I've resisted temptation to post an actual account of what happened today. Let me leave it at this: we all know it's wise not to set one's expectations too high. Today I was reminded it's even wiser to not have any expectations at all, let alone for them to be high. There are different reactions […]
moreAll right, this is going to come across as navelgazing so don't say I didn't warn you in advance. The thing that's most surprising about writing is how people feel they know everything about you when they've read your work. I suppose I understand why. In general, people take what has been printed on a […]
moreOh Joy! My doctor has given me sleep-facilitating drugs. "Do you know codeine?" he asked and I innocently blinked while shaking 'no'. Sure do I know codeine. Give me some give me some give me some please. And he did. He then asked whether my new novel was out yet. He had read my first […]
moreStill sick. (How come someone like Obama never gets the flu? I suppose that's why someone like Obama becomes president. Sigh – does this mean I shall always remain a running mate kind of person?)
moreThen came a third sign with a heart and an arrow through the heart. One end of the arrow said "Y" the other "A" and then "4 ever." Happy signs after all.
moreI picked up my son yesterday from his grandparents' home. Along the highway, someone had put up a hand-painted sign saying "I miss you" in red. 300 meters later came a second sign. That one said: "only 6 1/2 years"Sad signs. Maybe they were put there by an ex. Or maybe they were about a […]
moreYesterday early evening: I had drinks at my publisher's. Now that I've handed in a chapter I dared show up for the Friday drinks. One of the editors and I discussed the sociological civilization theory in relation to something he was working on. Two hours later, I found myself at a table in a hot […]
moreToday, I did something I've been putting off doing for a very long time. I emailed the first chapter of my new novel to my publisher. There's no turning back now.
moreFrom: mail@aliefka.comTo: producerinLA@whosenameIcannotdiscloseSubject: Hello – an update Hi producer in LA, It's been a while and I thought I'd email you to let you know how things are moving forward since my return from Brazil. I believe I mentioned I was working on a new screenplay with director Yan Ting Yuen? It's called My Sister […]
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