Tag Archives: William V. Burns

Watch Us Sweat

National Novel Writing Month (hereafter NaNoWriMo) is a yearly contest to write an entire novel in just 30 days – November – from scratch – you start writing on November 1st, and stop no later than midnight November 30th. Yes, … Continue reading

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The Brown Room

“It’s because of the paradox,” I explained. I fidgeted a bit in the hard metal chair. Government-issue furniture didn’t seem comfortable no matter what country supplied them, or what century. Of course my comfort wasn’t important at all to the … Continue reading

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A Cottage Industry

Writing is local. If you’re sitting at a desk, or in the coffee shop, or under the weeping willow tree, tapping on the keys and trying to make your artistic vision one with the blank, mocking page—you are a local. … Continue reading

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