BEg2 administrivia suggestion

[Mark Kohut]

I am continuing on.....Chap 8 coming from me tomorrow.....

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:49 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Ok there seems to be some “loss of inspiration” and I wonder if there is a
> way to revive interest. I’m willing to take some blame about the structure
> but……hey..suggestions for improvement or change of pace, style  or really
> anything would be great and make sense.
> Also if anyone wants to take the reins, by all means. I like to think
> about and just read Pynchon but this is meant to be enjoyed as a group
> activity and the more voices the more lively unless we try to build
> something like a small passionate involvement  of the few who are into it,
> which may be our only chance of some kind of completion. drinking or sativa
> may be a helpful literary lubricant here. If anyone wants to communicate
> off list with me or others please do so.
>   The floor is open
>
>
>
>
> Wait, you *haven't* been drinking your way through the book? I thought the
> agreed upon rules were:
>
> One drink for every set of ellipses ...
> One shot for every declarative sentence than ends in a question mark?
> Three shots for every time Maxine notices a man with an improbable erection
>
> —Quail
>
> PS: If you are dedicated you can get Zima. I hear there's a secret
> warehouse of the stuff out in New Jersey, very hush-hush...
>
> > On Dec 9, 2021, at 4:08 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is the point at which we were going to discuss planning. I’ve never
> > been that much of a planner.
> >
> > It did occur to me that I ran out of inspiration a couple of days ago
> right
> > after I ran out of Crown Royal (-; even with the minuscule size of
> drinks I
> > make it doesn’t last forever.
> >
> > Can’t get Zima I don’t think … but
> >
> > I suggest we drink our way thru the book. This will temper any urgency
> > about time, or should in theory, as well as loosen the bindings of
> > inspiration.
> >
> > I’m getting the makings for Papa Dobles in a few hours, and will be
> writing
> > more while making and consuming a Lilliputian size of those. Strictly for
> > bibliophile purposes.
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