“How long it take to write a book?” my dad asks. “It depends,” I answer. “How long does it have to be?” “As long as it needs,” I reply. “How long is the book you’re writing?” “It was four hundred pages.” I say. “Four hundred pages!” he says. “Wow!” “But now it’s just two hundred,” […]
Now Too Old
I’m now too old to be young and beautiful, although now I suspect I was, back in the day. I’m now too old to be “successful” in the realm of public achievement, fame, and fortune, although I now question that definition of success. I’m too old to have more children, to see without corrective lenses […]
Traveling in Place, Part 2
Traveling in Place is how a place-based person like me enjoys seeing the world. After six days of urban living, we migrated from Dan and Lene’s sleek Copenhagen apartment to their relaxed country house in Blavand, on the west coast of Denmark. First, we drove through the “Kiss and Fly” lane at the Copenhagen airport, […]
What Every Writer Wants
I asked Google, “What does a writer want?” I found a variety of answers. Lev Raphael says we want “Everything,” and quotes Roxane Gay saying writers “want and want and want.” Some writers will say they want fame, others money, some just want luck. I think what a writer really wants is Audience. Writers want […]
Traveling In Place, Part One
It’s a natural progression from Living in Place to Traveling in Place. Traveling in place is not armchair travel: it requires packing a duffle, boarding a plane, and watching movies until you’re in another time-zone. It’s what I did last week, when I flew to Denmark. This was neither an arbitrary destination nor a strictly […]
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