early Pynchon

[Richard Romeo]

search pynchon archives for "space opera"--more on pynchon's early writings

rich


>From: "Samuel Moyer" <smoyer at satx.rr.com>
>To: "Kyle Winkler" <taos_hum1 at hotmail.com>, <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: early Pynchon
>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:03:40 -0600
>
>In reverse order... the M&D reading will never end.  joking of course... 
>about one long or two short chapters a week til the end... V. and M&D have 
>much in common... wish I had time to dive into that.  But the current 
>reading has been very good at times... a lot of participation.  You came in 
>a year too late for V. and COL49... but the archives are very good if you 
>have the time.
>
>I don't think anyone knows much about when TRP began to write but he was 
>definetely writing in college.
>
>I write for a living... but not fiction... that doesn't pay...  anyway, 
>your question: "i have been having writers block "
>
>The best answer I know of, and it is real simple: Apply ass to chair.  (to 
>write, one sits and begins writing).  Eventually you will have something 
>you can use....
>
>oh, I was a history major... and I did attempt to pick up a second masters 
>in English lit... about halfway through I dropped out... I couldn't stand 
>to hear one more fellow student start a sentence with "I feel..."
>
>Good Luck
>Sam
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kyle Winkler
>   To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:25 AM
>   Subject: early Pynchon
>
>
>   calling all Pynchonites! or anyone very,deeply,immersed, into early 
>Pynchon....well...not that deep, but i was wondering if anybody knows at 
>what age TRP started to write? and is Mortality and Mercy his first 
>published story? does he have more that are not published....the reason i 
>ask is because after reading the introduction to SL (which is very 
>insightful) i was thinking about what i am going to write for my short 
>story assignment in my Creative Writing class. since i have been having 
>writers block for about two months, i am at a loss and wondered what TRP 
>did to break it....or if any if his early work had any straight forward 
>material in it, and nothing about spies or the army or intricate knowledge 
>of other great massive obscure works or theories of entropy and heat 
>death....etc.
>   speaking of writing, is anyone here an English major too? or write for a 
>living? if so, can you give any tips to just starting somewhere, 
>anywhere.....how do you even come up with an idea...and how do you think 
>Pynchon came up with his? i am interested to see what you all think started 
>some of the reasons why we talk on this so much!
>
>   regards and best.
>
>   p.s. WHEN IS THE M&D READING OVER!!!!! I AM DYING FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO 
>TALK ABOUT!.......[not really mad]
>
>
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