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writer’s bookshelf: on writing by stephen king

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized, book review, general, productivity, writing process

I’ve been thinking about On Writing, Stephen King’s memoir/writing treatise a lot in the last two days, because Monday morning I awoke to some medium-to-severe back pain. A trip to a massage therapist didn’t help, and it felt even worse today. Grrr. In general, I lead a largely pain-free existence, and on days like these [...]

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mmmm, powdered eggs

April 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized, general, procrastination

Okay, so it turns out it was bad timing for me to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy last week, right before the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert from 3 to 4 (I think levels 5 and 6 are the official “holy crap” levels), AND two (mild) cases of swine flu turned [...]

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