Post by edwardlee on May 12, 2023 21:36:41 GMT
Folks, Things are okay with me, and I hope they are with you as well. This week I had a very positive revelation at the dialysis clinic. Those finishing-nail-sized needles hurt like a mutha going in. They gave me this anesthetic cream to put on my “fistula” before each treatment (a fistula’s where the vein is where they stick the needle) and it didn’t do diddly. I almost punched the nurse. Then the nurse tells me to read the damn directions on the dream. You’re supposed to put the stuff over your fistula an hour before “chair-time” but also wrap saran wrap around your arm so the stuff sinks in. So that’s what I did last time and–holy moly!–the needles are almost painless now! This will make the whole process a lot less dreadworthy. Recently I’ve watched a string of decent flicks: The Unwelcome, From Black, The Unheard, and Darker than Night–all worth a watch. I’m still reading In A Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner on my kindle during treatments. I suspect most of the new wave of horror writers are unfamiliar with Wagner; if this be the case, read this collection and discover where your roots really came from. (Wager also delved into the hardcore at times) Wagner was a scholar, a master editor, and one on the most effective story scribes in the genre–yet, for whatever reason, most of his horror work disappeared and reprints were available. Now that’s all changed. So go to Amazon right now, and order In A Lonely Place. This late great writer can take all of us chumps to school, and may he rest in piece. As for my own writing, I’ve dumped yet another project (it was pretty silly, realy) and finally got into a new one from my inventory, just today, and easily wrote 1000 words. It came very easily so that encourages me; at first it looked like the side effects of the dialysis were going to pretty much force me into retirement but now I think not. I think I’m still in the groove! And I just treated myself the streaming version of Evil Dead Rise (26 bucks! Ouch!) And will watch it tonight! Everybody have a great weekend!
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EL
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EL