>VCCA Day 6

> All the visual artists left today. Very strange. In the morning I worked on two new stories for the collection: “The Developer’s Dilemma” and “The Professor’s Daughter.” The latter title definitely will not stay as it is the title of Emily Raboteau’s book, but it’s a useful working title for this particular piece. I don’t particularly love the other title either, but it will do for now.

In the afternoon, despite having not accomplished all that much in the morning, I joined Sarah and Vivian for a drive up the mountain. We stopped at a wayside and hiked for an hour and a half on the Appalachian Trail. Beautiful. A nice break.

Dinner was odd with our dwindling group and afterwards I went back to the studio to do some more work.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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