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My first and last poem
And then your lids flutter and sighs betray you. Cells decompress and the world levitates off my sternum where it resides every moment that you’re awake. No more fire-cured creations will shatte… more →
Naptime Writing
My first and last poem
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naptimewriting wrote 3 months ago: And then your lids flutter and sighs betray you. Cells decompress and the world levitates off my ste … more →
Bullet points
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naptimewriting wrote 3 months ago: All I can manage today is a list. Agents responding to the most recent round of submission: three Da … more →
It takes 100 auditions...
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naptimewriting wrote 4 months ago: In my theater and film days, we talked about how you need 100 auditions to get one job. And the role … more →
Good god people, are you trying to kill me?
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naptimewriting wrote 4 months ago: Today alone: Former client ran into me on the playground of all places and asked me to do some copy … more →
Chillin'
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naptimewriting wrote 4 months ago: No quote of the day today. I’m way behinnd in my reading, and I got to coo at new neices and p … more →
Tough call
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naptimewriting wrote 5 months ago: For future reference, if you’re out of town and get a request to send a partial submission to … more →
Writhing on the floor
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: It’s a lot easier to send out a manuscript to an agent you don’t know than to people you … more →
You're goddamned right it is.
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naptimewriting wrote 6 months ago: 8:47pm Saturday May 23, 2009. My novel is finished. I brought it, Universe. Now whatchya got? … more →
Have I taught you people nothing?!
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naptimewriting wrote 7 months ago: This morning’s blog stats note that someone found Naptime Writing by Googling “crutches … more →
Blog meme
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naptimewriting wrote 8 months ago: Okay, Ink. This one’s for you… Anyone who wants to play along, we welcome you. Give us a … more →
Well, nobody is bleeding, so I guess it was a good day
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naptimewriting wrote 8 months ago: Spouse gave me a glorious day of writing as penance for the two trips he’s taken this month. I … more →
Journal and publisher jitters
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naptimewriting wrote 8 months ago: I really need to send off this article so I can clear it out of my head and either begin another or … more →
My middle name...
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naptimewriting wrote 10 months ago: …should have been ultracrepidarian. I come from a long line of those to whom the adjective can … more →
Writers' deaths are the new nihilism
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naptimewriting wrote 10 months ago: It seems the steady cadence of writers’ bodies dropping into their coffins is the most recent … more →
Sorry, folks, the tape flags are here.
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naptimewriting wrote 11 months ago: Uh-oh. Office Depot just delivered a bunch of stuff, including the tape flags, the arrival of which … more →
It's too easy to screw up contemporary English, so now you're butchering Shakespearean English, too?
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naptimewriting wrote 11 months ago: Sign painted on outdoor shopping mall of upscale shops: Feel not shame for thou (sic) love of shoes. … more →
Please, hire an editor or proofreader.
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naptimewriting wrote 11 months ago: I cannot, can’t, will not, won’t go to a coffee chain whose napkins proclaim that their … more →
Can't stop laughing
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naptimewriting wrote 1 year ago: I’m really not okay with linking to another blog as my post, but I can’t help it. My abs … more →
Well, now, that explains a lot.
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naptimewriting wrote 1 year ago: Existential crises call for desperate measures. So do two major moves in two months. At naptime toda … more →
