Writing and Reading With "The Rash"

Friday was one of the best days we've had so far! Listening to Ron Rash talk about his books and his writing style was a remarkable experience. For one thing, it confirmed for me the way I write. Characters often come to me and dictate what they are going to do, and leave little room for me to negotiate their future, which makes me sound a little delusional from the perspective of a non-writer. I often go back and read pieces of things I've written with little to no memory of writing it! For example, my piece on the e-Anthology right now called "Infatuation" I remember coming to me after an author-reading. The part about the author talking to the woman about people with her same last name actually happened. The narrator has a twinge of me. I've always had this morbid curiosity/fascintion with death, but I can't really tell anyone why. However, I've often overcome my thoughts, albeit briefly, in meeting certain people in my life that I thought were worth sticking around for. However, I don't remember actually writing that piece! And I did little to change it when I posted it, and it's gotten some very good feedback! It's a first draft, that's not even complete! Wow!

I also spent the weekend reading, "One Foot in Eden" which is very out of my element as far as what I normally read. But I like it so much, I went out and bought a second copy for my step-father for Father's Day. Then I begged him to abandon what he was reading and start reading it NOW.

I also like that we called it a day early on Friday. I was brain-tired and bone-dead. I went straight home and slept! I don't think I could've written or revised or rehashed another thing. It was like a bucket that was all full of water and I couldn't hold anymore.

Now, to demo this week. AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!