Charles Keatts
33 min readSep 24, 2020

new memoir/novel…a few pages…

working on the memoir is slow. slow going. feels good to clean it up, edit, take away, chip away at it. not adding to it. it’s a lot of work.

here is what I have so far: I mean, I have about 440 pages but this is the cleanest…

troubled sleep, a memoir

or novel? still not sure…

The way upward and the way downward
is one and the same.

- Herakleitos

“What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?”
“I don’t know. My… my code of morals…

Charles Keatts

Essays, poetry, and art. Published novelist, memoir in process, new novel. I like being sober, trail running, climbing, and spending time with my daughter.