Tuesday, December 31, 2024
SYLVIA PLATH-COMPLEX AND COMPELLING
Monday, December 30, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
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Saturday, December 21, 2024
OBSCURE POET
OLIVIA WARD BUSH-BANKS (1869-1944)
Author, Poet, Journalist, Historian
Black, Montuakette Native American heritage
Served as Montaukette tribe historian
Pub)ished first book of poetry, zO=ibinal Poems, in 1899
Driftwood, second book of poems, published in 1914
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Monday, December 16, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024
OBSCURE POET
Samuel Greenberg (1893-1917)
Poet, visual artist 🎨
Poems by Samuel Greenberg are his fullest collection
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Monday, December 09, 2024
Friday, December 06, 2024
Wednesday, December 04, 2024
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
POETS/AUTHORS BORN IN DECEMBER
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
Brian Lumley (1937-2024)
John Milton (1608-1674)
Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
Rainier Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
Delmoree Schwartz (1913-1966)
Monday, December 02, 2024
A STORY TO NOVELLA OR TRILOGY?
I wrote a story about a former college star athlete who became a star in adult movies. I thought it would just be one story. Over time I have the protagonist evolving. From athlete to movie star to teacher to now a recluse.
I'm sure many writers have followed this path. Trilogies come from this vein. So do serial novels (just thought of Jacqueline Susann's novels). I don't know if a trilogy of 'Trey Morgan' will come from my efforts. Maybe a novella or short stories.
Seems that when I believe I'm finished with Trey, another idea comes up. He is complicated person; gifted, talented, quiet, unassuming, a loner. He's quirky, has a penchant for having unusual friends, and lives a eonted life. I'm still developing the story.
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Friday, November 29, 2024
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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, Author
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
AUTHORS WHO DIED ON NOVEMBER 22nd
Though overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, three notable authors passed away on the same day.
Aldous Huxley
C. S. Lewis
William Titterton
Other authors who died on this date:
Bernardus Bosch- 1803
Anthony Burgess- 1993
Bryce Cortenay- 2012
Jack London- 1916
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
WORDS OF WISDOM
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, you readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.
~Meg Rosoff, Writer
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING
WANT
Have a desire to possess onto (something)
noun- A lack or deficient of
WONT
One's customary behavior in a particular situation
In the the habit of doing something; accustomed
Make or be or become accustomed
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
WRITING ANYWHERE
One of my favorite places to write is in a coffee shop. I see all kinds of people enter to get their java, tea, or a sweet treat. If one of them piques my interest, I will scribble down a description of him or her. What they are wearing, their voice and mannerisms, and their physical features.
OBSCURE POET
ADA LIMON (b. March 28, 1976)
Named 24th Poet Laureate by Library of Congress
First Latina to be Poet Laureate
1st book Luck Wreck won Autumn House Poetry Prize- 2005