Month: November 2007

November 29, 2007

>VCCA: Birthday

>What a great place to spend your birthday! In the morning I worked well again and managed to come to the end of the…
November 28, 2007

>VCCA: mid-residency break

>I’m roughly halfway through my residency now and I took a planned halfday off. I don’t know if it was because I knew I…
November 27, 2007

>Ginosko #5

>Check out Issue #5 of Ginosko Literary Journal.
November 27, 2007

>VCCA: Rainy Monday

>The latest word on the nearby forest fire is that it is contained by burned 300 acres. Since we had heavy rain today, I’m…
November 26, 2007

>VCCA: Sunday

>A gray day, good for working. Once again, hitting a problem with a story, I solved part of it by taking a walk in…
November 25, 2007

>NYT’s Notable Books of 2007

>The New York Times will publish its annual list of 100 Notable Books in the December 2 issue of the Book Review, by which…
November 25, 2007

>VCCA: Weekend

>Although I didn’t get much work done on Thursday, Friday was better and I finished a draft of another story. The planned entertainment for…
November 23, 2007

>VCCA: Thanksgiving

>Okay, now it really is Thanksgiving. Our feast last night was fantastic — turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, all beautifully prepared. The chef…
November 23, 2007

>Size Matters, continued

>Recently, I moaned about a tiny, badly cut-out rejction slip I received. I didn’t mention the name of the magazine, which I happen to…
November 23, 2007

>The New Yorker: "Or Else" by Antonya Nelson

>Antonya Nelson is a terrific story-teller and this piece is, I think, typical of her. In it, David Chalmers is an unsympathetic liar who…