Archive | February 21, 2016
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First Love – Part 25
Originally posted on Dellani Oakes:
While Maddie is getting a shower, the boys take her things, along with Patti’s, to another room. They make an improvised bed for Maddie with bean bag chairs and a sheet. The next day, they have their first lesson in making adobe plaster for the walls of the playhouse. Jose,…
Beginnings and Endings
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Quasi-philosophical questions of the night: When / where does a story begin? When / where does a story end? Does the story ever end? Or does it go on and on, my friends? [Apologies for the inadvertent ear worm.For those who don’t know the reference, search for “The…
Does Anyone Ever Listen? & Bacon is Best.
Originally posted on barsetshirediaries:
Sunday 7th Feb. Quite a bitty night followed my lights out at 1.00 am. But at least when I got up at 4.14 am I was able to smile. I got out of bed wearing my slippers which I hadn’t worn when I went to bed. I listened to Mike coughing…
Another Question of Perspective
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Way, way back many entries ago, not long after the blog began, I wrote about the importance of perspective – how certain details within a narrative can be “true” or “false”, “fact or fiction”. Then again, (technically speaking) all the “facts” in a fictional story are “fiction”,…
The Moment of Clarity (Guest Post by #Author Toni Pike)
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
The Moment of Clarity The moment when we decide to achieve a dream The moment of clarity is the most mysterious part of achieving a dream. It is that one lucid moment before you start to follow a plan and achieve a goal. No one…
Story Rejection Memes…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
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I Am Your Bird.
Originally posted on geraldfreeman:
How can I save my most brilliant poems for the Lit journals to reject? This is the best poem I have written for a while- I hope you like it 🙂 I am your bird. It is me you meet In the hour absurd. Not the dog That howls at the…
Just a friend
Originally posted on geraldfreeman:
If you are in control of love, You are not a lover But a friend I love. (Gerry Aldridge) Tintoretto (1518-1594). Italian painter. Joseph and the Wife of Putiphar, 1552-1555. Prado’s Museum. Madrid. Spain.
Ebook Buyers Love Indie Authors More And More
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
We Indies grow from strength to strength despite those individuals with a personal agenda, who still persist with their pathetic attempts to turn the reading public against us… Make up your own minds
50 Free Online Writing Courses…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Although the article was originally posted in January 2015, many of these courses are still available. click on the link or logo below: 50-free-online-writing-courses/
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 