Comments on: dynamite dick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/28/dynamite-dick/ a blog by Rick Belden, author of Iron Man Family Outing Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:45:57 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/28/dynamite-dick/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Rick Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:59:26 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/28/dynamite-dick/#comment-1074 Thanks, Neil. This piece, which I started writing in 1989, is one of my favorites from <a href="http://rickbelden.com/outtakes" rel="nofollow">the outtakes project</a>. The first "finished" version of this poem, a series of apparently random phrases of two and three words each, appeared in early drafts of the <i>Iron Man Family Outing</i> manuscript. I ultimately chose not to include that first version in the final manuscript for the book because it felt unfinished to me. At some point, I archived it away with the other leftovers and process materials related to the creation of the book, and it was forgotten. I rediscovered that original, incomplete version of "dynamite dick" back in March of this year when I opened <a href="http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/08/iron-man-family-artifacts" rel="nofollow">the artifacts box</a>, and it finished writing itself soon afterwards. I guess this one just needed a little more time to pull itself together than most of its contemporaries from 1989. Thanks, Neil. This piece, which I started writing in 1989, is one of my favorites from the outtakes project. The first “finished” version of this poem, a series of apparently random phrases of two and three words each, appeared in early drafts of the Iron Man Family Outing manuscript. I ultimately chose not to include that first version in the final manuscript for the book because it felt unfinished to me. At some point, I archived it away with the other leftovers and process materials related to the creation of the book, and it was forgotten.

I rediscovered that original, incomplete version of “dynamite dick” back in March of this year when I opened the artifacts box, and it finished writing itself soon afterwards. I guess this one just needed a little more time to pull itself together than most of its contemporaries from 1989.

]]> By: NEIL http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/28/dynamite-dick/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 NEIL Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:53:11 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/03/28/dynamite-dick/#comment-1069 "GREW UP TO BE AN ANGRY AX" COULD HAVE COME FROM A STONE'S SONG !! LOVE IT !! “GREW UP TO BE AN ANGRY AX” COULD HAVE COME FROM A STONE’S SONG !! LOVE IT !!

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