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Writer StatementI agree with John Gardner that the writing of fiction is the "creation of a vivid and continuous dream." To write, one enters this dream state and allows one's characters to inhabit one's being and to speak through one. My fiction influences are diverse and range from 19th-century traditionalists like Henry James, Edith Wharton and George Gissing to 20th-century modernists like James Joyce and Virginia Woolf and postmodernists like Donald Barthelme. The Decryption of Floriform X -- This short, illustrated fiction was written on Twitter circa 2008, each tweet numbered to keep track. The God of Wind and Air -- Unfinished sequel to Decryption, written collaboratively on Twitter. The Manuscript of Jacob Hall -- Why write fiction? What is it "for"? |
Monday, March 13, 2006The Path to Enlightenment
Spent a frustrating morning trying to establish the correct paths at the Command Prompt interface in order to practice my Java programming. It would help if I were more familiar with the Command Prompt environment, but I'm not -- it's not "old hat." On my next Wednesday tutoring session, I will have to establish a Command Prompt procedure with my tutor.
You know the difference between being driven to a place as a passenger, and driving there yourself? Big difference. People may say, "Oh, you know the way, you've been there dozens of times." Yes, but as a passenger, one is passive, one's mind may wander. As the driver, you've got to get that path down pat. I'm on Chapter 3 of the weighty-tome Java 2 book. It is very hard slog. But Chapter 3 deals with loops and logic, not quite so much math, so I am on much more familiar teritory. posted at
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