Wednesday, January 09, 2013

So Much to Say...

I want to talk about reviving my first novel and totally hacking out one of my two POVs... and about this issue of narrative distance and how important it is to *know* when establishing voice... and LOST, the television show we're watching and how fantabulous the scripting and characters and acting are... (yeah, I know, you watched it six years ago but I'm always behind the ball, and I never read NYT best-sellers until they're bumped off the list)... and the winter issue of Winter Issue of JMWW, which is phenomenal... and the mindfulness meditation course I'm taking and how excited I am about FINALLY doing this program... and how I'm totally grooving on my children and their little passions... and gorge, which is a raucous and bawdy and hilarious novel told in stories by amazing writers like Robert Vaughn, Gay Degani, Meg Tuite, Gill Hoffs, Susan tepper, and oodles of others, even MOI, and edited by the intrepid Matt Potter... and Kurt Cobain was a very good person, a gentle soul, and his music haunts me... the rash of assaults on my campus, it's the economy, stupid... and class starts up again in two weeks and I'm excited because this professor is sooooooo excellent and we'll read eight or nine novels and DISSECT them for form and structure, EXACTLY what I need right now... I really want to talk about all this stuff, a lot, but... I'm out of time, on deadline with a novel and I must, must, must get revisions done so I can start to submit this baby, again.

Peace...

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  1. It strikes me that there are ten or fiftenn posts in this busy paragraph. Posts which I would read with delight if your busy, busy life would allow you the time to create them...

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    1. Working on those posts now, my friend. The past 2 weeks, my head has spun with words and ideas, just not much time to get them down. Peace...

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  2. it'sgoodtoseeyouaresobusyandmanagedtodropusalinegoodluckwiththenoveldeadlineihopeitgetspickedupsoon!

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    1. Thankyoudarlingihopeallthatworkeventuallygetsmeoutoftheslushandintoacontractyay!peace...

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  3. What Cathy said.

    Have a great 2013, Linda.
    ~jon

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    1. Thank you Jon! I hope 2013 treats you like the king you are! peace...

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