Comedy Is Easy, Focus Is Hard…

Hi, [Medical and Literary Updates: I’m finding it difficult to focus for long periods of time, which makes the writing more difficult, of course. Some of it’s mental fuzziness, although most of that disappeared after I stopped taking pain medication, The rest of it is because of my daily routine now. One of the things …

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Cheek By Jowl…

June 27, 2025 (Mostly A Reposting of Newsletter #22) Hi,  [Medical and Literary Updates: The healing is still ongoing. Some days, when the therapist is here, I will do more than I should and I regret it the next day. I have another couple of weeks of PT left, three days a week, and my …

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Make No Little Plans…

Newsletter 57 – February 23, 2024 Hi, Over the previous two newsletters I talked about interruptions and distractions, and about how my writing routine is sort of haphazard (and maybe a little too flexible). I think the main realization I’ve had, after thinking about this for a while, is that I need to find a …

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