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Oct.26.2009
In this day and age, we're afraid to discuss anger, but it's unrealistic to think it never occurs and is never justified. It's when and how to use and convey it that are key. If you're squeamish, think of anger as a passion - a strong emotion that gives depth to your writing, especially your...
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Oct.14.2009
I became immediately and sputteringly angry (figuratively…I don’t really sputter) at something fellow Backword Books member Christopher Meeks – very innocently – wrote to me this morning in an email. (He has given his permission to quote from the message.)
One thing I’m curious about HOMEFRONT is...
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Oct.07.2009
A particularly happy day today. Gina is an intensely focused writer, often working from the moment she wakes up until 4 or 5 in the morning. As anyone who follows my blogs knows, I am very proud of her and certainly do not begrudge her working practices. It’s always been my opinion that any...
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Oct.01.2009
Last night I went to see Toni Morrison. It had been decades since I had seen her, she had a new book which I knew I was going to read. She is a woman who fully lives her life and even if the questions posed, or discussion presented does not fully engage me, I know Morrison will say something...
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Sep.27.2009
We decided to see what was going on at the 6th annual Martinez Italian Street Painting Festival today, which took place on Main Street in Martinez, California. As we drove under the old non-working train track through the signal into the main stretch of street that would take us down the main, I...
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Sep.15.2009
Lately I’ve found myself with some serious writing burnout. I think it’s partly that our gorgeous, summery Seattle weather has not been conducive to writing. But it’s also that I’ve been cranking away at the keyboard on the same project for quite some time. And while this is a great way to get a...
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Sep.12.2009
"The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters."
--Saul Bellow
Photo Credit: Bruce Barone
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Sep.05.2009
‘Jeni Food’ was the quaint name of a tiny Chinese restaurant in Kolonaki, the posh bit of central Athens. The place was a one-woman show, run by Jeni Chen, who for a while was a friend of mine. The food was excellent if Jeni was in the mood, but could be wretched if she wasn’t. Uniting Taiwanese...
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Aug.22.2009
I've been trying to get to writing this blog post for a couple of weeks now, but one thing or another has kept me from it. I decided this morning that I would write it this evening, come hell or high water. So, of course, today while I was doing some work in the attic of our 170-year-old house, I...
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Aug.16.2009
He-Yo Blogistas,
Step right up for a new chapter of Hummingbird which I think is going to be a novella, not a short story. Click this link to go to my page on www.redroom.com and click Hummingbird 2: http://www.redroom.com/member-articles-stories/Blonditude
It's getting more complex by...
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