ALL A-QUIVER: WALKING THE STRAIGHT ’N ARROW

Alas, Failure is a Form of Cute 

Hmm . . .

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How Not to be Distracted . . .

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by Cute Puppies . . .

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(While Writing a Novel)

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by Devon Winterson.

Tap.

Um . . . hmm . . . right . . . let's see . . .

Puppies?

Or novel?

Puppies . . . ?

Or novel . . . ?

Roly-poly, fuzzy playthings with cute faces . . .

Or tough strings of words I’ll need a sledgehammer to pound into place . . . ?

Hmm . . .

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A while back, a good friend suggested I write a post about how not to get distracted by . . . um . . . distracted by . . . cute . . . um . . . puppies while writing a, um . . . novel . . . but, er, ah—

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* Devon abandons blog post, tosses computer aside, races after puppies *