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Novel Announcement
Andrew and I finished our first novel together. The name is The Wind is High. We have worked ourselves raw for six weeks, and yesterday sent the manuscript to the first beta readers. I am happy to give it to anyone who asks. I will post the first chapter (the weakest chapter, unfortunately) soon, here. We finished the first pass…
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Just Wasting Time
My husband asked last night if writing our book was “worth it.” I asked “Worth what?” He said “You know… Our time?” I just laughed and said “Definitely, our time is worthless!” Which, I know, seems like a flippant response for a moment of vulnerability. However, I don’t think it’s helpful to give feelings of doubt…
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Technology In Nature
My thoughts turned to the interconnectedness of our world today. The opinion of ecologists has long been that humans are an inherently unnatural destabilization of the natural balance. However, when I consider the entirety of the landscape—avoiding the division of structures into categories like ‘non-human’ and ‘development,’ the purpose of destabilization becomes clear. In my…
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Low-Budget Remake of The Birds
This morning we woke up after sleeping from about 4-11:00 AM. I might have been a little hypomanic. We went over to my parents house, and had lovely collards and black eyed peas and sausage and corn bread. After lunch we went for a walk. The weather was overcast and a pleasant 70 degrees. We…
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My Picture Book
Today I’ll tell you the story of how I first was inspired to write a book. It was the most magical, nearly fully formed idea I’ve ever had, and I am so excited to realize it as well as I can. It starts with the book Big Magic by Liz Gilbert. Yes, the Eat, Pray,…