I've got it. You are a literary savant and there is so much inside that brain of yours that you MUST share it. Too many quotes. Too many great video snippets. Too much quality content. That is who you are and if there is any life-lesson I've learned, it is to embrace your nature and direct it in the way that makes you happy. And THAT is what you do my friend. Great piece this week. And yes, I did share it.
Every single word of Madame Bovary was justified. But the absence of every word that was NOT in Baudelaire’s prose poems was also 100% justified. So what was true in the 1850’s is true today, in my opinion.
The smell, she thought, it was the smell that she’d never forget. It was girls-of-summer coconut oil and sweat. In 1987 it filled her dad’s van after high school weekends in Galveston, but thirty years later those memories had been replaced; everything was different now. Her car was much smaller, her ass was not, and the smell that clung to her Victoria’s Secret lounge set brought up images of gray hair on soft, tanned chests and empty cocktail glasses stacked in the sink. The suite was exclusive, but the price was too high. She needed to go home. She needed sand between her toes and her old bedroom. She grabbed her phone and went out to the balcony to make a call.
Discovering flash and micro has cracked me open as a writer. I struggled for years to put a novel together but now that I’m working on the story as a novella in flash stories it’s so much more engaging, and I enjoy writing it. :)
I've got it. You are a literary savant and there is so much inside that brain of yours that you MUST share it. Too many quotes. Too many great video snippets. Too much quality content. That is who you are and if there is any life-lesson I've learned, it is to embrace your nature and direct it in the way that makes you happy. And THAT is what you do my friend. Great piece this week. And yes, I did share it.
Haha, thanks Ken! For reading and sharing. Restraint is always good to keep in mind. Balance. I appreciate the feedback and the encouraging words.
I love trying to be more brief in anything i write but it is hard to do and your book will help. All writers and bosses should read it.
Every single word of Madame Bovary was justified. But the absence of every word that was NOT in Baudelaire’s prose poems was also 100% justified. So what was true in the 1850’s is true today, in my opinion.
Agreed!
I'm fairly new to your newsletter and haven't yet thought it too long. My problem is that I subscribe to too many newsletters!
But being brief can be excellent and sprawling can be wonderful. We can't have one without the other.
And finally, love the Halloween Town story. I've worked enough retail to really feel it.
Here’s my response to the photo:
The smell, she thought, it was the smell that she’d never forget. It was girls-of-summer coconut oil and sweat. In 1987 it filled her dad’s van after high school weekends in Galveston, but thirty years later those memories had been replaced; everything was different now. Her car was much smaller, her ass was not, and the smell that clung to her Victoria’s Secret lounge set brought up images of gray hair on soft, tanned chests and empty cocktail glasses stacked in the sink. The suite was exclusive, but the price was too high. She needed to go home. She needed sand between her toes and her old bedroom. She grabbed her phone and went out to the balcony to make a call.
Discovering flash and micro has cracked me open as a writer. I struggled for years to put a novel together but now that I’m working on the story as a novella in flash stories it’s so much more engaging, and I enjoy writing it. :)
Me too! Haven't got the stamina or enough ideas for a novel