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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Given the sedentary lifestyle required to write, it is no surprise that many wordsmiths find that as their skills and production increase, so does their girth. Stuck on a plot point? Maybe a cookie run to the kitchen will bring clarity. Depression…nothing is coming! Exultation…it is finished! Either deserves a trip to a favorite coffeehouse for something uber-caloric (yes, whipped cream and sprinkles!)
While the mind is traversing other worlds, the body is firmly grounded in reality, and a day of reckoning is inevitable. Mine arrived when finally forced to go to the doctor after a horse fell on me. The pointer skittered across the weight bar during the mandatory weigh-in. The number it stopped at was not pretty. It was clearly time to institute a forced march back down the scale. Although I chose to wage a private battle, I was not alone in the war. Across the river, in the state of Washington, a friend had also engaged the weight enemy and turned his combat into a work of art.
Vinnie Kinsella is man who is passionate about words. A professor at Portland State University, he teaches Book Editing and Copyediting in the Master's in Writing/Book Publishing program. He owns a professional editing/design company, Declaration Editing; publishes a monthly online poetry journal, 4and20; and hosts a super short serial contest. Vinnie also invites people to visit his lab and savor the delectable concoctions he brews out of raw words.
While I maintained a simple running tally of how many down…how many to go, Vinnie memorialized the pounds he said good-bye to; snapping word pictures of his journey to victory.
Tales of Contraction appears bite-size...an easy chew…a quick swallow. But within its simplicity is a rich tale, as full as any novel. It is a worthy companion to anyone who is facing the enemy of themselves.
While the mind is traversing other worlds, the body is firmly grounded in reality, and a day of reckoning is inevitable. Mine arrived when finally forced to go to the doctor after a horse fell on me. The pointer skittered across the weight bar during the mandatory weigh-in. The number it stopped at was not pretty. It was clearly time to institute a forced march back down the scale. Although I chose to wage a private battle, I was not alone in the war. Across the river, in the state of Washington, a friend had also engaged the weight enemy and turned his combat into a work of art.
Vinnie Kinsella is man who is passionate about words. A professor at Portland State University, he teaches Book Editing and Copyediting in the Master's in Writing/Book Publishing program. He owns a professional editing/design company, Declaration Editing; publishes a monthly online poetry journal, 4and20; and hosts a super short serial contest. Vinnie also invites people to visit his lab and savor the delectable concoctions he brews out of raw words.
While I maintained a simple running tally of how many down…how many to go, Vinnie memorialized the pounds he said good-bye to; snapping word pictures of his journey to victory.
Tales of Contraction appears bite-size...an easy chew…a quick swallow. But within its simplicity is a rich tale, as full as any novel. It is a worthy companion to anyone who is facing the enemy of themselves.
