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Bread and books for a beneficial day.
It's one of the rules of the universe that any day with bread in it is a day well spent. Last night, and the three before that, didn't involve any good sleep - last night did, but only after getting back up after lying there for almost forty minutes, spending some more time online, and sleeping in until ten, which in turn resulted in me not getting anything of value done until three. Going to the gym, and sending in a few applications, only went so far to make me think I'd done something with my day.
Hence, the bread. And by all measures, it's going to be good.
I need go get back to writing something soon, as well. Long-term projects are good for helping me stay on my feet and moving forward.
Hence, a book request.
The next story I'll be writing is about a young boy and his father, set in Texas. Some of the preparatory research will be about the landscape and climate of the region, and most of it will be on their relationship. Having never been a young boy, I figured the next best thing to do would be to read about what it's like to be one. Through fictional accounts, if possible.
I'm looking for male children's narratives about their lives and their relationships with their fathers. I've got a well-loved copy of Danny the Champion of the World on my bookshelf, and I'll take a serious time with it soon enough. Also Road to Perdition, which wouldn't ever be shelved in the children's section but deals with much of what I'm after. What I'm after are more books like those. First-person or tight third-person, from the point of view of the child, at about that reading level. Specific books or general authors, both would work - most of the books about that subject are adult fiction from the father's point of view, and that's not what I'm aiming for.
Hence, the bread. And by all measures, it's going to be good.
I need go get back to writing something soon, as well. Long-term projects are good for helping me stay on my feet and moving forward.
Hence, a book request.
The next story I'll be writing is about a young boy and his father, set in Texas. Some of the preparatory research will be about the landscape and climate of the region, and most of it will be on their relationship. Having never been a young boy, I figured the next best thing to do would be to read about what it's like to be one. Through fictional accounts, if possible.
I'm looking for male children's narratives about their lives and their relationships with their fathers. I've got a well-loved copy of Danny the Champion of the World on my bookshelf, and I'll take a serious time with it soon enough. Also Road to Perdition, which wouldn't ever be shelved in the children's section but deals with much of what I'm after. What I'm after are more books like those. First-person or tight third-person, from the point of view of the child, at about that reading level. Specific books or general authors, both would work - most of the books about that subject are adult fiction from the father's point of view, and that's not what I'm aiming for.