Mason Currey's "Inefficient and Glorious Research Process"

How he "skims, scans, and scribbles his way into the lives of writers and artists"

While in graduate school, I had a little ritual. After a few hours of writing, I’d reward myself by visiting Mason Currey’s blog—before Subtle Maneuvers, he wrote “Daily Routines.” There, I’d read about the struggles and peccadillos of famous artists and authors—Schiller writing next to a bin of rotting apples always stands out. Mason’s stories put my own work into pe…