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Writing is a solitary pursuit--the imagination guiding the hand moving the pen. I'm pretty old-school, valuing the work of good editors and the revisions process before letting my words go public. But life is short, right? And sometimes, just sometimes, we need to spout off.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Weather Bomb

A good day for a neighbourhood party - we're expecting what forecasters call a weather bomb. Last time a w.b. hit, we were buried in 20 feet of snow (probably an exaggeration) which shut everything down for days. Ideal weather for writing and reading. Just finished William Trevor's new novel, Love and Summer. Brilliantly vivid prose written from the inside out; every word counts, every bit of dialogue is completely telling of character and predicament. Inspiring. Oh, to be able to write even an eighth as well...Meanwhile, real life calls: dog to be walked, house to be cleaned, food to be made for our gathering of friends tonight. Meanwhile, this blogging could take up your whole life. I've already got one, thanks. And no patience to read through the various help menus to flog my blog. But there it is. Time now to walk in the snow.
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  1. Binnie BrennanJanuary 2, 2010 at 3:19 PM

    Congratulations on your new blog, Carol! I've enjoyed reading your posts. Flog 'n' blog - sounds like a new exercise program, or perhaps an old-fashioned method of getting the laundry out on the line. Well, blogging IS an exercise, and occasionally there's dirty laundry involved...
    Binnie

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  2. C. BruneauJanuary 3, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    Yes, and it's the dirty laundry part that makes me leery. Anyway, thanks for reading.

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