Author: Don

• 07:40 On page 51 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. Been awhile since I enjoyed a novella as much as "Black Glass" 5* #
• 07:43 On page 55 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. "Contention" might’ve done better w/more narrative tension. 3* #
• 07:47 Double-checked my email this AM in case I was dreaming. Not dreaming–I’m still shortlisted for a writing contest!! #
• 09:10 Long weekend threw me off. Thought I had relatives coming tomorrow. They’re coming *today*! Gah!! #
• 09:58 As Gunnery Sgt. Foley would ask, "Which one are you?" Different types of critiquers. bit.ly/6kPHC #
• 10:19 @littlefluffycat Thanks a bunch! Keeping my fingers crossed :). #
• 10:53 "Cos since I’ve come home/ Well my body’s been a mess…" #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~74myi #
• 11:49 Hi, I’m Don. #3wordsaftersex (Yes, it’s that slow at work right this second.) #
• 12:31 Time for lunch! #3wordsaftersex #
• 13:05 @jdfreivald Totally missed your congrats–thanks!! #
• 13:36 Back to work! #3wordsaftersex #
• 14:03 Something in the air today? Stream of rudeness just now. Grr. #
• 17:11 Off work early! #3wordsaftersex #
• 17:27 Internet’s wonky at the PM writing site. Not that I *really* need it to write, but still. 🙂 #
• 19:29 Houseguests are here! #3wordsaftersex (Okay, I’m getting kinda sick of that joke, too. But houseguests really are here.) #
• 22:40 @littlefluffycat Nice story! 🙂 #

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• 07:15 On page 29 of 272 of Black Glass: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler. 1/2-way thru the 1st novella. History, feminism, slavery & voodoo, oh my! #
• 07:17 Stayed up a little too late watching LAND OF THE LOST. Man, Sid & Marty dropped some serious LSD back then, didn’t they? #
• 07:54 Supposedly, if you haven’t received an email re: the flash contest I entered, you’re still in the running. I have not received an email :D. #
• 09:01 First day of summertime "banker’s hours!" God, summer’s finally here! #
• 09:17 "So what twisted logic or internal emotional blackmail do you use to make a pile of pages?" bit.ly/95UKW #
• 11:23 "You can cry tough baby, it’s all right/ You can let me down easy, but not tonight." #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~72b2g #
• 12:23 Gonna have a netbook-free copyediting lunch. Just the MS and the trusty Mirado Black Warrior No.2 pencil! #
• 12:30 RT @thebookslut How… cute. "My First S&M Guide." bit.ly/CelYL #
• 13:46 RT @S___Elliott It’s never a bad idea to reread Where I’m Calling From, esp. if you want to remember how to write a short story…. [Amen!!] #
• 13:49 Figured out how to tighten up the current #wip. Should be ready to submit by the end of the week! #
• 17:43 At the summertime PM writing spot, where the biggest temptation is buying new books. At least the coffee’s good. #
• 17:44 Now to create another draft of the MS I edited at lunch. Gonna see how much survives my ruthless cutting! #wip #
• 18:18 Wasn’t sure what was slipped into my lunch to make me think I had the #wip all figured out :(. I’m close, though! #
• 20:53 *Shortlisted!* The Revenge of the Writer finally starts to pay off ;)! Details to come. #rotw #

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• 08:04 RT @drmabuse I didn’t realize until now that Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics for the amazingly awful song "We Built This City." [Forgot that] #
• 08:09 Happy Memorial Day! Already had the cookout so mine will be spent cleaning up the last bits of life-wreckage left in the wake of skool. #
• 08:12 twitpic.com/5x1g6 – You know you have real friends when they tolerate your neuroses. #
• 08:40 On page 19 of 256 of Black Glass: Short Fictions by Karen Joy Fowler. Once, I’d have ignored any collection that started w/a novella. Not… #
• 08:56 Go to the Sci-Fi channel!! Right now! It’s a LAND OF THE LOST marathon!!!! #
• 15:42 Rewriting and napping, not necessarily in that order. This is definitely the life :). #
• 18:51 Back from dinner out. I haven’t eaten so much in 2 days since last Thanksgiving. #
• 19:02 Damn, LAND OF THE LOST is *still* on :). Loving the combination of 70s DOCTOR WHO Moog synth music w/that banjo ho-down music. #

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• 08:21 A 1.5 hr drive back & forth always feels like wasted time. HATE that. But the pull of friends & grilled meat is too strong. #
• 09:07 Trying to get stuff done before the drive. But thinking of the drive always gets in the way! Grr! #
• 10:04 "Heart–where we want it to be/ Love–like it’s a miracle/ Power to be like we need to be." #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~6xqz2 #
• 11:12 Think I’ve got tomorrow’s Memorial Day writing plans worked out. Watching BookTV until the drive to the cookout! #
• 14:32 I’m #reading Black Glass: Short Fictions by Karen Joy Fowler – tinyurl.com/pnuw5h #
• 14:42 Found that copy of BLACK GLASS in a used bookstore on the way to the cookout! Been looking for it for *years*! #
• 20:20 Up from an after-cookout nap. Ate *waaay* too much!! Now, to enjoy some of that Fowler story collection it’s taken me years to find. #
• 22:14 The newest TV trainwreck I can’t keep my eyes off of–DEADLIEST WARRIOR on Spike. #

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• 07:54 Only things I *have* to do today: Farmer’s Market, grocery shopping, & haircut. Will be lackadaisical about everything else, even writing 🙂 #
• 08:04 Migrating from one email address to another is such a pain in the ass! Then again, if my folks could migrate from one country to another…. #
• 10:40 Got 2 out of 3 to-do list items done for today. I’m in the mood to just put off the 3rd this weekend :). #
• 11:06 twitpic.com/5robm – This is the *fraking* life! 🙂 #
• 11:32 #blog Can’t remember the last time I was so glad to see the start of summer. bit.ly/Ah6NI #
• 13:13 I want to read: Fast Fiction: Creating Fiction in Fiv… by Roberta Allen – tinyurl.com/oa733l #
• 13:14 I want to read: Science Fiction Writer’s Workshop-I: … by Barry B. Longyear – tinyurl.com/p2u2qf #
• 13:19 I want to read: Writing Incredibly Short Plays, Poems… by James H. Norton – tinyurl.com/pb58lu #
• 13:20 I want to read: True Facts by Larry Young – tinyurl.com/rddev2 #
• 13:20 I want to read: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other S… by Susanna Clarke – tinyurl.com/q9ju2e #
• 13:31 As you can see, I went apeshit at the Booksale once again. www.booksale.org #
• 14:56 Getting freaked out watching SECOND COMING, written by Russel T. Davies, starring Christopher Eccleston. #
• 17:32 3.5* for THE SECOND COMING. Christopher Eccleston & the other actors, awesome. Russell T. Davies’s writing, same as usual. #
• 18:53 "Miss a beat, you lose the rhythm/ And nothin’ falls into place" #lyrics ♫ blip.fm/~6wlhg #

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• 07:50 On page 113 of 256 of Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser. "History of a Disturbance" read exactly like a long hist… #
• 07:52 This is the last day of early AM writing hours for the skool year! Yup, summer’s almost here!! #
• 07:54 Revenge of the Writer, Phase 2, cont.: Gonna copyedit past the pg that badly needs rewrites to see what can be salvaged. #wip #rotw #
• 07:58 Writing playlist: Chicago’s 1982 performance on the radio show STAR SESSIONS. #
• 09:14 The #wip I’m revising has the best ending I’ve ever written thus far. The middle, not so much. 🙁 #
• 10:30 RT @GrantaMag Jonathan Lethem has a thought or two about the meaning of proximity these days bit.ly/nt2j1 #
• 10:34 Seems my contest entry was at least accepted :). Should know result by next week. *fingerscrossed* #
• 11:11 Phoning it in at the day job. Mind’s on my #wip revision…. #
• 11:55 I think I’ve finally got my OOs templates to play nice w/MSWord!! #
• 13:24 RT @clarkesworld Who are the best new writers publishing fiction in #semiprozines ? bit.ly/13WmN7 #sff #hugo #
• 17:14 Ah, my last "late nite" at work. Next week, I get to work human business hours!! 🙂 #
• 18:45 Getting reacquainted with my summertime after-work writing spot. Feeling the Friday nite laziness setting in, tho :(. #

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• 07:32 On page 160 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Does "What an Old Woman Will Wear" show a subtle acceptance of aging or a su… #
• 07:35 On page 165 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Sock" is a realistic portrayal of how folks in broken relationships get… #
• 07:39 On page 177 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Five Signs of Disturbance" is disturbing. I felt how close the protag is to… #
• 07:41 Finished with Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis #
• 07:46 Revenge of the Writer, Phase 2 continues. 2nd out of 4 stories up for rewrite today. Playlist: Bill Champlin mix. #rotw #
• 08:55 This #wip rewrite is kicking my ass this morning. :(. #rotw #
• 09:20 twitpic.com/5mbc5 – The cause of this morning’s pain. #rotw #
• 11:01 I want to read: The Complete Butcher’s Tales by Rikki Ducornet – tinyurl.com/pwov8x #
• 11:02 I want to read: The One Marvelous Thing by Rikki Ducornet – tinyurl.com/pl9wv2 #
• 11:04 I will not upload/edit my #wip on Google Docs on work time. I will not upload/edit my #wip on Google Docs on work time. I will not… #rotw #
• 13:46 Avoided uploading/editing #wip on Google Docs. Discovering at lunch how badly one pg needs to be rewritten :(. #rotw #
• 15:53 Substituted 50% of my coffee intake, *not* with Folgers crystals but w/plain water! Almost forgot what the stuff tasted like :). #
• 15:58 Some good responses to common personalized rejections of short stories (which I’ve gotten lately). bit.ly/iH0F0 #
• 17:56 Skool grades in. No B for me. I’ll have to "settle" for an A- !! 😀 #
• 17:58 Listening to @totn podcast taking place at the Cols., OH NPR affiliate I used to listen to. You can take the boy out of OH, &c…. #
• 18:08 Official permission to leave work early. No sneaking required! 🙂 #
• 21:11 @AWDawno Thanks a bunch!! #

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• 07:50 On page 153 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Long sentences in "The Cottages" might’ve been better from inhabitant’s POV. 3* #
• 07:53 On page 154 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "Safe Love" succinctly tells an unfinished story. 4* #
• 07:54 On page 155 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. Solving "The Problem" clearly isn’t the point. I didn’t even try. 5* #
• 07:58 Revenge of the Writer: Still on Phase 2 (catching up on rewrites), with Brit Blue-eyed Soul on Pandora. #rotw #
• 09:09 Revenge of the Writer, Phase 2b complete: One more story ready for submission! Two more to go! #rotw #
• 10:46 Trying everything I can think of to seamlessly switch back & forth between permutations of .rtf/.doc & MSWord/OO, and it’s just not working! #
• 11:05 3 questions of eternal storytelling by @jonrog1 bit.ly/zfOq8 (My 1st drafts will henceforth also be known as "puke drafts.") #
• 12:44 I can’t just adjust a damn format template for indents and line spacing; I gotta worry about character spacing, too? Really? #
• 13:36 twitpic.com/5kd78 – Lunch with a view today. Decreased my aggravation a bit. But will it hold? 🙂 #
• 14:51 Inadvertently cheesed off a coworker. Outpourings of luv have been ineffective :(. #
• 17:58 1 out of the 3 pieces of good news I’ve been wishing for has come to pass!! Crossing fingers on the other two! #
• 20:23 @AbsoluteWrite Thanks so much!! #
• 20:26 Trying to harness the energy tonite to continue Revenge of the Writer, Phase 2. #rotw #
• 20:35 @AWDawno Just don’t mix up your recipes :). #

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• 08:07 On page 149 of 192 of Break It Down: Stories by Lydia Davis. "The Housemaid" is 7 pgs of multiple layers. 5* #
• 08:08 I’m #reading Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories by Steven Millhauser – tinyurl.com/rxwbbn #
• 08:11 Revenge of the Writer, Phase 2 this AM: Go backward thru my backlog of 3 stories that need rewrites & prep for submission. #rotw #wip #
• 08:13 Today’s Revenge of the Writer playlist: British Blue-Eyed Soul list on Pandora (i.e. music that’s made folks ? my sexual orientation.) #rotw #
• 08:52 @jdfreivald Love BREAK IT DOWN almost as much as SAMUEL JOHNSON…. I’d seriously consider selling my soul to write like Lydia Davis. #
• 09:23 Revenge of the Writer Phase 2 progress: 1 story almost done w/line edits & will be the next one out of the gate. #rotw #
• 10:37 Listened to 2 of my more boring coworkers having a conversation. Talk about the whole being > the sum of its parts! #observations #
• 11:14 *sigh* Looks like I’ll need to spend my lunch hour hashing out a difference of opinion between me & my student-loan shark. #
• 11:23 Could be the lingering vestiges of PTSD from last week, ‘cos my hategasm for student-loan sharks seems a bit disproportionate. Or is it? #
• 11:50 I want to read: McSweeney’s Issue 31 by Dave Eggers – tinyurl.com/qp4pxo #
• 13:14 To student-loan shark customer service: Ur doin’ it wrong!! HATEgasm!! #
• 14:29 12 oz of blueberry yogurt: filling and comforting (as I ate at my desk while forcing myself to get a grip). #
• 15:59 Using Google Calendar to track which markets are open for submission–I didn’t think of this years ago, why?? #
• 16:21 Grr! Someone’s been hanging around Tina Fey too long, thinking he can be as funny as she is. bit.ly/y1slG #
• 16:23 Then again, I gotta be honest–I’d LMAO if Tina Fey had said it. #
• 17:10 Just wanna leave work & get back to my Brit Blue-eyed Soul playlist on Pandora (aka the music that’s made folks ? my sexual orientation). #

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