4 mornings ago

Four mornings ago, I woke up at 2 AM from a 

very bizarre sci-fi dream. I wrote down some 

notes in the dark to start working it into a story. 

Then that very day at the library, a book that I 

requested arrived: THE SEARCH FOR PHILIP 

K. DICK, written by his third wife Anne Dick. 

He has long been a writing model for me, a 

teacher and inspiration. He says in this book 

that it takes 20-30 years to succeed as a 

literary writer, which may be true. 

(I finished my first novel in 1988 and have 

written over thirty since then, so I’m still waiting.) 

Even as I’m writing my sci-fi story based on my 

dream, while also working on a new novel featuring 

two robots, reading this book is real interesting 

and reminds me to stay on track.