Chasing Phantoms: Thoughts on Writing

From time to time, I have some thoughts about writing. Here’s where I’ll put them.

Terry Dubow 4/11/25 Terry Dubow 4/11/25

An Editor Gave Me Something I Didn’t Ask For

The act of putting something in the world is a cleaving, and it's best to approach it like a Civil War surgeon and a Civil War patient. Bite down, ready yourself for the blade, and then get used to what your life is afterwards.

Terry Dubow 3/2/25 Terry Dubow 3/2/25

The case for Chasing Phantoms

I imagine a field with all of my New York literary figures there on the sidelines, sipping coffee from travel mugs, cheering me on as I chase a ball feebly before glancing at their watches and sneaking off, late already for their next meeting.

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Other Monsters

What comes naturally, like a tumor in a spinal cord or a habit of thought, comes at a cost. But then I remember that there’s bravery inside of me, too, and triumph everywhere, and generosity and love and the rest.

Chasing Phantoms: Thoughts on Writing

An Editor Gave Me Something I Didn’t Ask For

The case for Chasing Phantoms

Other Monsters

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