TODAY'S WORD

INTERPOLATE

To alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign mattter.

To insert (words) into a text or into a conversation.

TODAY'S WORD

ACCOUTERMENT

Accesort item of clothing or equipment; archaic

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

THINK FOR YOURSELF!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Failure is success if we learn from it.

-Malcolm Forbes, publisher

ESSAY

It is amazing how writing can be transformed over the years. I do not mean digressing from your writing style, but the types of writing. I usually write short stories, but now I have been concentrating on writing plays. It is different in that playwriting is more involved for the characters. I believe stage actors are exceptional because each night they have to put it all on the line. That is the way I look at playwriting.
One of my goals for 2006 is to write a full length play. I stretches my talents as a writer. The change has been good because I felt my short story writing was becoming stale. I can go back to it. I browse the fiction and literature sections of the bookstores. I took note of some of the great authors who penned other works besides their stock and trade. For example, Herman Melville is known for his classic whale story "Moby Dick". He also wrote short stories and poems. The late western writer, Louis Lamour, wrote short stories besdies his great western novels. I tried my hand at poetry and I enjoy it.
I am under no illusion that I will hit it big on Broadway, but it will be nice if it happens. I am writing plays because I love the stage and all that goes into the creating and casting of the characters. I hope to attend some plays this year. By the end of the year, I will have a full length play.

TODAY'S WORD

NOIR

1. Crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters
and sleazy settings.

TODAY'S WORD

VESTAL

CHASTE

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

You can turn painful situations around through laughter.
If you can find humor in anything, including poverty,
you can survive.

-Bill Cosby, comedian

TODAY'S WORD

COMMISERATE

Feel or express sympathy; condole

Express sorrow or compassion for.

NEW LINKS

For all you poetry and spoken word buffs, listed below are three websites which may be of interest.

www.bowerypoetry.com
www.nuyorican.org
www.poetz.com

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Imagination has brought mankind throught the dark ages
to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus
to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover
electricity.

-L. Frank Baum

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Speak when you are angry and you will
make the best speech you will ever regret.

-Ambrose Bierce, journalist

TODAY'S WORD

DILETTANT

Admirer or lover of the arts; dabbler

NEW YEAR'S GREETING

Hello, and Happy New Year! I trust all is well with you. Looking back at 2005, I wrote more than I ever have in my life. I tackled different types of writing. I wrote a couple of plays and am concentrating on it. I have always had an interest in essays and will continue to write them. I will continue to write short stories and more prose and poetry.
For 2006, I will add more announcements about poetry readings, movies, and articles about writing. I will also share more about myself and my feelings about the literary scene. I want to thank all those who sent comments about the site. I welcome any suggestions, criticisms, and ways the site can be improved.
Once again, Happy New Year!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things,
but their inward significance.

-Aristotle, philosopher

TODAY'S WORD

ESOTERIC

Relating to knowledge that is restricted to a small group.

Private, confidental.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.

-Erma Bombeck, journalist

TODAY'S WORD

LARGESS

Liberal giving (as of giving) to or as if to an inferior.

Generosity.