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February 11, 2015
Finding the new
copy belonging to artist/illustrator/writer
Jackie Morris
art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Since my short Goodreads giveaway for Glimmerglass will end in less than a day (1125 signed up at this moment), I think it's time for a Glimmerglass note...
I am a fan of novelist Scott G. F. Bailey's blog, Six Words for a Hat, and am always interested in what he says about books and writing. Currently he is
Jackie Morris
art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Since my short Goodreads giveaway for Glimmerglass will end in less than a day (1125 signed up at this moment), I think it's time for a Glimmerglass note...
I am a fan of novelist Scott G. F. Bailey's blog, Six Words for a Hat, and am always interested in what he says about books and writing. Currently he is
February 10, 2015
The world's books on fire--
image from Truffaut's movie of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Dear Ray Bradbury,
In Fahrenheit 451, you predicted shallow stories on flat-screen televisions that made people drift away from books. You predicted people so caught up in their portable media that they forgot to interact with others. And you showed us how easy it is to conform to a mass media.
You did not live to see book treasures
Dear Ray Bradbury,
In Fahrenheit 451, you predicted shallow stories on flat-screen televisions that made people drift away from books. You predicted people so caught up in their portable media that they forgot to interact with others. And you showed us how easy it is to conform to a mass media.
You did not live to see book treasures
February 6, 2015
The Flower Girl
THE FLOWER GIRL
with many thanks to Paul Digby
Here's a not-much-more than newborn poem from me, embodied in an even newer video by the wonderful Paul Digby. It's a blank verse poem, tying off with a rhyme, and looks to be the first of a group--at least, I have already written a related poem and have some scattered flecks of thought about a few more.
Paul reads the poem, and he made the
with many thanks to Paul Digby
Here's a not-much-more than newborn poem from me, embodied in an even newer video by the wonderful Paul Digby. It's a blank verse poem, tying off with a rhyme, and looks to be the first of a group--at least, I have already written a related poem and have some scattered flecks of thought about a few more.
Paul reads the poem, and he made the
February 5, 2015
In which I have fan fiction! And answer more questions..
Montreal: Phoenicia Publishing, 2012Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Since the post on Fr. Augustine's class of Thaliad readers has had so many hits, I'd better answer their "two more questions" right here. I am looking forward to reading some of the alternate sequels (Gabriel! fan fictions! can't wait!) written by the students and to watching the youtube videos of some of the class discussion.
I'm
Since the post on Fr. Augustine's class of Thaliad readers has had so many hits, I'd better answer their "two more questions" right here. I am looking forward to reading some of the alternate sequels (Gabriel! fan fictions! can't wait!) written by the students and to watching the youtube videos of some of the class discussion.
I'm
February 4, 2015
Digbies! Glimmerglass!
Lynn Digby's seagull
Paul Digby videos of my poems...
Paul Digby has just recorded audio for a brand new poem of mine called "The Flower Girl," which he plans to make into a video, some day.
So I am thinking about how much I appreciate all his audio and video work, as well as the way his love for making things pours out into music composition, singing, pictures, gardens, house and frames
Paul Digby videos of my poems...
Paul Digby has just recorded audio for a brand new poem of mine called "The Flower Girl," which he plans to make into a video, some day.
So I am thinking about how much I appreciate all his audio and video work, as well as the way his love for making things pours out into music composition, singing, pictures, gardens, house and frames
February 3, 2015
Lynn Digby's new blog of small paintings
My friend Lynn Digby has new blog devoted solely to small paintings. If you crave original art but have a limited budget, this is a way to afford an original Digby. Most of her pieces are on a much larger scale.
Above you can see an image now hanging on the wall of my writing room, and in good company on a narrow bit of wall with a piece by Clive Hicks-Jenkins and a framed catalogue of work
Above you can see an image now hanging on the wall of my writing room, and in good company on a narrow bit of wall with a piece by Clive Hicks-Jenkins and a framed catalogue of work
February 2, 2015
Whee! The signed Glimmerglass giveaway has begun! See pos...
Whee! The signed Glimmerglass giveaway has begun! See post below.
January 30, 2015
Glimmerglass giveaway and January review clips
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Design by Burt & Burt
Clips from January reviews
One thing that I find interesting about this batch of reviews is that they suggest that the book is a "new genre," "something new," and a mixture of many things.
1. At Curled Up with a Good Book
Listed as a novel, I found Glimmerglass to be enchanted and quirky. It feels more like a fantasy or gothic mystery
Design by Burt & Burt
Clips from January reviews
One thing that I find interesting about this batch of reviews is that they suggest that the book is a "new genre," "something new," and a mixture of many things.
1. At Curled Up with a Good Book
Listed as a novel, I found Glimmerglass to be enchanted and quirky. It feels more like a fantasy or gothic mystery
January 28, 2015
Questions for Thaliad
Mercer, 2012Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Fr. Augustine Wetta's class at St. Louis Priory School (MO) is reading through a sequence of Homer, Virgil, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Carroll, and Youmans! I love being the little red caboose on that artful train. The students are reading Thaliad, and the wonderful Fr. Augustine a.k.a. Fr. Dude has allowed them to ask me two
Fr. Augustine Wetta's class at St. Louis Priory School (MO) is reading through a sequence of Homer, Virgil, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Carroll, and Youmans! I love being the little red caboose on that artful train. The students are reading Thaliad, and the wonderful Fr. Augustine a.k.a. Fr. Dude has allowed them to ask me two
January 24, 2015
This is just to say
that I absolutely love this piece about Glimmerglass. It's by writer Scott G. F. Bailey.
