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May.04.2013
Our friend and neighbor, Walt, has gone into hospital.
Walt is one of those casual special people masquerading among us common mortals, a tireless master gardener, inveterate reader, supportive husband and father and general sweet guy. Complaining of joint issues and pain, he was...
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May.01.2013
Indigo Kids, Indigo Eaton Centre (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Thanks to Fiction Fix for featuring my blog this week. It's all about not being scared to embrace your inner children's lit fanatic. (Click the link below.)
It's Okay, You Don't Have to Hide Your Book
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Apr.30.2013
Of course, if Allah has any mercy, there will be copies of Kafka.
"The Trial" might be cruel, but "The Metamorphosis" might be appropriate. "In the Penal Colony" is not a positive idea, however. It might give guards and administrators alike too much temptation. [DE]
A file photo of...
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Apr.28.2013
I read the long story "A Prolonged Childhood and Summer and Winter in Another City" in a literary journal in 1974 and was smitten. The story was brilliant and original, something between Camus and Salinger. The post script indicated that the writer Naftali Yavin was dead and a...
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Apr.25.2013
"An inference is a statement about the unknown made on the basis of the known.”
This is a lovely definition by S. I. Hayakawa from his book, Language in Thought and Action.
Hayakawa was an English professor who later became a United States Senator (from California from 1977 to 1983).
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Apr.25.2013
Originally posted at: http://wombatsdigit.com/w/2013/04/the-guide-for-the-procrastinating-writer-tip-2/
Read a lot. To further inform your writing, you must, per many wizened writers who pitch this sort of advice, including yours truly, read a lot.
If your rich patron starts giving out...
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Apr.24.2013
48 hours to go for my publishing appeal. Well, if you're out there mystery backer with a full and generous bank account, now is the time to strike!! I was hoping for the reach of this to have gone much further by now. Interestingly I just had a message this morning from an old friend saying 'how...
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Apr.23.2013
My passion is to write for children. I get so much enjoyment from it, sometimes laughing aloud while alone and writing! I enjoy writing this blog too, for it allows me to communicate adult concepts and pushes my writing practice. But essentially, I’m happiest writing for children of between five...
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Apr.20.2013
Mom relied on me to keep an eye on my brothers, who fought constantly. When she confiscated every toy that could be used as a weapon, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
When they were around 6 and 7, they pushed the living room furniture against the wall and spread a double bedsheet on the...
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Apr.19.2013
People should rightfully have a choice in what they read, and they should have a say in what their children read. But, I totally disagree that anyone should have a say in banning what other people read. My subject heading contains the most common reasons which are used to complain about...
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