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April 7, 2020
Why It Works for Me – Loren Eiseley’s “The Dance of the Frogs”
This is the first in a series Im doing wherein I discuss why a particular piece of writing works for me, aka, this piece of writing taught me something about writing, encouraged me to be a better writer, engaged me, captivated me, educated me, et cetera.
April 6, 2020
The Inheritors Chapter 11 – Lucifer
Read The Inheritors Chapter 10 Resa ValJean, 211 Cavalos Era
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Asis on the Hunt
The head of our driveway is ringed by a stone wall crowned with shrubbery.
From a distance it can be mistaken for a sleeping stone giant with a green crewcut.
If it is a sleeping stone giant with a crewcut, Asis does it a favor now and then by grooming it.
March 31, 2020
Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Mar 2020’s Great Opening Lines)
I wrote in Great Opening Lines and Why! (Part 3 Some Great Opening Lines) that Id share more great opening lines as I found them.
Arterial blood has sprayed onto the walls; the tannoy is breaking into a staccato and the student nurse, Linda, recalls a childhood wish for invisibility Terry Melias Tales from the Greenhills
has sprayed, is breaking, and recalls Ive written elsewhere that I need to know Melia sweated every word choice.
March 30, 2020
The Inheritors Chapter 10 – Resa ValJean, 211 Cavalos Era
Read The Inheritors Chapter 9 Kyagtshagg, 2035AD
Creator and above level members can download a PDF of this chapter to read offline
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The Gathering Hordes (of Raccoons)
Humans are in a pandemic as I write this.
Covid-19. Perhaps youve heard of it?
Yet the Old Ones still gather daily and nightly in our yard.
Ive often fretted about making offerings to The Old Ones. I make sure I offer enough to supplement, not enough to fulfill.
March 24, 2020
Blurbs
1. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books
Im studying blurbs.
You know that stuff you find written on the backcover and/or dust jacket of most books? Thats the blurb. Its underneath the endorsements (if there are any) and the grabber-headline.
I’m Thriving Globally (thanks to Roshan Bhondekar)!
Brother Roshan Bhondekar, an internationally recognized activist, author (of Love The Key to Optimism: Path Towards Happiness), and award-winning film maker asked if he could write a piece about me. The result is His Vision Made Him Unique.
March 23, 2020
The Inheritors Chapter 9 – Kyagtshagg, 2035AD
Read The Inheritors Chapter 8 Roland Ayers, 1996AD
Note his is a work-in-progress, folks. Kyagtshagg use to be Yu-Ping Chang. I realized that language form was some 22,000 years ahead of her first introduction to the story hence was invalid and went with a similar meaning in the earliest Tibetan dialect I could find. Read the rest The Inheritors Chapter 9 Kyagtshagg, 2035AD
March 20, 2020
Coming to the Convention? Or is it a Convocation? (Of Turkeys)
We continue to be blessed with a preponderance of Turkeys.
We dont mind. Most aboriginal cultures recognizing turkeys consider them signs of abundance. Not quite success but close to.
Were experiencing much abundance even though the world (as I write this) is concerned with the corona virus. Read the rest Coming to the Convention? Or is it a Convocation? (Of Turkeys)
