I have this ending that I wrote a good fifteen years ago. The ending is so much better than the short story that it’s attached to I almost believe that it was written by someone else. And for years, I’ve been trying to figure out how to to rescue it.It’s a universal ending. It’s about…… Continue reading Non-fictional Fiction (Writing Stories About Girls Who Aren’t Your Wife)
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Love in the Time of Internet Dating
This will be posted on the morning of 4/18, also known as our wedding anniversary. It has been nine years since we got married, although we’ve been together for about 13.5.I seem to post the following on a regular basis, probably every year, every time we have another anniversary either for our wedding or our…… Continue reading Love in the Time of Internet Dating
I Hate Short Stories
Every second I stare at this bookshelf is another second that I won’t spend sleeping.Nicole is an avid night reader and it’s rubbed off on me. When I finish a book, I tend to wait until bed time to figure out what I’m going to read next. And that was my dilemma tonight.I have a…… Continue reading I Hate Short Stories
I just want you to tell me how awesome I am
I would guess that most people, in general, surround themselves with a bubble. It’s probably a bigger bubble for those who are self-conscious or who engage in any kind of activity in which they’re offering up a piece of themselves to complete strangers. But, let’s face facts, we’re all looking for validation in some form…… Continue reading I just want you to tell me how awesome I am
Endings
I’m not going to go into a diatribe about the difficulty of writing really good endings. I will say that perhaps the first great ending of a story I ever really noticed was Ann Beattie’s “The Burning House.” Go track it down, if you’ve never read it.I’ve come to realize that the latter one might…… Continue reading Endings
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