I have complained for years that Salinger has infected my pen and, quite possibly, my tongue (the incessant deferrals, obsessive qualifications, twitchy paretheticals, etc., etc.) for better and ill. But, it was not until I read Rosenbaum’s reflection on Salinger’s silence (via) that I got a clear (albeit, controversial and guessed) diagnosis of the problem:
There [...]
As it turns out, sleep deprivation is not condusive to writing and, couple that the neglect of putting black on white, you will find yourself in the position of writing about writing. Normally I would just forgo jotting something down and watch a film or play some sort of video game (I have developed a [...]
I posted this over at clusterflock and I cannot stop watching it. It is almost as bad the the dramatic chipmunk.
Below is a new, working video: