On September 10, LitCrawl will be happening all around downtown NYC, and I’ll be doing my small part. Dirty Laundry, the great reading series that takes place in various laundromats, will be on at 6pm that evening:
Dirty Laundry: Remains of the Stain
September 10, 2011, 6:00 PM
Launderette (All Ages)
97 2nd Ave
Emily Rubin, author of Stalina, will host “Remains of the Stain”, writings about dribbles, spills and other moments of lust and panic. Ten writers read short shorts inspired by memorable stains. Hear how a lipstick stain inspired a novel, and more.
For the last month, I could see the end, that moment when I’d write the last sentence of my second novel. I imagined there would be exaltation, relief, a supreme sense of satisfaction rolled into that single keystroke when I’d tap the period and put an end to this work that began on August 11, 2002.
It starts with the words His father was against the idea, and it ends with and so was he. In between, there are about 121K words, three parts, 26 chapters plus an epilogue.
