Mark Twain on Adjectives
You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are...
View ArticleFran Lebowitz
When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I thought that God wrote books. I thought a book was a manifestation of nature, like a tree. ....
View ArticleWinter’s Warmth
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ~ Edith Sitwell Happy Holidays
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The writer doesn’t need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper. - William Faulkner
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Happy Valentine’s Day
In Honor of Valentine’s Day: A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know. ~Mistinguett At the touch of love, everyone becomes a...
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Summer Solstice
To the First Day of Summer To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie - True Poems flee. ~Emily Dickinson Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two...
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June Writing Prompt Contest
Congratulations also to Sej Harmon, our April Writing Prompt Contest Winner! There’re a million reasons! Jessie will starve and the mats and burrs in his hair will cause skin problems. Egg yolk will...
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September Writing-Prompt Contest
Congratulations also to M. Walter Blackstone, our August Writing Prompt Contest Winner! Motor stopped and frogs babbled behind wet trees. Nobody saw him burn his pants. Rights don’t make a wrong, he...
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December Writing Prompt Contest
Congratulations also to Jason Huff, our October Writing Prompt Contest Winner! Jack was on the brink of attaining nirvana at the time of his death. It was the serrated knife sawing around his head...
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January Writing Prompt Contest
Congratulations to Jason Huff, our December Writing Prompt Contest Winner! My Sunday sermons were delivered by a street painter, teaching me more about Creation than any book could. His scripture was...
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February Writing Prompt Contest
Congratulations to Jason Huff, the winner of our quarterly drawing! He has won a print copy of our Winter 2013 Issue: Storytelling. Congratulations also to Pilar W, our January Writing Prompt...
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March Writing Prompt Contest
Congratulations also to Chris Baird, our February Writing Prompt Contest Winner! Chapped lips on a springtime face. He leaned close to explain to her the important distinctions between stormtroopers...
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