Thursday, November 11, 2010

Christmas in Mecca

My second novel work-in-progress is no longer a novel. It's an exorcism.

18 comments:

  1. hear you man...
    don't forget the holy water!!!

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  2. Looking forward to exercising my brain reading it.

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  3. Copyboy - it might be too weird...even for you and me.

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  4. Talli - I hadn't thought of that, but you're right!

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  5. Nancy - it's an allusion to the cathartic effect that’s intrinsic to self disclosure, even when that disclosure happens in the context of one’s fiction.

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  6. Thanks, Chary. I'll need it :)
    P.S. - I see that you took the writing analysis and found out that you write like Vonnegut. Very cool!

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  7. Sounds fascinating, but can't you give us more than that? I'm intrigued.

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  8. Robyn - one of the characters is experiencing a long series of life experiences from my life that I didn't enjoy. Each time he does, somehow I become just a notch more detached from the actual experiences.

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  9. Ah, thank you for making me smile! I'm trying to untangle the twists and turns in my own wip....and, though I'm sincerely sorry anyone else is feeling it, it's nice to know I'm not alone.

    I'm having to go places I haven't been in ages, and I'm wrung out, emotionally and physically. I suppose all we can do is hang on for the ride....

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  10. I know the feeling Mohamed lol We just keep writing through it, don't we. It's half the fun, well that at least what I tell myself.
    :)

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  11. Words Crafter - our writing's at its best when it's honest, it's at it's most honest when it's about ourselves. Enjoy the catharsis.

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  12. It is half the fun, Libby. It truly is.

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  13. Thank you, Kate. It appears I'll need it :)

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