Well Worn In » Writing http://www.wellwornin.com/blog Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Clearing http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/the-clearing/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/the-clearing/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:54:35 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=955 I arrived breathlessly at the edge of a clearing, hesitant to enter the golden sunlight.  For some reason the shade offered by the canopy of trees stretching their long arms was more agreeable to me.  My feet had grown accustomed to having the cool earth beneath them, soft and forgiving.  One thing I had learned [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/the-clearing/feed/ 0 Advice For Writers http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/advice-for-writers/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/advice-for-writers/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:44:21 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=949 I was reading The Guardian’s Ten rules for writing fiction the other day and came across Roddy Doyle’s first rule: 1 Do not place a photograph of your ­favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.

I laughed derisively. What kind of creep [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/04/advice-for-writers/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day (Revised) http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/02/valentines-day-revised/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2011/02/valentines-day-revised/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:03:47 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=926 The Women in My Life (Revised)

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He shut the barn door carefully, silently as possible.  The tree line was not too far off, he thought, he’d be alright.  It was dawn, Christmas morning.

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He awoke, started from his sleep by the abrupt end to his [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/11/two-riders-were-approaching/feed/ 0 Georgia Joe Brown http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/09/georgia-joe-brown/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/09/georgia-joe-brown/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:38:53 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=774 The humidity made beads sweat run down his face and neck, soaking his once-white collar.  Even in the basement, the Memphis heat was inescapable.

In between takes, Georgia Joe Brown sipped on a glass of water — no ice.  In a few minutes, his lips would be dry again from blowing that old horn.

Georgia [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/09/georgia-joe-brown/feed/ 0 Chalk It Up http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/chalk-it-up/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/chalk-it-up/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:48:13 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=598 Have you ever had a number things go so horribly wrong in the period of only a few hours?  Yeah, it happens to everyone.  I’ll spare you the details but from about 12:30 last night to, oh, about five minutes ago nothing went right.  It was like a train wreck, one train car crashing and [...]]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/02/chalk-it-up/feed/ 0 AT&T… http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/01/att/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/01/att/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:29:36 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=584 I recently had quite the issue with my wireless provider, at&t…

Letter to Att

]]> http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2010/01/att/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-2/ http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/2009/12/merry-christmas-2/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:59:21 +0000 Ted http://www.wellwornin.com/blog/?p=537 A belly full
and no gifts left to unwrap
A black and white movie
and a good long nap

After dinner,
cards around the table
cookies and drinks
for the boy from the stable

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