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discgolf
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:38:45 +0000

@koocoo15

I wrote my novels for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.) The first one was a massive autobiographical work; the second one was a lot more complicated. My second was a science fiction novel about a man who can re-experience sections of his life thanks to newfound medical technology and his subsequent examinations of reality and memory.

An excerpt, from the middle of the novel
“If you love something, bury it.
If you hate something, bury it.
Just so you know, this advice doesn’t work for people.
That new album you just got, the one that you could listen to for hours on end?
Bury it.
Trust me, it’ll make the whole album so much better.
In this life, when there’s so little left that can be appreciated, take the chance to savor the things that you love.
Bury the album and then wait a year.
If you can still hear any of its catchy choruses, wait another year.
Wait until you’ve forgotten what you’ve buried entirely.
Then, dig it up.
Go ahead, don’t be afraid to listen to it.
That album will sound like the very words of God after all that time.”