked his Facebook to see if he were being noticed ( Read more... ) -
"Oh, there's an island where all things are silent."
After a week of March, it seems to be June again. Currently, it's 79˚F. We made it to the mid eighties yesterday.
The writing has been arduous and very, very slow. I'd hoped to be through with the first chapter of The Starkeeper by now. Instead, I've hardly begun. The book is still too unformed. Major elements, major aspects, are still in flux, ( Read more... ) -
"And all the little bones that he hid in his vent." (Windsday)
Yesterday, I did 1,001 words on The StarkeeperToday, there's a windy lashing the city, and I'm never going to get used to the weather up here. Yesterday was rainy, and late in the afternoon it was only 58˚F ( Read more... ) -
"And the sky was falling, and time was bending..."
Yesterday, was my second good writing day on The Starkeeper. I did 1,026 words. Only (approximately) seventy-three more to go. I'm hoping to finish the novel at the end of September. I have to put it on hold in August to write a new novella ( Read more... ) -
"What good is livin' a life you've been given if all you do is stand in one place?"
Yesterday was the first good writing day I've had on The Starkeeper. I did 1,000 words. I introduced The Dream, along with Jude and Judith Posey. Now, I only need about seventy-four more days exactly like yesterday, and all will be well ( Read more... ) -
"I was ready to die for you, baby, Doesn't mean I'm ready to stay"
The sun is back today.
And yesterday I very likely typed the first sentence of The Starkeeper.
Later Taters,
Aunt Beast
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"What you're looking for won't be found easily."
A cloudy morning, but the sun is coming out now. It's much cooler today, currently only 64˚F ( Read more... )
