Sunday, July 31, 2005

Writing Life #1

It has been a rough week-- we lost Libby's father Ken (see "Ken Adam" below) and a good friend, Bill Smiley, this week, so blogging has taken a back seat. But we are home now and things are returning to as close to normal as they ever get here at Casa Querencia.

In that spirit: first, Annie Davidson sends word that the results on this year's Bulwer-Lytton contest-- the one in which writers attempt to construct first sentences of imaginary novels at least as bad as those of the legendary author of The Last Days of Pompeii-- "It was a dark and stormy night"-- are up. She also sent this relevant entry separately:

"Inside his cardboard box, Greg heated a dented can of Spaghetti-O's over a small fire made from discarded newspapers, then cracked open his last can of shoplifted generic beer to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his embarkation on a career as a freelance writer".

(Lawrence Person,
Austin, TX)

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