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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: Shakespeare
Books, Shakespeare, Cats, and Lithia Water
The small city of Ashland, Oregon, located just north of the California/Oregon border near Interstate 5, is known for its Shakespeare Festival. I haven’t been there for a few years but have great memories of the place. My parents lived … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Reading
Tagged Allen Elizabethan Theatre, Angus Bowmer Theatre, Ashland, Ashland Shakespearean Festival, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Book Store, Bloomsbury Books, books, Hamlet, John Ford, lithia water, Oregon, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, plays, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Festival, Southern Oregon University, Theatre, Thomas Theatre, Virginia Woolf
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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
Finding Character Names
Writers choose character names with care, names that suit the fictional people they create. The process may be easy. Or not. Sometimes a name just comes to mind, ready for use. Or a name is one the writer has had … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, novel, short story, Writing
Tagged Aibileen, Blade, character names, Edgar Allen Poe, Elizabeth George, finding character names, Gone with the Wind, Iago, Jack Reacher, Kathryn Stockett, Ken Follett, Lolita, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Margaret Mitchell, Minny, Mitch Rapp, Priest, Prince Prospero, Rhett Butler, Sarah's Key, Scarlett O'Hara, Shakespeare, The Hammer of Eden, The Help, The Masque of the Red Death, Vince Flynn, What Came Before He Shot her
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