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Apr.04.2013
April 4
Give Me a Goose Any Day
The geese breaking wind resistance, the close ones, the far ones, the ones behind trumpeting, this is the gang who gets me sober and keeps me that way. Maybe you think that G-d is not a flock of geese, but it has been my experience and the...
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Apr.03.2013
POETS QUARTERLY
Monday, April 1, 2013
Interview with Jane Hirshfield
And the World's Great Poets Remain Ever New—Interview with Jane Hirshfield Interview by Arthur McMaster
Jane Hirshfield is the author of seven books of poetry, including most recently Come, Thief (...
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Apr.03.2013
The sentences were strangling me. The chains formed a loop creating a Nefertiti neck that craned to look for eyes and found heads instead. My eyes read thoughts that were concealed, congealed, thoughts that shone and thoughts that were rusty, thoughts that felt smooth to the...
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Apr.03.2013
As I sat in front of my laptop last night, pecking away at the keys and playing with Scrivener, it came to me that working on the flash fiction and other short-form stories seems to be helping me with working on my novel.
I think it's because I can see where I make mistakes and find my weak spots...
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Apr.03.2013
There are dozens of dozens of lists (there are even lists of lists) of ways to help and assist an author. I figure if you come across just one thing which makes things better for you, you come out ahead. No matter what you might think about the rest of the list. [DE...
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Apr.03.2013
I lost 4 hours and 3 pages of the best writing I've done in my life yesterday. I told myself it's all still in there, and will be better in the next iteration, but this morning, I realize the moment has passed.
I've assembled and sorted the documents I need to prepare the...
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Apr.02.2013
Since readers of text are also interpreters, writers, like musicians and performers, need that perfect blend of instinct—both informed and natural—and craft to create work that arouses and sustains interest, while accurately conveying their aesthetic and goals for the piece.
In my last post, I...
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Apr.02.2013
My writing session is my favorite time of the day. I've always leaned toward being a solitary and independent soul and writing suits solitude.
Writing time is more than a time. It's a place. My imagination is a place where I can strip naked and dance with the wind and rain...
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Apr.02.2013
Few things are more enjoyable to me than sitting down with a cold beer, putting on some music, and coming up with story ideas. Especially if I can use them for flash fiction!
I've been toying around with a horror-themed flash about inheritance, death, and zombies. I know, an odd mix,...
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Apr.02.2013
Have you ever noticed how much nature has to teach you about writing? Read on for five useful writing tips….
I like collecting quotes about writing. A while ago, I stumbled across this one from Albert Einstein: “Look deep into nature and you will begin to understand everything.” How is that a...
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