Author Archives: Drema Drudge

Dear Reader, This is a notebook poem I wrote early this morning, curled up in a chair. Word Raccoon thought you might enjoy it. It’s just a draft. Tourist Attraction  One location, two sights,  a brochure promises. First of all, they still print those? Soon I find myself enthralled, gazing at the cherry-picked photos inContinue reading “Tourist Attraction”

Dear Reader, There is a pain au chocolat in the kitchen, and just like that, breakfast this morning has become unnecessarily complicated. Word Raccoon says it’s not complicated at all to her. It began with the scale. Now, while I no longer allow that beastly thing to measure my self-worth, I do have an appointmentContinue reading “The Breakfast Dilemma”

Dear Reader, Word Raccoon is watching me with a mixture of alarm and amusement, because there should be a little spinning wheel above my head this morning: Brain Processing Error. Please Wait… And this time, she says, it’s not her fault.  Task: Do laundry. Simple enough. Except… towels or my clothes? Well, that depends. AmContinue reading “Early Morning Brain Processing Error”

Dear Reader, One of the things writers must learn to do is observe. If only we could see ourselves as clearly as others do, Word Raccoon says, holding a magnifying glass in her left hand. I remember riding in a van on the way to an art museum with a college class when another studentContinue reading “The Eye Cannot See Itself”

Now Listening to: You’re the Top by Cole Porter  Dear Reader, I think Word Raccoon is getting into writing the novel now. I say this because this morning, after I insisted she needed to do a recyclables run (we had a carful of cardboard!) and wash the car, she insisted we were going to theContinue reading ““At Words Poetic, I”m So Pathetic” – You’re the Top”

Dear Reader, I know I said I was going to blog less while working on this novel draft, but I can’t. I just can’t.  Word Raccoon, half helper, half menace, will not listen to me. She just keeps typing! Tuesday is booked solid (with good things) so I have added a writing day to my SeptemberContinue reading “(Hair) Foiled Again”

Dear Reader, Having been so disappointed in reading the first few pages of my “James” section yesterday, I spent the afternoon with a research book and my thoughts. I sat for a long time thinking through details, description, scene setting, and the various perceivers/perceptions, the highlighted items in fiction and those merely set down, asContinue reading “Surprise Lilies and Surprising Thoughts”

Dear Reader, This morning (Day 2) I was looking forward to yet more writing and revision time on Novel Three when, alas, I realized that a number of reviews were due. I had simply failed to notice the deadline. Merde. Either way, the novel had to wait while I turned my attention elsewhere. Word RaccoonContinue reading “Maybe Delicate, Not So Genius”

Dear Reader, The writing day has begun with too many choices, even though I thought I had cleared the way. Apparently there are still many if/then’s to be figured out.  For instance, I printed about 225 pages last night, but one of the threads wasn’t the file I should have printed. It’s fine, but it’sContinue reading “Well Begun is…Not Quite Half Done”

Dear Reader, What a perfect morning prepping for All Novel, All August. (Do we like that title? Maybe not.) Word Raccoon and I arrived at the café only to discover they’d placed tables from the porch onto the lawn, something I’ve long hoped they would do on chilly mornings. I’d much rather retreat to theContinue reading “Cheers to August!”