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Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Readings | No Comments »

I liked this short piece, written by Andy Borowitz and published by The Huffington Post online, "Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy." It reads in part: In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a ...

That First Sentence: Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Readings, the writing process | 1 Comment »

A while back, I had the genius idea of posting about Great Opening Sentences. It struck me as a neat platform from which discuss writing in general. You can find that entry here and, as a brief follow-up, here. A couple ...

A Line from Katherine Paterson

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web, Readings | No Comments »

Found this quote by Katherine Paterson, mentioned on the blog Revision Notes, by Darcy Pattison: I was writing — learning and growing along with the children — until eventually I was writing fiction worthy of publication. It might have happened sooner ...

Sigh

Saturday, November 15th, 2008 Posted in Readings | No Comments »

I shared my love for Garfield Minus Garfield a while back. Here's today's post-meta-existential shot over the bow from Jon Arbuckle. I guess I'm someone who doesn't love getting older . . .

Characters Is . . .

Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Bystander, Readings, the writing process | No Comments »

Often we read about painters or novelists who listened to a certain kind of music while they worked on a given project. It helps get them in the right frame of mind. For example, I understand that Matthew Cordell listened ...

Worst Book Cover Ever?

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Readings | No Comments »

Looking for links to supplement tomorrow's blog entry, I did a quick search of "bad book covers" and happened across Cooking With Pooh. Um, gee, no thanks. I'm not really hungry.

Readings: Autism

Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Along Came Spider, Readings | No Comments »

Recommended reading: A fascinating article in The Sunday New York Times Magazine, October 17, 2008, titled "Reaching an Autistic Teenager," written by Melissa Fay Greene. The article focuses on a small private school that serves -- educates -- teenage boys with ...

Golden Doodle Follow-Up

Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Family, Readings | No Comments »

If you noticed the comments section under my post about My Dog Daisy, you know that I heard from my friend, Ellen Miles, who writes "The Puppy Place" series. Here's the cover for Noodle, the book that features a Golden Doodle ...

Elmore Leonard’s Rules for Writing

Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Readings, the writing process | No Comments »

As part of a series called "Writers on Writing," published in The New York Times, Elmore Leonard penned a thought-provoking article that first saw print on July 16, 2001. Every once in a while I remember that it exists and ...

Garfield Minus Garfield: Greatest Thing Ever

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Readings | 1 Comment »

This is genius. Maybe you've already seen it, because as usual I'm a little late to the party, but to me here's this week's "Greatest Thing Ever!" As the website, created by Dan Walsh, explains: "Garfield Minus Garfield is a site ...