Journal Entry

Workshopping It

April 25th 2004 at 4:28 pm

I’m here on Kelly’s Island with many other writers critiquing novels, and unlike last year, this year I’m hale and healthy. Em and I signed on the house, and so we’re now legally house owners (although right now we’re landlords, as we won’t be moving in for a month yet).

So far Paul Melko has gotten me to go running in the morning, and my haven’t-run-in-3-months ass managed about 3/4 a mile or so before slowing down to a walk and then turning around. We crossed the airport, but then later found out that there was a $500 fine for doing so.

Thanks goodness no one noticed!

Tomorrow the first 50 pages of the new novel I’m working, ‘Ragamuffin,’ gets critiqued. I’m curious to hear the feedback.

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  1. 1. Paul

    Yes, running at Blue Heaven didn’t quite pan out as we all had planned. Let’s see, Sunday, Ben and Toby joined me for a leisurely mile jog. Monday, they ducked out, but Charlie kept pace as we cruised past Camp Patmos and the denizens of Cthuhlu. But alas after that, it was just me up every morning at 8am for the brisk run. Must have been the late nights of talking. Apparently the ladies were attacked by similar laziness. Maybe next year.

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