Diary 5/26 to 5/27/22: Body image; McGovern on nuclear war; peculiar dream; writing success; Graham Greene on Highsmith; pointless bus rides; school massacre; Family Guy.
Category: Novel in Progress
“Daily Waste of Daily Powers,” Highsmith Quotes, etc.
Diary 5/20 to 5/23/22: Patricia Highsmith quotes; Chris Hedges; a dream; stopping caring; disgraceful eating; neuroscientist quote; fiction writing "my calling"; my best reading and writing; wilted cilantro; Jif recall; Australian climate and election.
Angry Spiders: Diary, 4/10 to 4/12/22
Self-distraction; talk is cheap; piles of notes; marriage is not a reward quote from Chris Hedges; Bullet Journal; efficiency; screaming; Abraham Joshua Heschel; a dream; restarting the novel.
Swept Away: Diary 3/21 to 3/22/22
Books that sweep me away; inspired by Middlemarch; a scam avoided; inspired by Greta Thunberg; a dream; blog activity up; George Lakoff and metaphors.
Highsmith Quotes: Diary, 2/28 to 3/4/22
Writing when it flows, and when it doesn't; my way to happiness; pain perception; click bait; Nog and fiction; Pablo does it again; Chomsky on Ukraine.
WAR in Europe! Diary, 2/22 to 2/25/22
Less psych, more writing! And less TV. Firing up the Fynn novel again; MK Ultra and Pablo's sources; poetry tiff; the mad Russian and Fox "News"; Saint Clara and other DVDs
Hap the Crystalwright, Part Three
Catastrophe! The fight with the sea dragon and the aftermath. Plus, a new friend. Photo by Egor Kamelev on Pexels.com Hap: The Story So Far (link opens new tab) Chapter Five: A Fight for Their Lives Uncertain of his role in the coming battle, Hap put one hand on his sword hilt and the other … Continue reading Hap the Crystalwright, Part Three
Hap the Crystalwright, Part Two
Hap the crystalwright and his nephew Pit pursue a spy, and, with others, embark on a dangerous voyage. A continuing fantasy story.
Hap the Crystalwright: Part One
A fantasy novel-in-progress, inspired by the Greek and Persian wars of ancient history. In this chapter, a spy is discovered in the Kreeg city of Meteron.
Psychic Powers: Diary 1/4 – 1/13/22
Work cures depression; novel ideas and questions; W.W. Atkinson; reading Neuroscience; Patricia Highsmith's diaries; movie reviews incl. the best Jane Austen movie; looking at 2021; John Cleese; so much more!
Emma, etc.: Diary, 11/19 to 12/1/21
Jerry Brown quote; neurotransmitters; The Philosophy Club novel; Hap the Crystalwright novel; many movies, some TV; versions of Jane Austen's Emma compared a bit.
In My Skin: Diary, 11/14 to 11/18/21
Novel writing; Pickwick Papers quotes; lie/lay? Movies; drug companies; Lincoln; Durant book and others; phthisis.
Novel Idea: Diary, 6/16 to 6/18/21
Movie reviews, Durant book, Thriftbooks complaint, sudoku books, my new schedule, Twitter popularity, Anatol Lieven interview, novel plotting.
Novelizing: Diary 6/13 to 6/14/21
Writing prompts; Cioran quote and words as blunt instruments; Sophie's World; failing memory again; two bad movies.
Hemlock Novel: Diary, 6/11 to 6/12/21
Sybil movie; two novels die and another is born; horror movie mistake; Hemlock Club meeting; possible philosophy discussion.
Breakthrough: Diary 6/8 to 6/10/21
How books saved my writing soul; plus whining about WordPress; and Eve Arden, Camus's Stranger, In the Fade, so, lots of potatoes ending with a burst of excitement.
Save the Cat! Diary, 6/3 to 6/4/21
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel; a hard issue in writing; WordPress not great; bad movies; Austen's Persuasion.
God of the Forest: Diary, 5/31 to 6/2/21
Working on a novel; Anna Faris & Scary Movies; Helen Vendler & Alexander Pope; Prison Diary dictation; Alan Watts & self-mastery; Bugsy Malone.
Heart Attack? Diary, 4/15 to 4/19/21
Reviews of Frozen, Catwoman, and other movies; heart attack scare; book-buying splurge; my whims; publishing plan; and the usual blather.
Disgust: Diary 4/1 to 4/10/21
Hatcheting WW84 and Andromeda; Tolstoy's Confession; abandoning The Lolita Curse and possible plans for my future as a novelist. Etc.
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