Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Final Moment Before Staircase Writing Sets In


I have turned in all corrections to second pass pages for The Memory Of All That. From this moment on, anything else I want to include in those pages will consist of staircase writing here.

The last new writing, in these final corrections, was a parenthetical sentence about my great-aunt the psychoanalyst, inserted into a late chapter in a paragraph about the imperious old ladies in my family and their hierarchies: (Bettina always cheated ferociously at croquet, to ensure that Nick won, she came in second, and I finished last.)

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations, Ms W, and bring on the staircase writing! Gives us something to chew on as we wait (and wait) for the publisher to manufacture copies of your book.

    Huzzah!! And many mooooore...

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  2. Complicated dynamic, to say the least. I'm glad you have the presence of mind to sort it all out. Writer. Thanks for the gifts, which for someone, I have no doubt, includes your presence. Life can be good sometimes, or eventually, I have no doubt. Break a finger!

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