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Fairlee is getting interesting, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s always good to hear that the subjects of your news reports think you’re giving them a fair shake. Continue reading Fairlee is getting interesting, 1979

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No great reflections, 1979

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Getting “psyched” — or not — is a poor excuse for doing — or not — one’s job. If that job is writing, you can’t wait for inspiration to hit you. Continue reading No great reflections, 1979

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I could do OK! (1979)

Reading Time: 2 minutes My journal from my first year as a freelancer takes me to a breakthrough, but I had not learned that all that glitters is not gold. Continue reading I could do OK! (1979)

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"Bunny's- Eye View," Southbury, Connecticut, April 14, 2020. By Howard Fielding. Offered under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
HAPPINESS, HISTORY, HUMOR, ON WRITING, SHORT TAKES

Give him time, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes In which Hubris, deadly pride, sneaks up behind our hero and says “Whee! I’ve got you!” Continue reading Give him time, 1979

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In Other Words, Season 2, Episode 15

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve completed about 70 pages of manuscript on the history of Bubble Wrap and estimate that it will top out at about 100 pages. Continue reading In Other Words, Season 2, Episode 15

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Fantasies of my youth, 1979

Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979

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Well, now it really IS history

Reading Time: 2 minutes I kept talking about Sealed Air this and Sealed Air that, and when I got out of the interview I found out they’d changed the name! Continue reading Well, now it really IS history

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I could do worse, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes As for my 1979 resolutions, today I can honestly say that I was meeting the minimum requirements. I wasn’t throwing myself into them. Continue reading I could do worse, 1979

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Mediocre and disorganized, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps I was afraid of being forever doomed to being a mediocre writer instead of a mediocre Writer. Continue reading Mediocre and disorganized, 1979

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Another diversion, 1979

Reading Time: 2 minutes If I had treated my first year as a freelance writer like a real business, I would have seen that the end of the first quarter was approaching a crisis. Continue reading Another diversion, 1979

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Howard Fielding's "Living Here" column ran for 25 years in The Sunday Republican of Waterbury, Connecticut. Now retired, he's still living here, online. Join him to enjoy sunsets, short uplifting essays, works in progress, special surprises, and the occasional trip down Memory Lane.

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