- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on it, and then I'd throw it away and do another one.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would try to write my own story about some East Coast suburbanite having an affair or something like that. So I did that for maybe two years or so, and it just wasn't working for me at all.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I've always felt a little uncomfortable around people.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I just wanted to be somewhere else. I didn't like living in Knockemstiff, and I figured when I got older, I'd move off to some big city.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody really turns out too happy in any of my stuff. It's really strange, because I'm actually a pretty happy person. I'm not walking around giggling or anything like that, but I've got this feeling that everything is okay with my life.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while I'm writing a draft, but I do listen to it when I'm revising.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Knockemstiff' is a collection of short stories set in the holler of the same name in southern Ohio where I grew up. I tried to link the stories together through the place and some recurring characters.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020