May the coming year bring all of you happiness, dreams that come true, good health, and much love. … [Read more...]
Art Attack
Via the Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts, this article by Ursula Le Guin on how fantasy is not just for children: To conflate fantasy with immaturity is a rather sizeable error. Rational yet non-intellectual, moral yet inexplicit, symbolic not allegorical, fantasy is not primitive … [Read more...]
Blood, guts, and readers.
“ABOVE ALL: the point of this novel is that it is ‘a book I want to read that hasn’t been written yet.’ Everything in it should be something I would want to read, something I would find exciting, entertaining, touching, intriguing. Of every passage I … [Read more...]
Bad girls have more fun, sometimes.
“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”—Helen Gurley Brown Recently on Chinese television, Helen Gurley Brown was on one of the daily shows to give an interview. I had never heard of her, but I suppose I should have. She’s the … [Read more...]
Sweet food, sweet music.
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES: 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup shortening 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 egg 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal� all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all!
A Christmas Carol ~ George Wither (1588-1667) So now is come our joyful feast, Let every man be jolly; Each room with ivy leaves is dressed, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown … [Read more...]
Q&A
This, from a young reader, reposted with permission: Perhaps it’s just a short attention span but I cannot stay dedicated to something that I write. I wanted to know how you stay so dedicated to what you write? Do you ever get bored with your stories and your … [Read more...]
Good morning, good morning!
It’s a beautiful day out. Birds are singing, sun is shining, dogs have been walked, petted, fed, and mollified. Cats have new kitty litter. All is good. Though, I had to laugh when I read Kristopher Reiz’s post this morning, which involves dogs … [Read more...]
Writers and Dancers
”We are all of us in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.” - Oscar Wilde Novella for Avon is off and away. Must rest fingers for a good twenty-four hours. And eat. Eating is good. And doing dishes. Cleaning. … [Read more...]
Full speed ahead!
“When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.”—Dolly Parton “kichenbich” is this morning’s winner on our third day of Christmas. Congratulations! *** Alison Kent has … [Read more...]
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