The Myth of the Given

Diary 8/10 to 8/11/22: Dream of Monopoly; weight woes; petty "depression"; reading my diary; dictionaries; pissy mood; gym gear; Wilfred or Wilfrid?

Highsmith Shows the Way to Writing Success

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.

“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.