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	<title>Comments on: #writing: couch drafting</title>
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	<description>Mark Welker is a short fiction writer living in Melbourne, Australia.</description>
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		<title>By: Bill Henderson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Henderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, Mark. Never thought of a barber shop, but random public areas can sometimes make you insanely productive, at least in short bursts (I don&#039;t know about every day). I think it must be something about being anonymous--even, in a way, to yourself. I used to drop into a certain McDonald&#039;s that had a nice sunny porch. Comfortable chairs, clean surfaces, natural light, free refills of bad coffee. What could be better? Then they started jacking up the background music. I was kind of OK with that until they installed the Big Brother monitors--all CNN all the time. I was out of there. I get enough of that in airports. But the great thing about working that way--there&#039;s no end to your choices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, Mark. Never thought of a barber shop, but random public areas can sometimes make you insanely productive, at least in short bursts (I don&#8217;t know about every day). I think it must be something about being anonymous&#8211;even, in a way, to yourself. I used to drop into a certain McDonald&#8217;s that had a nice sunny porch. Comfortable chairs, clean surfaces, natural light, free refills of bad coffee. What could be better? Then they started jacking up the background music. I was kind of OK with that until they installed the Big Brother monitors&#8211;all CNN all the time. I was out of there. I get enough of that in airports. But the great thing about working that way&#8211;there&#8217;s no end to your choices.</p>
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		<title>By: Astromaxis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Astromaxis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah I guess &#039;cause that&#039;s bad for business and Jules looks like an elegant entrepreneur to allow such diversions. After all he performs the main attraction ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah I guess &#8217;cause that&#8217;s bad for business and Jules looks like an elegant entrepreneur to allow such diversions. After all he performs the main attraction ^_^</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Duane, if you loitered too long, Jules would probably glass you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Duane, if you loitered too long, Jules would probably glass you.</p>
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		<title>By: Duane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Duane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish I had hair so I could go there. Would Jules mind if a bald dude just stood around playing 1942 for 5 hours a day?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I had hair so I could go there. Would Jules mind if a bald dude just stood around playing 1942 for 5 hours a day?</p>
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		<title>By: Astromaxis</title>
		<link>http://www.markwelker.com/2010/06/writing-couch-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-381</link>
		<dc:creator>Astromaxis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mark tell Jules that this girl from Bangladesh would love to visit his shop. It&#039;s awesome!!!!
The place looks great. The pictures are so Beautiful MASHALLAH could you please tell me what kind of camera you use? I love taking pictures too but the definition on these pics are awesome really. I loved the snaps you got as well - beautiful, thoughtful and creative.
Now, ummm I haven&#039;t really finished writing anywhere aside from my Desktop and Laptop at home or assignments at Uni. As for handwriting stuff I am a stationary freak who loves using different coloured pens for writings (I can&#039;t for Uni works all the time as Blue and Black are the norm but for my own notes there is a collection ^_^)
OH WAIT THANK ALLAH - NOW I REMEMBER - There was a place I wrote aside home.
It was the train at night. From Dhaka To Chittagong. My Cousin had a fever so no lights were turned off. The train was sleeping. It was in the wee hours.  I couldn&#039;t see clearly outside but I could see vague dark images and blurry electric.
I used the light on my cell and my new diary given as a gift (which both fell in sea water later on :( unfortunately though not lost were kinda ruined) and wrote some poems.
Whenever the light went out I pressed random keys to get the phoenix touch. It was an awesome experience despite the hard cold of the vented AC - I was on the top bunk getting up there was a hassle worth the hassle - I wrote as sleep would not come.
So the pen pumped life ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark tell Jules that this girl from Bangladesh would love to visit his shop. It&#8217;s awesome!!!!</p>
<p>The place looks great. The pictures are so Beautiful MASHALLAH could you please tell me what kind of camera you use? I love taking pictures too but the definition on these pics are awesome really. I loved the snaps you got as well &#8211; beautiful, thoughtful and creative.</p>
<p>Now, ummm I haven&#8217;t really finished writing anywhere aside from my Desktop and Laptop at home or assignments at Uni. As for handwriting stuff I am a stationary freak who loves using different coloured pens for writings (I can&#8217;t for Uni works all the time as Blue and Black are the norm but for my own notes there is a collection ^_^)</p>
<p>OH WAIT THANK ALLAH &#8211; NOW I REMEMBER &#8211; There was a place I wrote aside home. </p>
<p>It was the train at night. From Dhaka To Chittagong. My Cousin had a fever so no lights were turned off. The train was sleeping. It was in the wee hours.  I couldn&#8217;t see clearly outside but I could see vague dark images and blurry electric. </p>
<p>I used the light on my cell and my new diary given as a gift (which both fell in sea water later on <img src='http://www.markwelker.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  unfortunately though not lost were kinda ruined) and wrote some poems.</p>
<p>Whenever the light went out I pressed random keys to get the phoenix touch. It was an awesome experience despite the hard cold of the vented AC &#8211; I was on the top bunk getting up there was a hassle worth the hassle &#8211; I wrote as sleep would not come.</p>
<p>So the pen pumped life ^_^</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.markwelker.com/2010/06/writing-couch-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-361</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, it is a pretty cool barber shop. &quot;The time I cut Saddam&#039;s hair&quot; sounds like a great short story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, it is a pretty cool barber shop. &#8220;The time I cut Saddam&#8217;s hair&#8221; sounds like a great short story.</p>
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		<title>By: TF</title>
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		<dc:creator>TF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I walk during my lunch breaks and usually bring a piece of writing with me. I&#039;ve finished a few things on these walks, crossing out and rearranging as I go, stopping to scratch words in the margins.
Goddamn does that barbershop look, and sound, cool. And I have written a few short pieces inspired by my barber, as it does get busy and the waits can be long. Unfortunately he doesn&#039;t have any of the perks yours does, of which I am completely envious, but he is an Iraqi and when I get in the seat he does tell stories about the old country, like the time he cut Saddam&#039;s hair.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I walk during my lunch breaks and usually bring a piece of writing with me. I&#8217;ve finished a few things on these walks, crossing out and rearranging as I go, stopping to scratch words in the margins. </p>
<p>Goddamn does that barbershop look, and sound, cool. And I have written a few short pieces inspired by my barber, as it does get busy and the waits can be long. Unfortunately he doesn&#8217;t have any of the perks yours does, of which I am completely envious, but he is an Iraqi and when I get in the seat he does tell stories about the old country, like the time he cut Saddam&#8217;s hair.</p>
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		<title>By: phill</title>
		<link>http://www.markwelker.com/2010/06/writing-couch-drafting/comment-page-1/#comment-359</link>
		<dc:creator>phill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Mark, but the very first thing I thought when I saw this post was &#039;HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY HAVE A 1942 ARCADE BOX&#039;. :P
Unfortunately I don&#039;t have any strange or wonderful places of draft completion. I usually finish mine in the hours before coming home and going to bed. Boring old me :/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Mark, but the very first thing I thought when I saw this post was &#8216;HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY HAVE A 1942 ARCADE BOX&#8217;. <img src='http://www.markwelker.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Unfortunately I don&#8217;t have any strange or wonderful places of draft completion. I usually finish mine in the hours before coming home and going to bed. Boring old me :/</p>
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