Hi. Happy Monday. Is it Monday? Who cares. It’s only important to me that you know I wish you a good one, whichever day of the week it is when you read this.
Once again, same as yesterday, there’s not much I can say today. I’m gone writing and I’ll get back when I get back.
I joked last week that I could use a residency, and I was only 7/8s joking.
When I’m “gone writing” I only read a little poetry and online articles, research stuff, and maybe some non-fiction. I stop writing much of anything else. Even my emails get more curt. When I’m into something deep as a writer I tend to isolate and I’m even worse than my normal bad at replying to correspondence. But right now I’m gone-gone-gone in a way that I haven’t seen in a bit.
And on top of the fresh words, my first poetry collection is coming soon. We’re collecting the blurbs now. Plus, I have another poetry manuscript almost done, and a short story collection to polish. Both of these will get submitted this summer with fingers crossed.
Stay tuned, and let me wrap a few things up, and I’ll have a better howdy doo for you later this week.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Love,
Dan
GONE WAY GONE WAY FAR GONE WAY FAR ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY GONE YEEHAH!--Heart Sutra (my translation)
Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha--original Sanskrit.