Michelle's Daily Dose for Writersdaily writing exercises to free the imagination(Untitled)- July 23, 2004 chance meetings I'm currently reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami. The novel is filled with seemingly chance meetings that all turn out to be part of a grand design. The unlikely hero meets a mysterious woman in a red vinyl hat, a damaged stranger who dresses like Jackie O, an elderly man ravaged by war memories, a teenaged girl who is responsible for her boyfriend's death by motorcycle, and a wealthy benefactress who inexplicably dresses our hero up in fine...http://blogs.salon.com/0003164/2004/07/23.html#a12 (Untitled)- July 22, 2004 a night to remember Was it in a car, a bar, on a plane, on a train Was it last night, last year, sometime in the last three decades Was it so long ago you might burst a blood vessel in your brain just trying to remember it Did it involve sports, desserts, great music, bad lighting Was it over in a flash, or did it just keep going Was it rowdy, religious. funny, furious Were there unforseen consequences--of the disastrous, delicious, or just unpredictable variety The Exercise: Write about your...http://blogs.salon.com/0003164/2004/07/22.html#a11 (Untitled)- July 20, 2004 she's back... Bet you thought I got lost on the highway somewhere between Bowling Green and San Francisco. Not so. I've just been awfully busy, what with the news of our December arrival. Yes, it's official, it's a boy and he's one serious kicker! Thanks to all of you who have written to ask whatever became of me. What with shopping for maternity clothes, teaching a couple of writing classes, and trying to figure out how to switch this blog from one computer to another (I never did figure that..http://blogs.salon.com/0003164/2004/07/20.html#a10 |