I've been so busy working on finishing the sequel to The Scent of God, and connecting with the publisher on my soon to be released A View of the Lake, that I've neglected this blog which, if properly utilized provides a great tool for keeping me focused and on track.
We've been enjoying a several months hiatus in Florida with its attendant delights -- beach, pool, parks, bikes, nearby access to everything from food to movies (I mention the latter two items because on the North Shore of Lake Superior "nearby" access does not exist). Visits from friends and family seeking to escape the blustery brutal winter that's prevailed elsewhere across the nation provided yet another excuse to neglect my blogging here and elsewhere.
Nevertheless, I've almost finished the second (well actually 4th) draft of Looking for Francesca with its attendant letting of blood, tears, and laughter. Because the manuscript has grown unwieldy with stories, each of which to my eyes is important, I've applied for a Arts Board Grant for editorial critique by a professional with a sharp eye and merciless hand.
Random Musings
It's About Time
March 28, 2011
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Comments
May 05, 2011 4:05 PM EDT
For just a moment I drifted off into your life. I love to read every word that flows from your pen...I can't wait to read more and hope you are well, flourishing, and prospering in every way as I write this.
- Annamarie
May 13, 2011 8:34 AM EDT
Beryl, Yes, it is about time -- a precious gift we all experience in different degrees. Congrats on your new book of essays. The struggle to pen the sequel to "SoG" I can only imagine. Don't hurry. Listen and write. Return soon to the solitude of the northwoods. Here is what Julian of Norwich wrote in "Revelations of Divine Love," "So I understood our sensuality is founded in nature, in mercy and in grace, and this foundation enables us to receive gifts which lead us to endless life. For I saw very surely that our substance is in God, and I also saw that God is in our sensuality, for in the same instant and place in which our soul is made sensual, in that same instant and place exists the city of God, ordained from him without beginning. He comes into this city and will never depart from it, for God is never out of the soul, in which he will dwell blessedly without end." (taken from Garrison's Writers Almanac for May 13th http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/)
- david garron
Apr 22, 2012 10:18 PM EDT
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- asafg