The Craft of Writing

Feb. 2007 was a little grim for the Peephole. I don’t think I ever went a whole month with just one entry since the blog’s inception. But in my defense, I turned 34, had a big party, dealt with a bad cold, and finished the Painted Man. Again. I take heart in the fact that […]

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Oh, the Children!

Something just occurred to me. It came in a rush, the kind of certainty you reach when a myriad of facts and thoughts suddenly coalesce into one, and a crystal clear picture of the future suddenly flashes before your eyes. My (theoretical) child is going to hate books. They will see books like I see… […]

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Editing is Hard

Got some positive news on the novel front. It looks likely that I will have an agent, once I finish a full front-to-back edit of the book, cutting the length by a good 5-10% and sanding down some sharp burrs. I’m trying not to think about it, because thinking about it makes me think about […]

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September 11, 2006

I was walking home from work today, immersed in my own shit as usual, when I saw this, and thought it was beautiful:

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Top Ten Albums

Analyticals Do you love to take things apart, just to see how they work? Do you love Su Doku? Do you excel at math-based games like RISK and Dungeons & Dragons? Do you feel the need to dissect, analyze, and optimize every aspect of your life? Chances are, you’ve got an analytical personality. Analyticals used […]

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