(Written in writing group today. The prompt was to write, in detail, about the first hour of your day. I had maybe eight minutes to write the following by hand.) 8:00 AM – Eyes open. “Ugh. I am not doing this. Can I sleep longer? Hey, I only got four hours. I think I can […]
If You Can’t Think of Anything to Say…
…open a dialogue box and start typing, wot wot! Ready to find out what this blog post is about? ME, TOO! There’s the old adage: if you can’t think of anything nice to say, don’t say anything. Let’s twist that a little, shall we? Let’s face it, I’m a little twisted anyway. Or maybe reword […]
The Wind Was a Torrent of Darkness
That got your attention, didn’t it? I like poetry. That dazzle-me line opens Alfred Noyes’s poem The Highwayman. And a poet’s gotta dazzle. Fiction writers, too. Especially in that blasted-hard first line. Yes, the last chapter of your book sells your next book. The first chapter though…*shudders* I’m not going to write about how to […]
Book vs. Movie: Lord of the Rings
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…It’s the battle of the ages! In one corner we have thhhhhheeeeee NOVEL! In the other thhhhhhheeeee MOVIE!” CUT TO: men placing bets, popcorn salespeople hawking their popcorn, as they do. “Our first contenders: Book Legolas vs. Movie Legolas. Let the match begin, and things!” *bell dings* Book Legolas notches […]
Throwback Thursday: Poetry’s Darkness and Light
The weird truth about me that may or may not be genetic: I cannot hear meter. I cannot hear stressed syllables. Neither can my dad. Inherited? I don’t know, but I do know that all I can write is blank verse (or is it free verse? I’m forever confusing the two.) Here’s a stab I […]
