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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-December, 1983
Monday, December 12, 1983 6 PM. Last night, first Teresa and then Lisa called, waking me up both times – but I was glad for the chance to speak with them. When I told Teresa the story about Sean’s...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late December, 1983
Friday, December 23, 1983 6 PM. I knew I just needed a good night’s sleep to get me out of my funk. At 8 PM, I went to bed and buried myself in sleep and didn’t get up till 9 AM. I slept like a...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early January, 1984
Monday, January 2, 1984 5 AM. I can’t sleep, but I guess I feel better. After writing yesterday’s entry, I got into bed and slept for several hours. Perhaps it was the three Triavils I took on New...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-January, 1984
Tuesday, January 10, 1984 8 PM. Today was rough: lots of stress. The big news is that I’ve had a schedule change, and it’s not very good. Now I have an 8 AM class five days a week. This will make for...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late January, 1984
Friday, January 20, 1984 9 PM. Another week over. This one was relatively peaceful in between two whirlwinds. I got enough rest last night to make me as energetic as possible today. It’s not bad being...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early February, 1984
Wednesday, February 1, 1984 8 PM. Today was a long day – not as long as yesterday, but I am pretty exhausted. At 6 AM, I woke up with a lot of energy; maybe the 45° cold had something to do with that....
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-February, 1984
Saturday, February 11, 1984 10 PM. I didn’t get around to grading papers at all today, but I did have a relaxing time and I don’t have much to do tomorrow. Last night at 11 PM, Lisa called and we...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late February, 1984
Monday, February 20, 1984 4 PM. I didn’t do any grading yesterday, but I’ve been marking papers for the last two hours. While I still have about 25 to do, most of them are for Wednesday’s classes....
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early March, 1984
Thursday, March 1, 1984 5 PM. I fell asleep a few minutes after I finished writing yesterday’s diary entry, at about 6:30 PM. An hour later, I woke up and had some Chinese food and then I went back to...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-March, 1984
Monday, March 12, 1984 6 PM. Mom and Dad thought yesterday’s Sunshine article was very good, as did a number of people who saw me at Broward Community College today. I also got in today’s Broward...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late March, 1984
Thursday, March 22, 1984 6 PM. I did decide to play hooky today. At 7:30 AM, I called in sick, and Joanne said I sounded like I had a bad cold. I figured I’ve got three sick days coming to me and...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early April, 1984
Monday, April 2, 1984 3 PM. I just got out of the shower after being all sweaty from lifting weights for a couple of hours. Yesterday Alice said that my arms and shoulders had gotten noticeably more...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-April, 1984
Friday, April 13, 1984 8 PM. Last night Rick Peabody phoned. His contact at Doubleday, the editor (and former secretary to James Dickey) Shane Earhart, called him and said that Doubleday wants Rick to...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late April, 1984
Tuesday, April 24, 1984 8 PM. Today I really worked hard. There’s so much to do, and every minute seems crowded. Tonight, an hour ago, when I got through with my computer education final exam at FIU,...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early May, 1984
Tuesday, May 1, 1984 7 PM at Grandma’s in Rockaway. She went downstairs to play cards, the only time she ever gets out. Grandma looks no older – there’s no more room for any more wrinkles – and has...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-May, 1984
Friday, May 11, 1984 9 PM. Last night I stayed up late watching the videotaped news (I’m taping Dallas now) and reading Paul Hawken’s The Next Economy. As do other economists, Hawken believes that the...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late May, 1984
Monday, May 21, 1984 6 PM. I’m supposed to meet Pete Cherches and Mark Leyner in the Village tonight. Last evening I stopped off on 23rd Street to bring Mikey some calamine lotion and Aveeno soap for...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Early June, 1984
Tuesday, June 2, 1984 9 PM. It’s going to be funny when Teresa returns home because I’ve grown so possessive of this apartment after living here without her for over a month. When Juliana came up with...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-June, 1984
Tuesday, June 12, 1984 6 PM. Teresa never returned last night. I waited for her to arrive, but at 11 PM she called and said she was going to stay at her sister’s overnight. That makes sense, of...
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A Young Writer’s Diary Entries From Late June, 1984
Thursday, June 21, 1984 11 PM in Rockaway, at the dining room table. I got here at 5 PM and had dinner with Grandma Ethel, who’d been back home for a couple of hours. She told me she had gone with...
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