His novels aren’t among my favorites, and he wasn’t the greatest interviewer I’ve ever heard. But Anton Strout was the easily the most important author in my development as a writer.
I was sad to learn that he died yesterday.
[Read more…]RIP, Anton
School supplies and nostalgia
The Younger was given a list of school supplies which, in our pandemic-ridden world, I bought through Amazon.
I wasn’t prepared for the wash of nostalgia I’d feel when the supplies arrived.
gdkembleYOLSF: One down, twenty-four to go
Back near the beginning of the year, I committed to “The Year of Living Short Fiction,” during which I would write 25 short stories in 2019. I just finished the first of those stories.
I think I’m a little behind.
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Arrogance, fear, and the fixed mindset
I started this blog to encourage myself to write. So far: not a lot of progress on that front.
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