Writing

Writing Translation

Happy May Day. My student, Ben Norwood, sent me a wonderful end-of-the-semester gift today–a copy of the The Republic of Letters, the journal begun by Saul Bellow.  Ben translated one of the stories in it, a piece called, “Xavier the Leper,” by Alberto Rangel, from Spanish. I’m just in awe of this. The story is […]

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Writing

Rewriting Without Ruination

I can never decide if I like writing the rough draft or rewriting better.  Actually, it usually depends on where I am in the novel.  If I’m writing a rough draft, I wish I was rewriting.  If I am rewriting, I long for the freedom of the rough draft.

Brings to mind a saying my Dad used to have hanging in his basement workshop:

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Writing

Writing Resistance

Today, I know all about Rosie’s decision to leave The View.  I know all about the storms that ravaged towns in Texas near the border to Mexico.  All about them. Why?  Because I’m supposed to be writing.  This is my morning to work on my novel.  Its so much easier to look at stories on […]

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Writing

A Single-Spaced World

Suddenly, it is a single-spaced world.  This thought just occurred to me as I was editing an article I am going to post on my new companion blog.  Last time I tried importing something from Word that was double-spaced I got everything all messed up, even after I’d figured out how to do it without […]

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