Day 25: We had our last group event today, a tour of the Millay estate. We learned that Vincent (Edna St. Vincent Millay) had rules. If you wandered into the pool area, you best be nude. No exceptions. She also moved her husband to his own suite of room to accommodate her lover in her bedroom. Oh […]
Read MoreDay 23: Two full days left at the Colony. I started to write a new chapter today. After one month at the Colony, I planned to spend one week getting adjusted to family and work, then resuming my writing schedule. I committed to write at least 350 words a day until I finished the novel. […]
Read MoreDay 21 – For the last twenty days, my routine was as follows: wake up around 11AM, work until 2PM, eat lunch and take a reading break, go back to work from 4PM to dinner time at 6:30, enjoy some wine and good conversations with the other residents, then return to my studio around 9PM, […]
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Day 18, 19, and 20: I added a couple of more pages to my draft. It is now 111 pages. I resisted the urge to go back and re-read the manuscript. I started to write something new, possibly a new chapter. I thought about my grandmother. She pops up when I feel especially insecure. She died […]
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Day 16: It was a shitty day. I surveyed my pages and let the insecurity demon spit in my face. I regrouped. Read some poetry from a lovely book by Susan Hartung called Inclusion. One poem, “Food” poses the question: “which would you choose, a great meal or great sex?” You can plan for a […]
Read MoreDay 14: Lasagna night turned out well. After dinner, I switched gears and tried to write a verse, but my head wasn’t in the game: Dependence and submission, syringes and meds, biopsies and breathing tests. The torture of healthy cells, the loss of penance, hunger and survival. Words strung together. Ideas for dialogue. I don’t […]
Read MoreDay 11: I read a quarter of my book out loud, or I should say, I whispered it. It’s hard to gauge how badly sound carries at the barn. I like to listen to music as I write and edit. I keep it as low as a I can and not use headphones. I have […]
Read MoreSome days at the Colony, you are just a workhorse… Day 8: This afternoon, I took a three-hour nap. I woke up and thought about my project and how the third part was still elusive, then I realized that third part is the overarching story. The mystery that the main character thinks she needs to […]
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