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kdawson
Novel: Situational Awareness
Genre: Literary Fiction
5,745 words so far  

About kdawson

Location: Burlington, Vermont

Home Region:
USA :: Vermont

Age:52

Website: http://karendawson.com/, http://arugulayumyum.wordpress.com/

Favorite novels: Out Stealing Horses, The Spare Room, World Light, Magic Mountain, Man Without Qualities, Wind Up Bird Chronicles, Niels Lyhne, The Master and Margarita, The Crossing, Never Let Me Go, Kafka on the Shore, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (oops not fiction), Terrorist, Saturday,

Favorite writers: Musil, Laxness, Dick, early Murakami, Dostoevsky, Hamsun, Percy, Ishiguro, early Auster, McEwan, Buber, Levinas, Rorty, Zinn, Polan,

Favorite music: The Radiator, WRUV, cliqhop.com, drone zone, OOIOO, Phillip Glass, Phish, Paul Simon, wierd electronic/industrial sounds, radiohead, led zeppelin etc

Non-noveling interests: Friends, painting and stained glass work, philosophy, music, gardening, biking, hiking, enjoying nature, movies, SNL, Air America

Joined: October 3, 2007

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'08 '07

NaNoWriMo posts: 11

NaNoWriMo buddies: 7

 

Brief Author Bio:

Born: Melrose MA

Favorite Possession: is not the thing I would grab if the house was burning down, but maybe my oldish copy of Moby Dick. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. no, that's not right... My house is my favorite possession; love/hate relationship-- it's old, so it always needs some damn thing. But it's worth it.

Favorite thing that is not a possession: Pixel (miss kittyness)

Wish for the World: that we could unwind all that we've done to our poor old planet.

Next Big Purchase: new truck, laptop, entire kitchen.

Cool Thing to do on a Sunday Morning: NaNo and coffeeeeeee

In My Next Life: I want to be a red head and pursue a practical and concrete career such as being an architect? a math professor? an aviator? a marine biologist?

Favorite Meal: peanut butter on 100% stone ground whole grain bread.

Favorite Movie: The Three Burials of Melquiedes Estrada, Dead Man, Waking Life, Japanese Story, Walk on Water, Being There

TV Program: Law and Order, Daily Show, Conan, SNL, 30 Rock, Madmen, Mentalist, Numbers, Mediium, The Good Wife

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