Category Archives: Writing

The Adventure of Peeps: Part I

Posted on 08/30/2009 by chick

Here it is, the first installment of the new Sunday Story. I didn’t have much time to work on it. I reserve the right to add or change details as I work on other installments, because Peeps has not yet … Continue reading →

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Double Feature

Posted on 08/18/2009 by chick

Looking back over my old blog posts, I find that I miss the Vonnegut Marathon and Sunday Stories. I’d like to bring those features back in some way. I don’t know if I’ll have the time, though. I suppose I … Continue reading →

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Puzzling Thoughts

Posted on 08/16/2009 by chick

Writing is like a puzzle, isn’t it?—Faithful Reader That’s what he said to me last night when he looked over and saw me toying with a block of text. Writing is a sort of puzzle, one with constantly shifting pieces. … Continue reading →

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About Those Posts…

Posted on 12/03/2008 by chick

Faithful Reader told me that he doesn’t like my reading posts, at least not as much as my other posts. That’s OK. I don’t either. But it’s for a different type of enjoyment that I write them. I write them … Continue reading →

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I’m a Fan

Posted on 07/03/2008 by chick

I know this will sound a little strange given my usual reading choices, but I’m a fan of Stephen King. He writes in a way that’s so easy to read, it’s as if he’s communicating telepathically. I love that. I … Continue reading →

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Say It Ain’t So!

Posted on 05/20/2008 by chick

I just don’t feel like I have much creativity these days. It makes me worry. And then I worry more when I read quotes like this one by Doris Lessing, recent winner of the Novel Prize in Literature. I keep … Continue reading →

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Remembering

Posted on 05/16/2008 by chick

I have been reading a memoir by M.M. Kaye called The Sun in the Morning. It’s a long book and it feels like it’s taking forever to finish, but I don’t mind. I wish it really could go on forever. … Continue reading →

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What a Year

Posted on 04/18/2008 by chick

Back in April of 2007, I wrote a silly little post about Bathtub Hairballs and I haven’t stopped writing since. The goal for my blogiversary was to have written 365 posts, one for each day of a typical year. This … Continue reading →

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Imperiled Goals

Posted on 04/06/2008 by chick

We are approaching the one-year anniversary of the day I started blogging, and looking over past posts, I’m disappointed by the number of goals I have failed to reach. Two of my remaining goals—to read all 14 of Vonnegut’s novels … Continue reading →

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No Story Left Untold

Posted on 01/24/2008 by chick

There will never be enough literary masterpieces. We require infinite variety of greatness. It’s true, isn’t it? Every story has already been told, and with hundreds of years of literature available at the click of a mouse, it must be … Continue reading →

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