My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.




Friday, July 7, 2023

Text Conversation with Duncan MacWilliams, July 7, 2023

 1.  You engaged in a brief text exchange with your younger son Duncan this afternoon.

Answer:  Yes, I did.  

2.  Is that always a fraught proposition?

Answer:  Because his FBI handler Txx Lxxxx has not yet been arrested, yes, it's a fraught proposition.

3.  Your son has been tortured by Txx Lxxxx in various ways, so Mr. Lxxxx can demand whatever lies he wishes.

Answer:  Unfortunately, yes,

4.  Would you like to post the texts as protection against Txx Lxxxx' coerced lies?

Answer:  I think it would be wise, yes.

5. Go ahead.

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