March 23, 2011

Sitting in Darkness, doing what?

By Bob Bois

Each morning I wake before dawn and go to my study. Of course it’s dark. I don’t turn on the light in my office: I light a candle and a stick of incense.

Then I sit .

I prefer the Zen term, “sitting”, rather than “meditating”, which makes me feel too spiritual.

I sit in darkness, breathe in, out.

Then I write. I sit at my desk and clack out words on my keyboard. There’s still no light.

I write about this flaming world of ours. Interesting times, as the old Chinese curse would have it.

This blog is about writing. And the germ of writing resides in darkness. The moment of creation.

Each day for a year, starting March 25th, 2011, I’ll be posting a new piece of flash fiction.

My stories will be prompted by something in that day’s news or something else that grabbed my attention.

I hope you enjoy the stories- all three of you who find this blog.

Hopefully we’ll have a gem, every now and then.

365 stories, coming up.

Peace.

About Bob Bois

Bob Bois is a writer living in the old, mysterious hills of Central Massachusetts. He blogs his horror flash fiction at http://sittingindarkness.com View all posts by Bob Bois

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 1:55 pm and tagged with Flash fiction, sitting, Writing practice and posted in Flash fiction, microfiction, short short fiction, sudden fiction. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

10 responses to “Sitting in Darkness, doing what?”

Paul
March 26th, 2011 at 8:45 pm

I’m one of three then

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Ron
March 28th, 2011 at 6:58 am

If you keep at it, there will be more than 3 of us!

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Tony Bove
March 29th, 2011 at 10:23 am

‘Bout damned time, Bob….You have a unique talent for observation, analyzation, and telling a story in a way that makes it vivid and memorable. Don’t suppose that you could bring some of your past experiences to the page, as well? For those who don’t know of him, how about a tale about “Little Ray”…? I’m just sayin’…

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Bob Bois
March 29th, 2011 at 11:13 am

Thanks Paul, Ron, and Tony. See, I told you it would be three….
I hope you continue to follow the stories on a daily basis.
Take care.

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Debbie
March 29th, 2011 at 11:27 am

I’m really looking forward to reading your daily blogs. These are great. Find a publisher, Bob…..

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Janet
March 29th, 2011 at 11:36 pm

I’m here, so there are now more than 3! Good job Bob. Keep posting and I’ll keep reading.

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Molly
April 1st, 2011 at 4:32 am

Looks like we are more than 3!

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Holly
April 4th, 2011 at 4:21 pm

what a great project Bob, I look forward to the years worth of stories!

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Bob Bois
April 4th, 2011 at 4:26 pm

Thanks Holly.
I’m glad you like the stories. Make sure to vote in the sidebar!
If you know of anyone who’d enjoy this sort of thing, please forward the link to them.
Thanks again!

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Shannon
April 11th, 2011 at 5:43 pm

brought here by my friend Erin who hopes to inspire me to write more-I am delighted to read you. Thanks.

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