Marilyn Davis's Blog, page 9
October 6, 2021
Why Is Unique Content So Difficult to Write?
By: Annie Moore “Why waste a sentence saying nothing?” Seth Godin It’s Already Been Said – What Can I Add? I think most writers want to say something worthwhile. The majority of the writers I know labor over words, phrases, and structure before they publish. And one of their main goals is […]
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October 3, 2021
Sunday Spotlight: Dr. Archan Mehta
By: Marilyn L. Davis, Editor-in-Chief Sunday Spotlight is an opportunity to highlight writers at Two Drops of Ink. This week, I’m featuring Dr. Archan Mehta, a prolific poet from India. His bio is impressive for the diversity of his writing, but his main pleasure comes from creating relatable poetry. He makes us think and […]
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September 29, 2021
Writers: How to Rebound After Rejection
Rejection of any kind is painful - not being up to someone else's standards is hard to overcome, but it will happen to every writer,
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September 22, 2021
TAKE YOUR WRITING SERIOUSLY: PUT YOUR EARRINGS ON!
By: Noelle Sterne (Note: Despite the possible sexism of this title, today, people of all genders wear earrings, and the metaphoric principle applies to all of us.) “If I waited for a proper occasion to get dressed up I’d never wear half of these clothes. Put on the clothes and you make things happen […]
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September 18, 2021
Poetry Break: Dr. Archan Mehta
By: Dr. Archan Mehta ____ Poem # 1: Question and Answer Session If you were to ask me: How’s life? What are you doing? Where are you going? I would have to reply: I don’t know. But I am happily Drowning in beer on the rocks And busy tripping Over my […]
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September 16, 2021
Poetry Break: Anne Hart
By: Anne Hart Housewife, a poem H umorists in pantyhose marched O utside their hat boxes U surping threads of a woven cloth S heltered from the footprints through tides of time E conomical ties saved by frugal fingers pounded against rocks W ired to new lights of wisdom and wit to let […]
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September 13, 2021
The Modern Writer: How Feasible is Writing as a Full-Time Job?
By: Amanda Winstead Full-Time/Part-Time: Just Be Confident “If you’re waiting until you feel talented enough to write it, you’ll never make it.”― Criss Jami, Healology From Bronte to Keats and Browning to Austen, we often think of the distant past as a golden era for full-time writers. Back then, writing wasn’t just […]
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September 12, 2021
Is A Language Barrier Costing You Readers?
By: George J. Newton How Does Your Writing Create A Language Barrier? “In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those people understand their own language.”― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad Twain’s quote addresses one of the fundamental problems […]
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September 10, 2021
Author Interview with Nina McKissock: From Grief to Different Genres
By Shahnaz Radjy Books Broaden our Awareness “Books fall open, you fall in”― David McCord Every book comes into my life in various ways. Some come from browsing GoodReads or suggestions that pop up when I open my New York Public Library e-book app. “From Sun to Sun: A Hospice Nurse […]
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September 9, 2021
Poetry Break: Joe Morris
By: Joe Morris September Indeed September It had to be undoubtedly On a sentimental journey Where summer used to be When the picnics of July And August were reminiscent Of those days when we were Children of the age that yearned For nothing just gratitude And the reassuring call of Mum and Dad Who were […]
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