Author Archives: Drema Drudge

Dear Reader, As Word Raccoon and I were working on a different blog post this morning, I was stopped by something in the distance. It looked like an incredible sweep and funnel of greenish butterflies. And I wondered, do I know of any butterflies of that hue? But then I looked closer, and I couldContinue reading “The Earth is a Hive”

Dear Reader, I did not expect Amor Towles to be wearing skinny jeans. I don’t know what I expected Amor Towles to be wearing, but it wasn’t those. Word Raccoon and I were watching a conversation between Towles and Ann Patchett on YouTube, and while I was completely absorbed by what Patchett was saying, someContinue reading “Amor Towles in Skinny Jeans”

Dear Reader, I’ve mentioned verticals before, and here we are again. Word Raccoon and I want to do more research into those microdramas that take the heat and drama and turn them up to eleven in very short videos, often only a minute or two long per episode. Or, in our case, if we endContinue reading “Verticals or MicroDremas™?”

Dear Reader, I mentioned yesterday refilling the well after having dipped so deeply from it lately. And guess what I decided was ideal to do the refilling with? Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World. It’s everywhere right now, and when I saw it on YouTube today, I knew that today was theContinue reading “Attention is the Beginning of Devotion”

Dear Reader, This has been a fussy bunny morning. Word Raccoon is clearing her throat. Sorry, fussy Word Raccoon morning, I guess! I woke up at 4:30, couldn’t get back to sleep, and decided to read more of a short translated-from-French novel that I’ve been reading snippets of over the past three days. Initially, IContinue reading “Flattened Grass”

Dear Reader, Here are the official achievements of “All Novel, All August” (and a bit on Sept. 1). I’ve tried not to add any spoilers which is kinda a pain and a bit dry, sorry. Give me a little more time and I can give you more of the flow of the story. Probably. JustContinue reading “All Novel, All August: The Receipts”

Dear Reader, Does a day even seem like a day if the sun plays keepaway? Ah, but there are days that make their own sun with little unexpected rays of delight. Word Raccoon and I like those days very much. Thanks, Monday.  Today, I did something dumb with my novel. I want to blame WR,Continue reading “I Accidentally Wrote the End”

Dear Reader, Today was more of the same and yet different, too. Word Raccoon and I woke early to see what we could accomplish before a family brunch where WR discovered pineapple upside-down pancakes and was disappointed that she had ordered avocado toast!  But now she knows where to get them when she has aContinue reading “Prepping and Thinking”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon is not happy with me. I kicked her off the sun porch early this morning, before the sun was up. I knew what a day of research and reading I had ahead of me, and I wanted none of her shenanigans. And lured by plenteous portions of her favorite beverage andContinue reading “Two Problems (Almost) Walk Into a Gym”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon and I find ourselves in the unenviable position of having to choose a new place to write. Again. Since they are shutting our usual café in about a month, for good this time, and it’s going up for sale, well, I’m thinking that’s no longer going to be an option for writing. Continue reading “Epistolizing”