Wednesday, July 15, 2009
...deprivation...
Sometimes the process of writing feels like personal deprivation--giving up of time and energy and risking what others may think or say about your work. May Sarton captures a much deeper meaning of deprivation as a writer, a meaning that transcends the inherent costs of the writing process.......
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Thoughts on Helium.com
It does not cost anything to join, but I would register and hang out on the community boards and understand how it works before you start posting. Once you post an article or creative writing piece, you can never take it down, but you can use it elsewhere. You have to rate other writers and have...
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Friday, July 10, 2009
something I actually forgot I wrote, but the piece is a lot of fun...
Mixing Metaphors Here I am, letting my thoughts stream into a longer and winding way... Am I mixing metaphors yet? Oh how I have always loved mixed metaphors. I know you aren't supposed to do such things. It simply isn't kosher. But the clashing tastes of sweet and salty, a bit of sour over there,...
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Times are bad...
Strange how over the centuries, again and again mankind has seen the world as deteriorating and falling apart in his or her generation. This quote could have been written in 2009, especially with the explosion of blogging and bloggers in what a radio commentator referred to this morning as the...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Writing as you go...
This author was one of my favorites as a child. I can just imagine her in an intricate garden as she writes The Secret Garden..... I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.--Frances Hodgson Burnett
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