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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Aboriginal Living

My oldest son D is one-eighth Cherokee. His father was one-quarter, but got pale sea-blue eyes from his mother's British forbears. D has those same blue eyes. Although he looks like so many greying, stocky white guys in their fifties, his Native American spirit looks to the natural world, the feel... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

The day I ran out of sympathy.

A year or three into the marriage, two babies, a job, housework, laundry, etc. and Fang got into the habit of pulling off his socks as he sat in front of the TV, dropping them beside the chair. He didn't help get supper on the table. Didn't clear up or wash a dish. Didn't do laundry. Complained... Sign in to see full entry.

Write On!

It may have been the '60s when the term "Right on!" became synonymous with the. It was a catchword, along with things like "keep on truckin' " and "peace." When I comment "Write On!" on someone's post, it's a big thumb's up. It means the writer really connected with this reader. It doesn't mean... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Martha wrote

she wants to start up the writing group again. So we're meeting on Tuesday at Books-a-Million, each with five pages of our work. We'll exchange and do a critique, and a week or so later, we'll meet again to go over it. I lapsed out of the group a year ago because I wasn't learning about words and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Damned if you do, damned if you don't

Lloyd K once told us to write like we were explaining our old familiar to some alien just arriving from Mars. Not everyone, he said, knows what you know. Just now I'm reading a Writers Digest article that says to respect the reader's intelligence, she can connect the dots, don't over-explain. Lloyd... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Ladies, Forget Rosie the Riveter.

Yes, we can, but there's no need... Once the Santorum-Romney team is elected, we won't have to worry our pretty little heads about... well, anything but keeping our man happy. I understand the first big improvement will eliminate the sales tax on aprons. And there will be tax writeoffs for... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Malcolm Gladwell, Nostradamus and the Mayan Calendar

Do you remember him? He's amazing. He came to fame with his book "The Tipping Point," which I had not read before I picked up "Outliers" from the featured table at Borders (I still miss my big Borders store). This second book explores why some people are wildly successful (like the Beatles and Bill... Sign in to see full entry.

Spring Cleaning, Writer Style.

Maybe this mood is inspired by "how-to" articles in Writer's Market. Maybe it's the springlike weather we're having. But I've been spring cleaning with a vengeance. First I revised "My Disco Ball is Broken" and took it from 50,000 words down to less than 45,000. I cut two of my favorite bits:... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Baby Angel didn't make it...

She was the little one who was found in a field in Indiana, not far from the mobil home where her parents and other siblings had died in the tornado. So many had hoped she would make it, that she'd survive against all odds. We felt we knew her. We pulled for her, hoped for her. I don't know what to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

We have some wise men on Blogit.

The evidence of this is in comments made by Naut and CC about my earlier post. It is sweetly satisfying that they take time to respond in a way that shows they take my arguments seriously. And when they disagree or question, it's from a thoughtful and informed position, genuine, scholarly and often... Sign in to see full entry.

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