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Words and Lyrics and Titles and Tunes

On August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 By wastedpilgrimIn WritingLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, August 26, 2018, 2:42 p.m. I listened to a Johnny Cash song that had slipped my mind. “See Ruby Fall.” I feel I know exactly how Cash wrote it. He was in his tour bus, heading through the country, probably in the mountains of the Appalachian chain, and he saw an …

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Still Chipping Away

On October 9, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn BooksLeave a comment

No, I’m still not through with the first draft of Forgive Us Our Trespasses. This morning I completed the forty-fourth chapter. It’s getting there. Two or three chapters more, and a postscript. I would write “you can’t force these things,” but maybe you can. I can’t. As I bring this crime story to a close, …

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