Miranda leans over me and digs through the mess of cassettes in her glovebox. She smiles.“I was going to get an iPod until I found out the Queen has one. Now tapes don’t look so bad any more.”“My sister has three. She found out how to get music on them, but can’t figure out how [...]

I mention him a lot when I talk about writing. I think about him a lot when I write.
He published his last novel ten years ago. He told us at the time it would be his last novel. I hoped he was lying. He told us back then he had lived too long. I thought [...]

Before you start pointing out logical errors and typos and stuff, remember, this is a first draft. First drafts are supposed to be crummy. Note also that the names have been shortened to protect my ideas:
The line finally starts moving at around half past ten and the line snakes from the open sun to the [...]