WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

~Isaac Asimov, Scientist, (1920-1992)

CITIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT

New York City will always be number one for me but there are other cities I have or want to visit. I visited Philadelphia a few years ago. I could live there as I felt comfortable, something that rare on my first trek to a new place. San Francisco is another place I want to visit. In the United States, New Orleans, Seattle, and Portland are few other places.

I am very interested in the literary history of these places. Overseas, Paris has a rich literary history. Many ex-pats have lived there. Berlin was interesting before Hitler took over. There are other places but these are the ones that come to mind.

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

ASHBURN- Georgia, Virginia

CAMDEN- Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina

CARMEL- California, Maine, New York

WORDS OF WISDOM

Sometimes, what's not said is just as important to the writing as what is said. As a writer, we have our voices heard. I think that, at oftentimes, the ability to allow the dialog to recede properly into the world of the film is also a really valid sort of way to be a writer, I think.

~Joel Edgerton, Australian Actor (b. 1974)

DEPTH OF FEELING

 

CREATIONS OF OUR MINDS

Writers can create characters however they choose and in whatever they choose. I like creating characters who are complex, confused, or contemplating a significant change in his/her life. 

I avoid typecasting a character because of their physical features or handicaps. Examples are 'the jolly fat man', 'trusty sidekick', 'the dutiful secretary', 'the happy drunk'. I believe a character can be a multitude of many personalities. A boring character does not make a story compelling or interesting.

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

DES MOINES- Iowa, Washington

LEDYARD- Connecticut, New York

SUDBURY- Massachusetts, Ohio

WORDS OF WISDOM

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

~Charles Simic, Poet (b. 1938)

HONORING MOMS

 

TELL IT YOUR WAY

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

If you wish to be a writer, write.

~Epictetus, Greek Philosopher (50-138 AD)

BANNED BOOKS

At the Strand's Bookstore here, there is a section where books that were banned at one time on display. I browsed the titles, noting that I had read a half dozen of them. Some of the other titles I have heard of them though I have not read them.

The reason those were banned are many. A common thread is that these books spoke of the ills of that particular society. There is a currently a drive to ban all books dealing with gender (specifically transgender) and sexuality. This is nothing new. Subjects such as homosexuality, women's rights, slavery, AIDS, and genocide were once taboo subjects.

I have a saying that if a person reads one book that was banned, then they are one right track. The truth eventually comes out, no matter how much the powers will try to suppress it.

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

WASHINGTON- Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania