The novel I'm reading is set in Montana in the eighties. Since I'm writing a book set in Montana, I thought I'd better take a look at what's out there in the way of depicting modern Montana. This one raised my hopes because it was new, it was set in the last 30 years, it … Continue reading Country Life and the Western Writer
Month: July 2014
Progress
Would it be cliché to say this is my life right now? This is the interior of my mind? Probably. I already said that in my last post. The hole, you know. The Maw. What's it mean to have a hole in your soul? Does it mean you are unhappy? That's not right. It may … Continue reading Progress
The Maw
I’ve got this thing for houses. I like old houses best. I like the smell of old wood, I like the way light comes through single pane glass and old glazing. I even like the dust motes endlessly hovering along stairwells or sitting like ghosts in empty rooms. Today, for the record, is the day … Continue reading The Maw