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Budding Writer, 1979: ‘The Heavenly Hash Slinger’

Reading Time: 2 minutes I got the idea for this title character for a short story — or series of stories, or a novel — at a Howard Johnson’s restaurant on Queen Street in Southington, Connecticut. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: ‘The Heavenly Hash Slinger’

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Budding Writer, 1979: ‘Parameters of Pygmalion’

Reading Time: 3 minutes Of the four ideas I started the week with, this was the only one that I actually completed. I don’t know if I ever opened it again. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: ‘Parameters of Pygmalion’

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Budding Writer, 1979: Great minds think alike?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Went to see Woody Allen’s ‘Manhattan.’ I wish the guy hadn’t stolen my ideas for ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ Maybe this means great minds think alike. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Great minds think alike?

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Budding Writer, 1979: A good time for groundwork

Reading Time: 2 minutes I had visions of collecting my school essays into books of criticism about how not to write papers. Does that sound like what I’m doing here? Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A good time for groundwork

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Budding Writer, 1979: ‘King Uber?’

Reading Time: 2 minutes A writer — and a reader, for that matter — must take prose in the context of the time when it was written, not the time in which it is being read. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: ‘King Uber?’

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Budding Writer, 1979: Fantasies of my youth

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 Budding Writer, 1979: Fantasies of my youth

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Budding Writer, 1979: Surprise!

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll advise beginning journalists not to knock their assignments, however insignificant they may seem. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Surprise!

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Budding Writer, 1979: I could do worse

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 Budding Writer, 1979: I could do worse

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Budding Writer, 1979: Potential for collaboration

Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps this was another lost opportunity. Not all ideas are good ideas, but if they’re good enough to write down, they’re worth following up on. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Potential for collaboration

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In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Although this series may appear as yet another rabbit hole I’ve fallen down in my quest to finish a project — any project — it has several benefits. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 11

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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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