As for the connection between quitting my job and New York City, I think it is buried somewhere within the recesses of situational relevance - right here and now, in the fluid present, I’m in this situation and unhappy with it. In the past and future (if they can be separated as such) I’m in New York City and I’m happy. What’s happening here is making me think of what’s happening there, right here and now.
A few things I’m working on, and hoping to have one or more of them for you by the end of the weekend:
A story on intensive German class and the bunker mentality that became associated with it
A story about how I try to title stories before I’ve written them
A story about how I found out [...]
It is roundly accepted that the best fiction is a product of a “what if” scenario. What if George Washington was an alien, what if Bruce Willis didn’t know he was dead, etc. There have been several things in the last few days which I have observed and then said to myself, “I should write [...]
Good things that happened yesterday:
my dog learned how to jump on the couch.
We got picked up by Reuters WorldWire. (Way to go, Betsy!)
Thing I could have done without:
Another excision, another hole in my leg.
Still behind on term papers