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We make a lifetime of memories only to remember a fraction of them. Even healthy brains can only recall a percentage of what we store. Why can’t we purge unhappy memories, like Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

According to a recent RadioLab broadcast on Memory and Forgetting…….

Maybe. We. Can.Continue Reading

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People think writing is sexy. Lazing around in pjs. Sipping bourbon-spiked tea. Imagining fake people to life. Untold hours of bliss and leisure.

Well.

Writing is a dirty business. It takes a lot of meeting real people. Shaking hands and sharing germs. Giving book stump speeches. Being unflappable when people look you in the eye and lie.

Part of the Life of a Writer is signing up for showcase events over which I have no control.Continue Reading