August 4, 2003

no flash, no dash, no chance-taking

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This is an interior photo of Cabin 5 at Dana's Lakeside Resort many years ago.
(photo courtesy of Dale Frick, Dana's founder)

New Slide Show!

A Yooper Fourth of July (21 Pictures)

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But everything else I read seems so ... practiced ... it's like a well-learned style.  Maybe I've read too much, maybe I've read too long.  Also, after decades and decades of writing (and I've written a boat load) when I read another writer I believe I can tell exactly when he's faking, the lies jump out, the slick polish grates.... I can guess what the next line will be, the next paragraph.... There's no flash, no dash, no chance-taking.  It's a job they've learned, like fixing a leaky faucet.

Charles Bukowski, from his book The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship.

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