I climbed inside into the cramped driver's seat of my race car and hoped I could find my way back through the city. She had written down the address. Just like that of her greengrocer, her baker, the university library, two of her friends and a clothing store with the name of someone who had to provide me with something that could pass for clothing. Then —inThalia's words— what I was wearing could be sent to the mission or some enemy nation.
That was a shocker. I’d skipped the last few letters (tbh they were beginning to irritate me). Now l shall to go back and read them.
You have inspired me to do the same with my own Magnus opus, so I have uploaded the first few chapters to my Substack. A very different kettle of fish.
Hey David, so nice to see your likes coming in on each chapter....
and I love getting feedback. Could you indicate what it was that bugged you and made you skip? Especially the point or scene?
Glad to have inspired you to dust off your own writings....(I will definitely leave it to the ones still breathing after my last full stop, to decide if there was any Magnum in the opus though....)
When I went back to them I realised I had in fact read them all, and second time around they were fine - I just wasn’t in the mood for epistolatry (I find it oddly distancing)
As for the Magnum, it’s more to do with how long it took me to finish it - about 13 years - and the sweat it cost to produce 😂 I suspect it’s the only book I have in me.
Right now, my main problem is keeping track of where I’ve got to in yours - Section 3. 22 October. There must be some trick in Substack to bookmark my progress but I haven’t found it yet.
I don’t generally do subscriptions (because I can only afford one or two at most and that seems discriminatory). I’ll buy the e-book or a coffee or take out a month’s sub and then cancel, or something. I’m just wondering when someone will come up with sort of pay-per-view system.
Thanks for the reply... I use the like button with the serials I read to keep track, not liked = unread.
Substack should do some easy tinkering on ways to remember, or suggest the readers whereabouts. And while they're on it improve rubrication, and search, which are ridiculously shallow at this moment.
I think pay-per-read could be a game changer. Have been working on a post on that... it goes totally against left hemisphere control. Subscription and submission lie very close...great subject for a deep dive. The reader/writer relationship is very telling. And don't get me started on the word 'follower'.....
That was a shocker. I’d skipped the last few letters (tbh they were beginning to irritate me). Now l shall to go back and read them.
You have inspired me to do the same with my own Magnus opus, so I have uploaded the first few chapters to my Substack. A very different kettle of fish.
Hey David, so nice to see your likes coming in on each chapter....
and I love getting feedback. Could you indicate what it was that bugged you and made you skip? Especially the point or scene?
Glad to have inspired you to dust off your own writings....(I will definitely leave it to the ones still breathing after my last full stop, to decide if there was any Magnum in the opus though....)
When I went back to them I realised I had in fact read them all, and second time around they were fine - I just wasn’t in the mood for epistolatry (I find it oddly distancing)
As for the Magnum, it’s more to do with how long it took me to finish it - about 13 years - and the sweat it cost to produce 😂 I suspect it’s the only book I have in me.
Right now, my main problem is keeping track of where I’ve got to in yours - Section 3. 22 October. There must be some trick in Substack to bookmark my progress but I haven’t found it yet.
I don’t generally do subscriptions (because I can only afford one or two at most and that seems discriminatory). I’ll buy the e-book or a coffee or take out a month’s sub and then cancel, or something. I’m just wondering when someone will come up with sort of pay-per-view system.
Thanks for the reply... I use the like button with the serials I read to keep track, not liked = unread.
Substack should do some easy tinkering on ways to remember, or suggest the readers whereabouts. And while they're on it improve rubrication, and search, which are ridiculously shallow at this moment.
I think pay-per-read could be a game changer. Have been working on a post on that... it goes totally against left hemisphere control. Subscription and submission lie very close...great subject for a deep dive. The reader/writer relationship is very telling. And don't get me started on the word 'follower'.....
I did try submitting a suggestion re pay per view to Substack (and other places) but got absolutely no reaction. It’s odd.