imagination | imagination
Apr.04.2011
There is a wide sweeping curve that defines the edge of Monterey's harbor, and at the curve a long pier stretches eastward like a pointing finger. Many small sailing craft are moored on the leeward side of it. The pier and the two other wharves nearby are places where blood and oil, working men...
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Apr.02.2011
Waffle patterns on my arm extending to the hand. I washed them; the marks would not go. I stared and thought about waffle moments. Rather nice ones. The warm deep blocks to be filled. I’d add some butter and honey or maple syrup. I would wait for the perfect fall, but it always spread. I liked...
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Mar.30.2011
This time the suitcase is grey, overhead comparment sized with a wobbly extender arm that I pulled around several airports. Sometimes, depending on its weight, it tips forward when I try to brace it against my leg while getting my boarding pass at the automated check - ins. But not now, now it...
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Mar.12.2011
“Why?” was my first instinct. Why and how can business books adapt into comics? Then it struck me that with the graphic novel gaining currency – fiction has always been considered the hallmark of imagination – showing a ‘How To’ series should be a more natural progression.
The little I...
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Mar.06.2011
As if arising from the echoing darkness of metal gutter pipes, a sudden din of raucous crows resounds along streets and off of fences. A cat creeps, hoping to go unseen. The birds have spotted her and sound the alarm. Gulls join the bedlam and shriek in exaltation. Then all is silence; the...
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Mar.04.2011
Ever have an idea ignite to suddenly reveal a new dimension of a character or story? It could be the light at the tunnel's end or an oncoming train. Here's how to vet sudden inspiration.
As an editor, I get queries from writers saying they were suddenly inspired on how to fix a complex character...
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Feb.28.2011
As an athlete, I've learned that if you want to be better at something, you practice. Repetition makes the necessary physical moves automatic, freeing the brain to make good decisions.
I’ve tried to apply that to fiction writing, putting in the hours at my desk even when it was a struggle,...
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Feb.27.2011
All my life I’ve suffered from an overactive imagination. At six years old, sitting in our station wagon outside Herndon’s Market, I became convinced that the tattooed men getting out of their truck were on their way to kidnap me. Leaning over the console, I slammed down the driver’s side lock and...
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Feb.15.2011
I needed some crunch in my life. You just do every so often. Too much is mush, too many sounds are very close to squish, and not enough has the defined snap of this being different from that.
Decisiveness can be very refreshing. You know what you're dealing with when a decision has been made...
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