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Checking Facts…

In order to give you the best post possible (and because I didn’t finish my Monday blog, In Addition, as scheduled), I will be putting more effort into my Friday blog, Between the Lines, for this week. Be sure to check out my Wednesday blog, Redefined: A Virtual Reading Experience, […]

Playlists: For Writers and Their Characters

I came across this article on Writers Write recently, and I gasped aloud when I saw that one of the top choices for writers’ playlists is Brian Eno’s Ambient 1 Music for Airports. My husband introduced me to Eno’s music a few years ago, and I can attest to its […]

Faceless

Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]

My Preferred Playlist

“Could you change that, please?” I asked my husband, waggling my fingers towards the talk-radio voices that were disturbing my ability to read before bed. “Hmm,” he said. By his smirk, I knew I was in trouble. I endured listening to a few goofy choices before I bantered, “Maybe I […]

Broken Records: What Is Worth Recording

Writers often write what they know. Yet, how do we know if what we know is worth telling? How can we be certain that what we know is something we ought to record and share with the world? These are complicated questions and not ones to be taken lightly. We […]

Explore

Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]

Broken Records: What Is Worth Repeating

When I was a little girl, I spent hours listening to records in my room. Recently, my mom asked if she should continue to store some of those family-favorite LPs. I remember long pauses between our “maybes,” and I honestly can’t remember what we decided together. We talked about the […]

Literally Writing

In my Monday post, I wrote about the definitions of literal and literally as they relate to communicating in conversation. Even as I wrote that post, I considered how figurative and metaphorical literature can be and how my own writing reflects my comparing and contrasting of life to objects and […]

Ekphrastic

An ekphrastic poem is one filled with imagery of a scene or a work of art including sculptures, paintings, drawings, architecture, and yes, portraits. In addition to imagery, the poem my critique, imitate, dramatize, or reflect upon the artwork. from Smash Poetry Journal by Robert Lee Brewer Join me each […]

Literally Speaking

Last week, I wrote in my journal about the word literal. I had to look up the definition because the word literally is often wrongly used these days. I had to remind myself what literal is and what it is not. Literal adj. 1. in accordance with, involving, or being […]