Ah. In Scotland, we turn our eyes up in surprise, and say.. "Shit. No sun, AGAIN? IT'S SUMMER AND I AM FREEZING MY LEFT NUT OFF"

..I don't have a left nut.

But beautiful story.

I don't know how you can do so much with so little words, but I guess that's why you're the pro.

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Scotland sounds like paradise compared to Florida.

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inspiring.

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I've been meaning to ask you for a while:

What do you do to practice? To improve your writing skills, I mean. How do you benchmark if you're writing better than you were last year?

PS - I've been branching out. What do you think?


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"What do you do to practice? To improve your writing skills, I mean. "

Well... these things. 100 words is a useful discipline (as is journalism).

Nice shot. Excellent composition.

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Amen.

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I know I can always rely on you to understand that particular sentiment.

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*praises*

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you're sneaking love letters past us, aren't you?

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I love nothing.

Except coffee. But that's only because I haven't got any.

Have you got any?

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sun huuuurts

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Mmmm scars; let me run my finger round them.

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"There's that goddamn sun again."

That's an amazing line. Made my day. Irony.

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I like it, but it seems more like free-style poetry to me. Not a complaint just an observation.
As always thank you for the freebies.

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I like getting some music into prose sometimes, but I like structure too much to get into poetry.

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Fucking sun.

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Too familiar. (The feeling, not the writing). Vivid.

Quite.

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Having you on my friendslist and seeing your entries is very reassuring, do you know that?

(No, I'm serious.)

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Can I ask why?

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Stop writing about me.

Except the 'stop' part.

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Well done, Mr. Ellis.
I wish I could compose, because there's something of music in this last one. Would you mind if I sent this to a guitarist friend of mine to see what he could do with it?

This is easily one of my favorite things of yours since Lonely City.

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Pure poetry, man.

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This is unrelated. You are apparently a musical benchmark. Someone said about my band (Bone Parade): "I bet if Warren Ellis wrote the music for the boredoms it would sound kind of like you guys."

Be proud. You are a unit of measurement.

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and nice and a little fluffy. Vade retro Satan!!!! That's not Warren Ellis. Reveal yourself, demon!.

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Yes. Why the fuck do people choose to go home every night after work and watch television? I mean, life is dripping away every second and these people are choosing to sit there and do nothing.

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Because it's easy?

Never forget that the collective mob is a lazy git. >_> Lazy, and with an overblown sense of entitlement.

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Thanks for putting these things out there. This one made my day.

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Maybe I've been drinking too much this evening... or maybe thats kinda beautiful.

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Maybe kinda.

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Other people have said it before me, but that's poetry. It's really stunningly beautiful, which is kinda funny considering the subject matter.

I really like this series. I love how compressing the language forces all the excess out and leaves this pure art. At least, when it's done right, as you're demonstrating.

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the sun is so oppressive here.

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Oh, oh, yes, exactly.

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