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May.19.2013
There are two things you’ll hear a lot when people start giving out advice on writing.
- Write what you know
- POV matters
I’m not much for cut-and-dried rules; I write what I write, and I write ‘how’ I write, but sometimes I can go back after the fact and pick out some things...
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May.09.2013
Writer’s Chronicle, May/Summer 2013
This writer’s mag isn’t always thematically consistent from issue to issue, but this time I see a pattern.
In Liz Radford’s interview with artist/novelist Audrey Niffenegger we discover that Niffenegger cares not a whit about the traditional...
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May.02.2013
Story Four of the 2013 One series is now available.
You Are a Million $ Babyby Sudè KhanianMy friend Sudè returns to the One series with a touching story of how we define ourselves and how we view others in our life. What we get is a tapestry of ideas flowing together with...
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Mar.09.2013
The Writer’s Chronicle, March/April 2013
This is and has been my go-to mag for writing advice, but sometimes, the academics who write for TWC go to extraordinary lengths to assay fiction. Such seems the case with David Jauss’ article in this issue with the lumbering title, “Homo Sapiens vs....
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Feb.13.2013
Two transitions are underway: the seasonal one from winter to spring is universally experienced in our temperate midwest climate, whereas my recent change of homes is an experience unique to each person, though obviously sharing elements in common with all others who have moved.
When...
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Feb.01.2013
“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” -Ovid
You lose five pounds--one step forward. You twist your ankle and the treadmill becomes dusty--one step back. You get the interview--one step forward. You child becomes ill and you have to cancel...
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Nov.18.2012
I awoke thinking about enduring.
So many of the slights and injuries I suffer are minor. But the human partition of me forgets how swiftly my sky darkens and clears, and that the darkening has little impact on my life and my ability to enjoy it. Mediations and affirmations help me...
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Oct.27.2012
October 27
SLIPSTREAM
I look in the rearview mirror; I see the headliner and a river of road flowing out behind me. Dual viewing is the kind gift of hindsight. I can see my internal workings and the past laid bare. The beauty and sadness can...
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Oct.01.2012
It's been another of those treadmills at work. Are people pulling my leg, not paying attention, or are they really that, ah, challenged by intelligent thinking?
First, why do we say, "Pulling my leg?" Where the hell does that come from?
To the Google! Naturally it's not clearly...
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Jul.06.2012
July 6
OPTICAL ILLUSION
From the right angle a hatpin can appear taller than the Empire State Building. I can skew my perspective to such an extreme or let my disease do it for me. I can believe myself to be other than I am: the sweetest, kindest------...
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