A Novel Note to self (and the digital other): After this update, below this paragraph, there’s a scene from Adventures of a Dying Young Man that probably won’t make it out of the fourth draft. I’m on the third draft now. The novel just reached 85,000 words. I have an estimated 15,000 words left to… Continue reading Nuclear Family
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Elephant. Had a dream that I was Dumbo. Drinking booze and popping bubbles within a cage, as children and the great white American race tossed chocolate covered coins at robot prostitutes. The men led the way, the fat children were in the middle, and the wives always lagged behind. I tried to fly away. My… Continue reading (S)
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Who cared? Who had time to stop for a moment in this fast paced and self-absorbed world? Who even had the time think anymore? Oh how I just wanted to taste the bottom layer of the American Dream, and even if I suffered from panic attacks and yearned for a life with an apartment that… Continue reading (N)
Therefore I Sleep
Taken from The Absurd in the Desert, 2007, by Andrew H. Kuharevicz Down the path I walk alone. Away from the institution that harnessed my fear. Feet, leather bounded and blistered prance so joyfully through the leafs that have fallen from the curved branches of the stationary oak trees. Slamming doors, barking dogs and hurried… Continue reading Therefore I Sleep
Old Notes for adventures of a dying young man
For record: Adventures of a Dying Young man (by the numbers) 4186 words tonight 8306 last night Words Left until full third draft of book is done: estimated 35,000 words Total Count of book as of 6/1/2012: 77,000 Total word count of book if hopefully it’s done by next Friday: pushing a generous 115,000… Continue reading Old Notes for adventures of a dying young man
Adventures In American Writing 