NEW WORD

APIARY  n.

A place where bees are kept; a collective of beehives

WORDS OF WISDOM

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

~ Ralph Ellison, Author (1914-1994)

HOW MUCH?

I am going over some works that need some editing. The thought came to me 'how much is too much ?' Overdoing editing can ruin a good story.

I have two stories and a poem that need work. One story needs a few more sentences. The other needs more. The poem, however, needs another line and maybe different words. I have written stories which needed to be shorter. Had too much jabbering. 

Leaving a good story alone is something I have learned over the years. When I feel satisfied with the piece, there's no more to be done. Editing is challenging but, then again, I like to be challenged.

MOTHER'S DAY GREETINGS

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

~N. Scott Momaday 

A PLACE TO GO

 

FAME vs OBSCURITY

I believe both fame and obscurity can be double edged swords. With the former the author can be acknowledged by admirers, publisher, and society. The drawback is the expectations people have about the author's work. He/she is expected to churn out a best seller all the time. That task can be daunting and unreasonable.

There are many fine authors who works, for different reasons, do not get the notoriety that they could and should. Conventions of the times, the writing style of the author, gender, and lack of resources are some things that may play a role in an author's lack of fame. Some chose to write in obscurity so not to get caught up in the glitz and glamor of a literary star.

I am working on a chapbook of poetry that I want to have published. If notoriety comes, fine. If not, I'm fine with that also. To me if one person is affected by my work, I'm pleased. 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

~Andre Breton, Poet (1896-1966)

WRITERS/POETS BORN IN MAY

Dante Alighieri

Mary Biddinger

Sterling A. Brown

G. K. Chesterton 

Robert Creeley

Countee Cullen

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joy Harjo

Joseph Heller

Randall Jarrell

Adrienne Rich

Theodore Roethke

Charles Simic

Gary Snyder

Walt Whitman