The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

A quick hello + a reader's poll.

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Hi friend.

I have no idea what that subject line means. It just popped into my head. This year—what with the country being a heaping dumpster fire—I’ve just been going with the flow. Email subject line doesn’t make sense? Who cares? Nothing makes sense these days.

(Apologies, BTW, to Alan Sillitoe for butchering your story title.)

Anyway, hi! I hope you’re doing as well as can be given, you know, everything. I hope you’re healthy and safe and are taking time away from social media and maybe even making something. Personally, I’ve been doing a LOT of painting. I actually sold one! On a whim, I submitted one of my paintings to a members exhibit at a local gallery and it’s up now, hanging on their walls!

When I shared this piece of news in a Facebook writing group I’m in, one of my fellow writers reached out and ask…