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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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Writing what you know...
In 'Anne of Avonlee' and in 'Little Women', both protagonists try to create exciting stories outside of their life experiences. Their writing soars when each finally writes out of the world and the self that she knows.... "Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
This is a statement that is proven again and again in the daily postings...
...on blogit. "A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it."-Fred Allen
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