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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"? |
Wednesday, February 04, 2009The Mirror: Deck me with enough medals
Websafe: Hello?
The Mirror: I am in the library. W: Then we are both in the library. M: Imagine a tall smokestack. W: I would rather not do that just now. M: The boxers or the audience? W: Both are perfectly revolting. M: On that you may depend. W: I am trying to be "belligerent" in defense of my aesthetic beliefs, as John Gardner recommends. M: I'm willing to try. W: Well, I'm not really sure that either one of us should be belligerent, M: You must have had it when you came in the door. W: A feeling of belligerence? M: My remarks are finished to a high gloss. W: So you must not be feeling belligerent. M: This was the cross I bore. W: You had to repress your anger? M: I am very sorry. W: Are you sorry for having been angry, or sorry for having had to repress it? M: You are so right that it takes energy to read poetry aloud! W: If you repress your emotions too often, you may not be able to give a vivid reading. M: Are you a python? W: Implying that I squeeze the life out of things? M: A chant! W: This is starting to have the ring of a B-picture jungle adventure. M: I said respect, not sarcasm! W: I can only respect you if you cease to be melodramatic. M: But they are Romantic composers anyway? W: The Romantic composers were such good artists that I don't care if they were melodramatic. M: Three times in a row! W: I scored with wit, or making a point? M: The 1950s aren't far enough back. W: To deck me with enough medals. M: I scored with wit, or making a point? W: You always score high in that department. M: Clenching spasms! W: Now you are feeling self-conscious. M: The word "me" is universally applicable. W: You are worried about being thought egotistical. M: Tell me about it. W: Well, people are always accusing themselves or others of being egotistical, I've noticed. M: I'm going. W: Bye! M: Closing in 1 second ... Goodbye! Labels: chat robot posted at
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