you’re so original, susan, i don’t think anybody who inspired you would think anything else than “i inspired her”.

Thanks–Calvino’s one of my favorites. I’ve been writing one a day since January 1st so I’m on day #181 and wondering how the hell many people I have running around in my head waiting to tell their story. I don’t always interact with others; really depends on if something really moves me, or more likely, if after I’ve written something, I get that itchy feeling that I’ve seen it someplace before and desperately try to trace it back to make sure I’ve not stolen somebody’s idea and will then link to it.

ya…i wish i could do more interacting…i suppose it’ll happen. no days off for me for a while but towards august the sky will clear up. then i’ll probably get terribly tense: one advantage of this firing away at close range to a lot of other work is that my threshold for production is lowered which is good for production…

yes, of course, another 60 days, i think i meant to say “only 10 more until half-term” of this project. your advice is well taken. or at least i’ll try to take it. enrolled the wife into the project, too, today, so there will be more from this family…and less from me over time. i still don’t see why i would submit again. i am not in a submitting frame of mind but instead in a novel-writing one. you’re very kind to slip in that stuff about me as a writer—and on your own wall! but it takes one to know one i say. just read this piece of yours again…it’s a bright child, this one. i don’t know about you but when i’ve birthed one of them, i’m exhausted for a day or two. cheers!

btw..i haven’t been thinking about the 100 days. i just do one at a time. my way of dealing with the constraint that is the pace is to not interact with the work other folk are doing as much as i would like. i have a few days off coming up so will see about altering the process.