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October 8, 2017
10 of the Best Short Literary Epitaphs
Hoping today’s re-blog interests you………
The best epitaphs of famous writers
Writers love to have the final word, and many great poets have composed their final lines, the lines that will crown their lifetime’s achievement and adorn the stones marking their final resting place. Some of the most memorable literary epitaphs are also the briefest, and remain witty, moving, or memorable – or all three – thanks to this brevity. Here, then, are ten of the finest short literary...
October 7, 2017
Writing, social media and other authorly tips – guest spot at Damyanti Biswas
I’m treating today’s re-blog as a “partial” intro to Monday’s post… :-)
Another guest post! You might be forgiven for thinking I’m using this blog as a hotel, dropping in to leave signposts instead of staying put and giving you something to read without another click. I’m sure this is just an artefact of launch time and the giddy whirl will slow down soon.
In the meantime I’m at the blog of Damyanti Biswas, a member of the Insecure Writers Support Group, something we probably...
October 6, 2017
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Sixty-Four
What’s Your Problem?
by
Alexander M Zoltai
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Sam had grown to accept that he was deeply flawed; but, he’s just beginning to learn he’s still worthwhile…
Let me give you some help understanding where he’s at now, at 34, by relating a few experiences he’s had since he was 17…
The year was 2000 and Sam was in Israel with his father and mother, Dad being an international businessman.
Sam had turned 17 in January and, before the year was over, he’d heard of 8 deaths and many more wounded i...
October 4, 2017
Of Books, Podcasts, and Leaving Home
Even if you don’t read this whole re-blog, go here: https://www.bookcougars.com/
The Book Cougars
By Shuly Cawood
I’ve been listening lately to a new podcast, Book Cougars: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read. I don’t know how in the world the hosts read the number of books they do, but they each read about ten books at the pace I read a measly one. This podcast is where I have learned about free audiobook resources. It’s the podcast where I learned...
The #Danger of Being a #Critic
I’m writing this post as much for myself as for anyone else… [image error]
I’m a writer; though, I’ve never been a professional critic (but, my literary criticisms lie strewn across my writerly landscape…); and, of all things, I’ve been extremely critical of many critics…
Perhaps we can avoid the dangerous territory of definitions and test the more solid rock of etymologies of “critic”.
From the Oxford Dictionary of English:
origin late 16th century : from Latin criticus , from Greek kritikos, from kritē...
October 3, 2017
Dear me: how fiction authors adapt to writing memoir
Back to my regular re-blog schedule today…
And, no better way to do that than to share a post from Roz Morris—before her new memoir was released…
I’ll soon be reviewing that book here…
If you’ve been following me on Facebook or on my newsletter you’ll have seen I’m taking a creative interlude to work on a collection of travel memoir pieces. It’s a new kind of book for me and it’s raising some interesting challenges, particularly as I’m used to the freedoms of fiction.
So I tho...
October 1, 2017
Ruinlust and where ideas come from – guest post at Davida Chazan aka The Chocolate Lady
Didn’t do a re-blog on the weekend so…
Might as well make it up with something from Roz Morris :-)
Ruinlust. It’s a word that means ‘the unseemly feeling of attraction to abandoned places and crumbling buildings’. At least, that’s what Robert Macfarlane said when I had a chat with him about it on Twitter. And if anyone would know, he would. (Here’s why.)
I don’t understand the ‘unseemly’ part, though I suspect Husband Dave might. He is not as ruinlustful as I am. (‘Must we tre...
Two Authors Talking at the London Book Fair
You may have noticed I didn’t have a Re-Blog yesterday—instead, I decided announcing a publisher’s well-earned honor was a better choice…
Today, I feel another video with author Elif Shafak is important to share.
In case you missed them, here are two other posts I did that featured this author: [image error]
This Is Not a #BookReview . . .
Today’s video is a conversation between Ms Shafak and author Gaby Wood at the English PEN Literary Cafe at the London Book Fair (in 2013; but, still...
September 30, 2017
#MainStreetWriters Founder Honored by Publishers Weekly
The award is called PW Star Watch and Laura Stanfill, publisher of Forest Avenue Press, was one of the honorees… [image error]
Laura is also the founder of a Movement I’ve done many posts about—the most comprehensive one is, Main Street Writers Movement ~~~ for: “Everyone who wishes more people were reading and talking about literature.“
[image error] When she was honored, Publishers Weekly said:
“Just over five years ago, Stanfill launched Forest Avenue Press, a publisher dedicated to showcasing Oregon talent on the...
September 28, 2017
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Sixty-Three
A Very Sad (?) Tale…
by
Alexander M Zoltai
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The inhabitants of the planet were trying to destroy themselves.
Well, most of the inhabitants—all but 1/10th of one percent of them.
Julia continued on her Path…
All the indications were that things wouldn’t get better until they got much worse.
Julia continued on her Path…
Nearly every institution, public or private, was locked in patterns of indecisive rootlessness.
Julia continued on her Path…
She had what she considered privileged in...
