Category Archives: Writing

Dreams that are out of date

Posted on 28 July 2007 by andyq

I wake. The sheets are perfectly white. The mattress is hard. The air conditioning is on and noisy – but the room is a comfortable temperature. Hot sunlight creeps through the closed blinds, as does sounds of construction. I’m in … Continue reading →

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A snapshot

Posted on 19 April 2007 by andyq

Here is a snapshot of my life: It’s 7:20am. I have a teleconference for work with my manager in New York at 8am. I can’t seem to shake the remnants of the cold from weeks ago and I feel like … Continue reading →

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Reading Advice on How to Write

Posted on 9 April 2007 by andyq

When I told my boyfriend’s wonderfully creative and interesting best friend and flatmate, G., that I was trying to do more writing, produce something bigger this year, she told me, “there’s this book you must read.” I figured it was … Continue reading →

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Intensive Editing

Posted on 30 March 2007 by andyq

Winter has finally come to Sydney. It’s bright outside, from the quality of air has changed. Basically, it’s colder! I’ve started editing the poetry manuscript with my editor. He’s suggested the method of doing two poems at a time, and … Continue reading →

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A new idea

Posted on 6 March 2007 by andyq

Coming out of the Mardi Gras weekend, I had the idea to write about seven years of partying in Sydney. The pros are that I’m not sure whether anyone has combined a narrative with an analysis of recreational drug use, … Continue reading →

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More things to do when I’m not writing

Posted on 2 March 2007 by andyq

Eat, breathe, tidy around mecommunicate, make love,sleep, defecate, become engrossedin vices of all sorts, unhelpfuldiversions that contribute nothingto the greater good. Exercise.Try to spend time outdoorsas well as in. I make plans. Plotemotions. Discard focus. I saveoverseas stamps for our … Continue reading →

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So Good I Cried

Posted on 19 February 2007 by andyq

So, before I can start my journal, which I feel a need to do, with so many things that have happened in the last week, I will share my good news, with the world, with my blog (which no one … Continue reading →

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A few more excuses

Posted on 1 February 2007 by andyq

I was rushing off to the gym yesterday for the 2nd morning in a row, and the third day in a row of workouts. After ten days in Thailand with all you can eat buffets, and a lot of static … Continue reading →

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On Creativity

Posted on 28 January 2007 by andyq

A week in Bangkok for work, and while I had the intention to think about writing and move ahead, I’m not sure if I expected to come away with so many ideas. Talking with Moises, who is also a writer, … Continue reading →

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Things to do when I’m not writing

Posted on 9 January 2007 by andyq

Looking through the lens of the present at my past entries, I note a few different themes: the desire to write, berating my lack of discipline, some jealousy at other people who write more, and the sense of drifting away … Continue reading →

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