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Bits and Pieces
“He knew everyone had flaws. People fell from grace all the time. But some people fell further than others.” From “Ferrelli’s Fall” (Creek Songs).
Tag Archives: imagination
Finding the Angle
You sit at your desk or take a walk and, as you do, you scratch at your brain’s stored content and loose ends. You want to find an angle for your story and a world backdrop against which your protagonist … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Inspiration, novel, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu, books, creativity, fiction, ideas, imagination, In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides, inspiration, literature, nonfiction, Passion and Principle by Sally Denton, Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, reading, Redeployment by Phil Klay, short story, The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff, The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks, Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson, When Book Went to War by Molly Giptill Manning, writing
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Writer, Author, Wordsmith?
If you like to write stories, you might call yourself a writer. Okay. If you’ve published a piece or two, you might call yourself an author. Someone may refer to you as a wordsmith or teller of tales or story … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Creativity, fiction writing, novel, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged artist, author Anthony DeCasper, Chico State, Glimmer Train, imagination, literary artists, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, narrative artist, show, story artist, tell, the art of writing, wordsmith
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Hit the Restart Button on Learning … 2015
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always liked learning, going to school, and education in general. Well, let me qualify the school part. I’ve always liked going to school … except for 7th and 8th grades. You know, puberty … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, poetry, short story, Writing
Tagged Coursera, creativity, education, imagination, inspiration, learning, on-going education, online classes, Palm Springs Writers Guild, poetry, school, SUNY College at Buffalo, writing, writing classes
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Imagination and Mood
You step from your apartment onto the main street of a little European town. It’s a narrow street with even narrower sidewalks. Building exteriors change in style and color with each adjoining structure. Shadows play on the asphalt. Doors, windows, and … Continue reading
The Blogosphere … A Great Place!
As writers, we’re works in progress, always writing as much as we can. Books about writing fill our book shelves. We’re also always reading as much as we can. Novels and anthologies crowd those same book shelves. We’re always learning, … Continue reading
Imagination – Keeping It Alive
Before TV and high-tech came on the scene, people listened to their entertainment on the radio. To soaps and sitcoms and mysteries and children’s programs. To sports and news. They conjured in their minds how a situation or character looked. … Continue reading
Cloud Games
Do you ever play Cloud Games? When you look into a cloud-filled sky and imagine you see a face or a shoe or a dog? The other day, as the weather was changing, I saw a cloud that looked like … Continue reading
T.G.I.F. and Writing
T.G.I.F. … Thank God it’s Friday. How many times have we said those words to ourselves or shouted them to a friend or to anyone who might be listening? If you’re a writer, this means you’ll probably be able to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Writing
Tagged Glimmer Train, ideas, imagination, Life Style, perseverance, persistence, T.G.I.F., time to write
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Written Beneath the Palms 