Very interesting. Very brave. It's a shame that Jo doesn't share your love of SF. Have you considered divorce? I didn't see Dune2 in the end because you lot convinced me that I needed to see Dune 1 first, but I couldn't find it available apart from buying it. I only ever walked out of something once, much to the embarrassment of my girlfriend at the time. It was a version of Hamlet that was, and remains the worst interpretation of any Shakespeare play that I've ever seen. Do avoid burn out: the reading will still be there. I once commented on a tweet twenty years after it had been posted. Well, I don't like rushing to judgement. 😂 night night my friend
Think you summed up Holly perfectly there, Nathan. Just a great fun read. Looking forward to his new book that’s out in May which is short stories along with a supposed sequel to Cujo. So, we’ll see how that goes 🤔
Not sure I’ll go and see On the Silver Globe though, despite your very succinct summary 😁. I think I would end up walking out too! 😆
Looking forward to more stories of Renn and Brae but just when you’re ready. You’ll find that diary soon enough 👍🏼
“Fraying” is a good word for just now. Over here something is off kilter, but I’m not sure what. Maybe me. It’s like I’m waiting for something. Could be the changing of the seasons 🤔
The world fascinates me. To you it’s a Saturday morning heading into autumn and here’s it’s a Friday night still clinging onto the last of winter before hopefully a bright spring morning tomorrow. Amazing
Enjoy the weekend, Nathan, and we’ll see where the path takes us next 👍🏼
And here I am reading it 20 minutes later. Like chatting with a friend. I enjoyed the chat dear Nathan. Enjoy your well-deserved long weekend. Hugs dear fellow. 🤗🤗💕
Ugh, other things are the worst. Tar was brilliant, wasn't it? They did miss a trick not including at least one scene where she visits a tar pit, though. I share your desire for you to return to Renn and Brae, btw. Definitely ready for those guys, again--whenever you're ready, of course. No need for a 2021 repeat. I try to keep a solid four years between breakdowns, personally...
I so get that feeling when a piece of equipment one has relied on and nurtured for years simply just says No one day… I’m truly sorry that for you it was your computer… that’s hard!
But even still… even spontaneously you have the words… « The edges of me unfurl, are caught and loosened by the wind… » you gathered them up and made them still Nathan… nicely done!
I hope you get the rest days you need - i feel that unfurling too, I’ve a week to go still!
Take the time you need, brother - I might have reached peak Substack too, and I've just signed on to be a reader for the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize so the next 5 months could be pretty frayed... 💜
Sorry for your loss, Nathan. I get even though I've never had an emotional attachment to a digital device. Guitars, yes. Computers, no. Thanks for the recommendation of Tar, it's been on my list for a while. Can't wait to see where Brae goes when you get back to it.
Love a peek into your morning pages. Wandering, insightful, full of raw emotion and maybe a hint of heaviness and longing? And have you discovered @nadiagerassimenko? She writes a lot about gaming, games, an unsuspecting gamer full of poetry and gentleness.
It’s 00:00 here and I’m reading the words you wrote in what was the future for me. Last year I almost walked out of a movie as well, Barbie. I probably should’ve, because I kept talking to myself during the movie and literally squirming in my seat. I felt soiled by the time it ended and I was released from my pain.
Waiting for Brae. I know you’ll find that diary.
Finally, spring is coming here and I felt shocked for a moment when I read autumn. That passage was so beautiful and heartbreaking. Pain is poetry. Take care, Nathan.
I'm so sorry about the death of your beloved Machine. Maybe you can create a really cool writing nook for yourself and your trusty laptop somewhere in your house? I have my Microseasons HQ--just a corner of our kitchen, but it's eccentric and comfy enough to feel sheltering and poetic. When I sit down there, I pretend to be a writer. I admire your commitment to writing, Nathan, even when you are spent. That's discipline! I'm too quick to give myself a pass. Right now, I'm using the excuse of starting a new job--pouring all my cognitive energy into a new and exciting endeavor--but I've totally abandoned my substack! What if I can't get back to it? The thought panics me--like losing my child in a shopping mall--I am a terrible mother of my own writing.
Thanks for this, Nathan! It’s good to be reminded that sometimes all we have is an hour and a half, but the obligations of work family or life can take precedence over our creative responsibilities. And I know how you feel about that work laptop, it’s hard enough to separate from the work identity without the ever-present reminder of that numbered sticker in the right hand corner of the machine, informing both the device and the employee that they are merely a number.
Sorry you’re struggling but happy you’re sharing it here with us. Isn’t that the best way to unload a burden? I must admit that while breaking down does not sound like fun, your after self care is 💯 and thanks to Jo it sounds like as well. I think it’s also a great way to exercise that writing voice as well. In terms of games as escape from reality, I don’t have much experience but I do it in other ways and think it must be healthy. I mean reading is one way for sure. This is how we play with self and maybe with the “real” hidden world that is so elusive. Thanks for all the recs! Especially as I’m on a film kick (though I think I’d be with your wife on that one). Im reading Ozeki’s A Tale for Time Being. She’s a Japanese-American professor and Buddhist priest. She writes about the way Japanese see “reality” as a dream. It’s my first encounter with her work and think you’d love it.
I, too, have a burning desire to return to Brae and Renn but I’ll gladly wait. And replace that desktop, mate, get a good gaming rig, treat yourself! As far as the term “gamer” goes there is still stigma attached to that even if AAA games have become more mainstream, and I had to smile at your comparisons, adding “cineast” into the mix, the posh version of movie buff. I have long reached (or always were at) a point where I no longer care what others think about “gamers” I love games. I love movies and books and a lot of things, and it’s good to know you do, too. One of these days, we’ll need to do a dungeon romp together. Take Nadia, Dan and Teagan with us, too.
Very interesting. Very brave. It's a shame that Jo doesn't share your love of SF. Have you considered divorce? I didn't see Dune2 in the end because you lot convinced me that I needed to see Dune 1 first, but I couldn't find it available apart from buying it. I only ever walked out of something once, much to the embarrassment of my girlfriend at the time. It was a version of Hamlet that was, and remains the worst interpretation of any Shakespeare play that I've ever seen. Do avoid burn out: the reading will still be there. I once commented on a tweet twenty years after it had been posted. Well, I don't like rushing to judgement. 😂 night night my friend
Think you summed up Holly perfectly there, Nathan. Just a great fun read. Looking forward to his new book that’s out in May which is short stories along with a supposed sequel to Cujo. So, we’ll see how that goes 🤔
Not sure I’ll go and see On the Silver Globe though, despite your very succinct summary 😁. I think I would end up walking out too! 😆
Looking forward to more stories of Renn and Brae but just when you’re ready. You’ll find that diary soon enough 👍🏼
“Fraying” is a good word for just now. Over here something is off kilter, but I’m not sure what. Maybe me. It’s like I’m waiting for something. Could be the changing of the seasons 🤔
The world fascinates me. To you it’s a Saturday morning heading into autumn and here’s it’s a Friday night still clinging onto the last of winter before hopefully a bright spring morning tomorrow. Amazing
Enjoy the weekend, Nathan, and we’ll see where the path takes us next 👍🏼
And here I am reading it 20 minutes later. Like chatting with a friend. I enjoyed the chat dear Nathan. Enjoy your well-deserved long weekend. Hugs dear fellow. 🤗🤗💕
Ugh, other things are the worst. Tar was brilliant, wasn't it? They did miss a trick not including at least one scene where she visits a tar pit, though. I share your desire for you to return to Renn and Brae, btw. Definitely ready for those guys, again--whenever you're ready, of course. No need for a 2021 repeat. I try to keep a solid four years between breakdowns, personally...
I so get that feeling when a piece of equipment one has relied on and nurtured for years simply just says No one day… I’m truly sorry that for you it was your computer… that’s hard!
But even still… even spontaneously you have the words… « The edges of me unfurl, are caught and loosened by the wind… » you gathered them up and made them still Nathan… nicely done!
I hope you get the rest days you need - i feel that unfurling too, I’ve a week to go still!
Take the time you need, brother - I might have reached peak Substack too, and I've just signed on to be a reader for the Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize so the next 5 months could be pretty frayed... 💜
Sorry for your loss, Nathan. I get even though I've never had an emotional attachment to a digital device. Guitars, yes. Computers, no. Thanks for the recommendation of Tar, it's been on my list for a while. Can't wait to see where Brae goes when you get back to it.
Love a peek into your morning pages. Wandering, insightful, full of raw emotion and maybe a hint of heaviness and longing? And have you discovered @nadiagerassimenko? She writes a lot about gaming, games, an unsuspecting gamer full of poetry and gentleness.
Don’t worry about us Slake. Take care of you; we shall be here when you return.
It’s 00:00 here and I’m reading the words you wrote in what was the future for me. Last year I almost walked out of a movie as well, Barbie. I probably should’ve, because I kept talking to myself during the movie and literally squirming in my seat. I felt soiled by the time it ended and I was released from my pain.
Waiting for Brae. I know you’ll find that diary.
Finally, spring is coming here and I felt shocked for a moment when I read autumn. That passage was so beautiful and heartbreaking. Pain is poetry. Take care, Nathan.
I'm so sorry about the death of your beloved Machine. Maybe you can create a really cool writing nook for yourself and your trusty laptop somewhere in your house? I have my Microseasons HQ--just a corner of our kitchen, but it's eccentric and comfy enough to feel sheltering and poetic. When I sit down there, I pretend to be a writer. I admire your commitment to writing, Nathan, even when you are spent. That's discipline! I'm too quick to give myself a pass. Right now, I'm using the excuse of starting a new job--pouring all my cognitive energy into a new and exciting endeavor--but I've totally abandoned my substack! What if I can't get back to it? The thought panics me--like losing my child in a shopping mall--I am a terrible mother of my own writing.
1) Plot is a strong word, there was no plot just custumes and sets and people yelling about nonsense
2) You forgot to mention that it was nearly THREE HOURS LONG. I gave it 2.5 and finally couldn't stand being yelled at in nonsense anymore.
Thanks for this, Nathan! It’s good to be reminded that sometimes all we have is an hour and a half, but the obligations of work family or life can take precedence over our creative responsibilities. And I know how you feel about that work laptop, it’s hard enough to separate from the work identity without the ever-present reminder of that numbered sticker in the right hand corner of the machine, informing both the device and the employee that they are merely a number.
Sorry you’re struggling but happy you’re sharing it here with us. Isn’t that the best way to unload a burden? I must admit that while breaking down does not sound like fun, your after self care is 💯 and thanks to Jo it sounds like as well. I think it’s also a great way to exercise that writing voice as well. In terms of games as escape from reality, I don’t have much experience but I do it in other ways and think it must be healthy. I mean reading is one way for sure. This is how we play with self and maybe with the “real” hidden world that is so elusive. Thanks for all the recs! Especially as I’m on a film kick (though I think I’d be with your wife on that one). Im reading Ozeki’s A Tale for Time Being. She’s a Japanese-American professor and Buddhist priest. She writes about the way Japanese see “reality” as a dream. It’s my first encounter with her work and think you’d love it.
Hope you enjoy some bouldering soon 😉
I, too, have a burning desire to return to Brae and Renn but I’ll gladly wait. And replace that desktop, mate, get a good gaming rig, treat yourself! As far as the term “gamer” goes there is still stigma attached to that even if AAA games have become more mainstream, and I had to smile at your comparisons, adding “cineast” into the mix, the posh version of movie buff. I have long reached (or always were at) a point where I no longer care what others think about “gamers” I love games. I love movies and books and a lot of things, and it’s good to know you do, too. One of these days, we’ll need to do a dungeon romp together. Take Nadia, Dan and Teagan with us, too.
Did you get a choc top at the Astor? That's the important part.
I've never thought of King as a horror writer. He writes about the psychology of his characters and the communities they inhabit.
I didn't love Tar, I don't think it was made for liking. The acting was impeccable, of course. Not a film I'd revisit.