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"? |
Saturday, January 19, 2008Fall Sketchbook, Page 25Medium: Drawing pencil Support: Strathmore premium recycled sketch paper, 60 lb. Dimensions: 5.5" X 8.5" More elements from an imaginary city: Plan for sunken garden temple, wall detail; topiary; brazier. Pages 24, 25 and 26 partially inspired by Gilles Trehin's Urville. Labels: image, sketchbook |
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