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Something new each Saturday.
Life, the universe and my circumstances permitting.
I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
But if something else caught and held my interest during the week, that's what I'll share.
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Category Archives: Being a Writer
A Fogbound Writer
I thought, for a few hours toward the end of the week, that I might have the post I’ve been working on done by Sunday. That didn’t happen. By Saturday’s end, I’d written and kept more words than I’d deleted. … Continue reading
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Progress and Vagueness
First, the good news. I’ve made some progress today. The not-so-good news is that today’s progress amounts to 30 words that I probably won’t delete before evening. On the other hand, I expect I’ll have more words finished at day’s … Continue reading
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May 5, 2018: Pre-Brillig Writing Progress
My first serious try at writing a book started several years back, if you count thinking about how I’d do it and learning about ‘book length’ style and format conventions. Actual writing, entering and saving words, started about a month … Continue reading
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Writing, a Raven and Pallas
Once upon an evening dreary, while I pondered, fogged and bleary, Over many a disconnected fragment of erratic text, While I dithered, nearly dozing, suddenly I started thinking: I should be sleeping! Sleeping more and brooding less might have done … Continue reading
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Unscheduled Posts and Other Changes
I faced a pleasant dilemma yesterday. My son has purchased and set up a router, replacing the oddly-malfunctioning one. That gives me access to ‘Catholic Citizen’s’ website. I could go back to my ‘Friday and Sunday posts’ writing routine. I … Continue reading
