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Gimme da STINK FINGER OF DOOM!
Well, I've been writing poetry again. And it's pissing me off. I can kick out a "vintage-me" looking poem. It will smell like me and taste like me and sound like me...
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Something New Under the Sun
- When I was in Denmark in October, a friend there recommended this novel: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson. The story is a beautiful weaving of present and past, of sixty-seven-year-ol
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Wonderings and Googlings: Healthy vs. Healthful
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Writing 'Wrongs'
- Here's an excerpt from a post today at Abs
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Words on Words... A Snippet on Style
- "... each word in each human language is a glowing talisman empowered with meaning. When writing, we can choose words at random, just enough to barely tell our tale.
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Writing in two languages
Writing in two languages
Writing in two languages, English and Greek, can sometimes feel like schizo
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Writing in First Person ...One Author's Perspective
I have often been asked about writing in First Person, and I thought I’d tackle this question in a short blog post, essay here and see what others think.
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NaNoWriMo: how writing a novel in 30 days trumped an MFA, a published novel, and fifteen years of teaching, and made me into a w
At the start of last November, I had a two-month-old baby and a six-month-old baby.
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Making 'em gasp in grammar class
- A while back I devised a little grammar/style course for Mediabistro, which I taught again recently. I noticed that there are a few issues that always elicit gasps of surprise from students.
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EXCESS FOR SUCCESS
I have two characters in the port of Zaitun in 14th Century China. They are just off a trading vessel from Europe and are about to commence with trade and purchase.
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