MATURING CHARACTER

 I am expanding the character description of one of my protagonists in my stories. Np one can remain in their twenties forever, so a change is in order. 

DADS!

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

 I have found stories and poems in the mundane things in life.

~Genevieve

THOMAS CHATTERTON

      Reading Thomas Chatterton's life story, I saw how cruel the literary hierarchy can be, particularly for someone outside of it. 

SOME OF THE BEST WRITERS ARE OFFBEAT

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

I have felt great advances in my poetry, the main one being a growing victory over word nuances and superfluidity of adjectives.

~Sylvia Plath, Poet (1932-1963)

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

BAINBRIDGE- Alabama, Georgia, New York, Washington

CLINTON- Connecticut, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey

HILLSBOROUGH- California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina

RICHLAND- Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi, Texas, Washington 

ECLECTlC TASTE

I would describe my reading tastes as eclectic. I read everything from history to Shakespeare to biographies. I follow sports, politics, religion, and economics. Reading different genres and subjects expands my mind in directions.

Several years ago I took to writing poetry after feeling that my short story and essay writing had grown stale. It sharpened my focus on pace and expression. I have written over two hundred poems (one per night). I find myself wishing that I lived at a particular point in time. I love the time elevated trains were a common sight in New York City. Same thing with trolley cars. I was just a kid when the els and trolleys were fazed out. 

Reading an unfamiliar genre helped my vocabulary as well as my writing style. I have a file box full of words and their meanings. I'm more of a non-fiction reader, so the occasional fiction story is a break from the sometimes intense real-life story. Somewhere in the future, I will try another genre (love to challenge myself).

BIG BOOKS

 

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

HAZELTON- Idaho, Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, WestVirginia

LINWOOD- Kansas, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas

NEW CASTLE- Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia

WORDS OF WISDOM

For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation...they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.

~ Eric Jerome Dickey 

WRITE IT ANYWAY

 

TOO MANY IDEAS

 

WORDS OF WISDOM

 How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

~Robert Penn Warren

A RELAXING DAY

 

SAME CITY, DIFFERENT STATE

COLUMBIA- Maryland, Missouri, South Carolina

FAIRFAX- California, Virginia

ST. GEORGE- New York, South Carolina, Utah

SAME CITY, DIFFERNT STATE

 HEMPSTEAD- New York, Texas

MADNESS AND CLUTTER

    My writing area is cluttered with notebooks, papers, and writing utensils. I would feel freakish if my desk was squeaky clean. A cluttered desk is a reminder of the hundreds of things in my mind all at once. Is the plot right? Do I need this paragraph? Can I add a few more pictures?    

   Such is the mind of a writer. I wonder how I can juggle all the characters into people that can really exist?  At other times, I say to myself 'Are you nuts?' Despite the paradoxes I find myself in, I love all the insanity.  I say to myself 'there's a method to my madness.' And, in most cases, it works.

WORDS OF WISDOM

The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there's a story of a personal struggle.

~Adrienne C. Moore, Actress (b. 1980) 

FLESHING OUT DEMONS

Lately, the stories I have or am writing is about struggle. The character is battling with inner demons. Two of the stories deal with two people considering suicide. 

I enjoy fleshing out the things that the subject is struggling with and how they deal with it. When I listen to folks who have accomplished something, I like to know the struggles they went through. Struggle makes a person stronger, as they seek resolution. When they do find it, it's a victory for them.