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haiku 481

Posted on June 16, 2020May 31, 2020 by bryon

late night –
cat meyawns
at me

Posted in haiku Tagged cat, haiku, late, me, meyawn, night

Quotable 363

Posted on June 10, 2020May 31, 2020 by bryon

There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.
– H.L. Mencken

Posted in Quotable Tagged always, H.L. Mencken, paper, pen, Quotable, sheet, way out

haiku 480

Posted on June 9, 2020May 31, 2020 by bryon

bread and cheese –
north wind howls
in the dark

Posted in haiku Tagged bread, cheese, dark, haiku, howl, north, wind

Quotable 362

Posted on June 3, 2020May 31, 2020 by bryon

With every novel I write, a line of discarded pages will stretch for miles behind me.
– Margo Orlando Littell

Posted in Quotable Tagged behind, discarded, every, line, Margo Orlando Littell, me, miles, novel, pare, Quotable, stretch, write

haiku 479

Posted on June 2, 2020May 31, 2020 by bryon

warm leap day –
cars without mufflers
out in force

Posted in haiku Tagged cars, force, haiku, leap day, mufflers, our, warm, without

Quotable 361

Posted on May 27, 2020May 5, 2020 by bryon

Read like mad. But try to do it analytically – which can be hard, because the better and more compelling a novel is, the less conscious you will be of its devices. It’s worth trying to figure those devices out, however: they might come in useful in your own work.
– Sarah Waters

Posted in Quotable Tagged analytically, better, compelling, conscious, devices, hard, novel, Quotable, read, Sarah Waters, useful

haiku 478

Posted on May 26, 2020May 5, 2020 by bryon

homebound –
weather advisory
plus a few flurries

Posted in haiku Tagged advisory, few, flurries, haiku, homebound, plus, weather

Quotable 360

Posted on May 20, 2020May 5, 2020 by bryon

When I finish a first draft, it’s always just as much of a mess as it’s always been. I still make the same mistakes every time.
– Michael Chabon

Posted in Quotable Tagged always, finish, first draft, mess, Michael Chabon, mistakes, Quotable, same, time

haiku 477

Posted on May 19, 2020May 5, 2020 by bryon

big truck goes by
hollow silence
follows

Posted in haiku Tagged big, does, follow, haiku, hollow, silence, truck

Quotable 359

Posted on May 13, 2020May 5, 2020 by bryon

Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.
– Ernest Hemingway

Posted in Quotable Tagged architecture, Ernest Hemingway, interior decoration, prose, Quotable
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