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Saturday, August 11, 2007

My Improvised novel (Chapter I part 2)

Selma Adler woke up, startled and confused. What kind of dream was that? Her husband came out of the bathroom, brushing his teeth. 'Tish shevryding okay, huhney?' "What?" She gave him a puzzled look. She didn't seem completely awake. 'Nevrymind'. After a minute he came back. "It's one of those... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 10, 2007

My Improvised novel (Chapter I part 1)

I'm having a great time here on Blogit. I have met a lot of interesting people, read their views, comments, felt their joy, angst, anxiety, anguish, pain and everything that makes us feel that, at the end, we are only humans struggling with whatever destiny put us through. That feeling is empowering... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Commencement

This is really funny. I've just found this guy's blog in Poetry whose first entry was precisely about how he couldn't stand having Writer's Block. Are we all writers that cliched? "To be a writer, you must invent yourself as a writer." -Gabriel Garcia Marquez, colombian author of One Hundred Years... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

I hate, HATE, having Writer's block

As I type this, I wonder if I should do some sort of meditation ritual before beginning this little experiment of mine. I'm trying to write this novel in my mother language (spanish) and I got stuck with how I'm going to write this EMO character. I had to spend days thinking about it and finally... Sign in to see full entry.

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