Dec 27
Posted: under Life beyond writing.
Tags: Life beyond writing December 27th, 2009
Today we had no choir duties, so we went out on the land and did stuff. Transplanted water irises out to various wet spots, hoping they’ll naturalize and be beautiful and also provide a place for spread-wing damselflies to lay their eggs (they oviposit into emergent vegetation of the right kind. Irises are ideal.) [...more]
Today we had no choir duties, so we went out on the land and did stuff. Transplanted water irises out to various wet spots, hoping they’ll naturalize and be beautiful and also provide a place for spread-wing damselflies to lay their eggs (they oviposit into emergent vegetation of the right kind. Irises are ideal.) Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 27
Posted: under Revisions, the writing life.
Tags: process, revision, the writing life December 27th, 2009
Yesterday’s workday turned into a mere shadow of itself thanks to something I ate that didn’t love me for some hours of the night before. But still–progress. Sort of. I was going back over the work on Book II and realized that I had totally ignored a “conversation file.” What, you might well ask, is […] [...more]
Yesterday’s workday turned into a mere shadow of itself thanks to something I ate that didn’t love me for some hours of the night before. But still–progress. Sort of. I was going back over the work on Book II and realized that I had totally ignored a “conversation file.”
What, you might well ask, is a “conversation file?” Read the rest of this entry »