Just another writer
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Beautiful Sentences: Fernando Pessoa
We know that the book we will never write will be bad. Even worse will be the one we put off writing. At least the book that has been written exists. It may not be very good, but it exist, like the miserable little plant in the lone flowerpot belonging to my crippled neighbor. Fernando…
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Dewey Decimal Project: 487.4 CRO A Primer of Biblical Greek
As an undergraduate I studied a number of languages with varying degrees of success. Spanish, Latin, Hebrew and Ancient Greek. It was this last that that completely defeated me. After just one semester, I dropped out of the Greek class. From talking with others both back in the olden days and more recently, the difficulty of…
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Writerly resolutions, March Status
I continue to not progress well with my writing. 2019 is looking like it’s going to be a difficult year. Just 1,369 words on the novel which represents me slowing down even more than I had previously. Short story statuses: I’ve not yet come back to the long story, nor have I made much progress…
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Beautiful Sentences: Joy Williams
Pearl’s life … avoided meaning as the bird does the snare. Joy Williams, The Changeling.
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Beautiful Sentences: Fernando Pessoa
Everything was sleeping as if the universe were simply a mistake, and the hesitant wind was a limp, unfurled flag on top of a nonexistent building. Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet.
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Beautiful Sentences: Sara Nović
I woke in the cobalt part of the dawn. Sara Nović, Girl at War.
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Beautiful Sentences: Fernando Pessoa
Having touched the feet of Christ is no excuse for faulty punctuation. Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet.
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Writerly resolutions, February Status
As the fact that I’m half a month late in posting this might attest, I’ve not been doing so good with my resolutions. Only 1,573 words on the novel which is worse than January. Short story statuses: The revisions on the long story have been problematic and I put it aside for a while. The…