40-Year Run (cont’d)(2)
BLIVET
ET AL. I considered this four
books, with the beginning, the middle, and the end knocked out. One great long book, Against the Grain, contained FLUSH, BLAST, and STRETCH. Where it went from there, I'm not sure. I used to have a chart, but I can't find
it. This would have covered working as a
tech writer in Fort Walton Beach, Balder being born, going into the VA hospital
with high blood pressure, getting laid off, moving to Tallahassee, being fired
by the Department of Commerce, then blackballed as a troublemaker when I filed
a grievance, being snubbed by the writers' clique, evicted, arrested for drunk
driving, quitting drinking, digging at Andersonville. There must be some titles missing. I remember one about the Second Seminole
War. Brenda puts the kids in nursery
school and goes back to work in the state archeology lab. Laid off after
BOOK. Digging at the Old Capitol. WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE
IS STRENGTH. Demolition is
preservation. Laid off. My father dies. Brenda goes into the field, to
SHIT FIRE. An exchange of letters with Jack Neff about moving back to Delray Beach, moving in with my mother, and taking a job at the bank. Brenda goes to work for Mitel, in the tool crib.
IN
THE WIND. An abortive attempt to
write something commercial. A murder
mystery. About the Sandy Creek/Taylor
County sinkhole murders Brenda was an expert witness on. Ill-conceived. When BOOK came back from