Six Hours Good, Eight Hours Bad

Last night, I threw in the towel early after about 1,200 words. Not a bad output – way better than zero – and I even felt pretty good about them. I was actually reading my early chronicles of writing Loosely…

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Incompetence

I talk a lot about the 85% rule, which states that at any given time, 85% of all people are idiots, or mailing it in, or both. But rarely do succinct manifestations get mailed to my door: [portions redacted by…

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I Remember This

I remember this feeling – the elation of finishing much more of the book than you were planning on even working on at the outset of the night, especially given how late you were hanging out with other people, eating…

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The Sojourn in Pictures: Indiana

Part 12 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Yesterday: Illinois Crossroads indeed – this is the only picture we took in Indiana: Tomorrow: Michigan

The Sojourn in Pictures: Illinois

Part 11 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Yesterday’s Post: Iowa Actual Previous State: Wisconsin They’re really into the whole Lincoln thing in Illinois: I, on the other hand, am really into that whole Ray Bradbury thing…

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Eight Pages a Day

This blog may be in danger of becoming a writing blog. I think I’m okay with that, since writing is what I’ve been wanting to do since I was about eight years old, but you should probably be forewarned. I…

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The Sojourn in Pictures: Iowa

Part 10 (should be 9) in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. So in my rush to get these out, I forgot Iowa. I know, I know. My 48th state of all time. So while yesterday’s post was…

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