>VCCA Day 7

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Not much to report. I worked reasonably well on one of the last stories in the collection, “The Kingdom of Witness.” Maybe. In the afternoon I mostly worked on Liberation Day, as I am quite close to finishing the rough draft. It is probably going to need a different ending, and there is a lot of layering in of thematic material that is still to come, but this will be a good basis.

We had nice presentations in the evening. First, composer Sabang Cho played a CD of her composition Aqua for Piana Trio and explained the inspiration for it, which was fascinating. Marianne Swierenga read an essay from Del Sol Review about her college job as a pastry chef. Lastly, Jan Hamer showed a DVD of a portion of a performance of her opera-in-progress. Very exciting–it’s a major work and will be fantastic when she finishes.

Scrabble in the evening. I lost!

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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