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The Serpent Box Letter: A Writer Needs a Good Book
12/27/08
January 17, 2002
Higher Grounds Café, San Francisco
Andrew,
I feel antsy today. I feel tightly wound. I think there are several reasons for this, but the main one being a lack of any good story to read. I do not however lack reading material. I am currently reading Steinbe -
All You Have To Do Is Believe
12/16/08
(More from The Serpent Box Letters)
January 16, 2002
Higher Grounds Café, San Francisco
Andrew,
I had a small breakthrough yesterday. Perhaps it was not too small. We shall see what happens today. But I knew it was important because I wrote a sentence that tippe -
Like Sisyphus - The Serpent Box Letters
12/13/08
January 15, 2002
Higher Grounds Café, San Francisco
Andrew,
I had a terribly depressing thought last night. I thought, ‘What if I’m not ready for this book?’, ‘What if I am over-reaching?’. I was watching Ken Burns’ wonderful documentary about Mark Twain. -
The Serpent Box Letters (cont.) Dreams, Visions and Self-Sabotage
12/12/08
January 14, 2002
Higher Grounds Café, San Francisco
I must confess that I feel very uncomfortable hearing about other writers. I do not like to see them interviewed on television, and I do not like hearing about their prizes and awards. I do not like to go to readings and I despise -
The Serpent Box Letters - Light, Walking and Steinbeck
12/11/08
January 11, 2002
South Park Café, San Francisco
Andrew,
I realize now that I misdated my previous letter. It was in fact the tenth and not the ninth of January yesterday…
Now, I must tell you, that I feel it is necessary for me to walk to my writing -
The Serpent Box Letters
12/10/08
There is a quote attributed to Hemingway that I cannot verify, but it sounds like something he would believe, if not actually say and it goes something like this:
"Some writers were born to help another write a single sentence."
And it is true. As writer
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The Serpent Box Letter: A Writer Needs a Good Book
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