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May.17.2013
A couple of days ago there was a crime contest on Twitter. Tweets were requested to describe Lawmakers/Lawbreakers. I decided to expose my memorable villain - Norman. Here are my tweets describing my none-too-friendly protagonist. Any (or all - how fast can I talk) ready for that mythical elevator...
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May.08.2013
Anne Frank, in a diary entry, describes her sexual region with a degree of clinical detail. An American mother says her teen-age daughter felt "uncomfortable" with such a description. The mother wants the book removed from a school's reading list in Michigan.
The historical aspect of Anne Frank's...
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Jan.14.2013
Since I’ve been traveling, I’m revisiting a post from 2010 about making sure we’re aware of the realities of light.
Light is important when we’re writing—and I’m not talking about having enough light to work by. I’m talking about how...
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Jun.12.2012
This article appeals to me because I am in the midst of writing a trilogy about onions. I follow the progress of an onion farm in Italy in the Third Century to its eventual transformation into an International Food Conglomerate in the present day. Stay tuned and have your forks at the...
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Sep.29.2011
In a recent blog [Madame Bovary C'est Moi], college student Surya Kalsi commented on his discovery of and immediate "love affair" with the "rich, vibrant, [and] powerful" description in Flaubert's Madame Bovary, making him "stand in awe of his prose mastery." It was unlike...
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Sep.08.2011
Anne Enright
1 The first 12 years are the worst.
2 The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.
3 Only bad writers think that their work is really good.
4 Description is hard. Remember that all description...
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Mar.08.2011
There is an old writing prompt which goes (with many variations) "Three miles down the road and four hundred years later . . ." In effect, we can change setting and time in the space of a sentence. Poets do it with aplomb. Do it well, and your reader will follow you anywhere.
Hmmm...
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Nov.08.2010
The clocks fell back Saturday night. Since we've moved a bit farther north and a lot higher up, I've noticed much greater variations in sunrise and sunset hours. Although it's nothing like our trip to Alaska, where it didn't seem to get dark at all in Fairbanks, there are more differences here...
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Nov.04.2010
A good fire is stunning. I’ve been known to burn leaves just to see flames lick the sky. In my opinion, there's nothing finer than sitting around a campfire on a crisp evening, hearing conversations and laughter of family and friends. Or inside, when windows are iced, fireplace...
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Sep.24.2010
I just read an article that has literally changed my writing life. I was stuck on a plot problem and couldn't figure out how to resolve it. The problem? I couldn't imagine what happened. Since I like to inhabit my work, it's more accurate to say I couldn't see what had happened. Not what should...
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