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 ...