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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Pure Metaphor
This one’s amazing: “(…) a wife after three years to scrutinize, weigh and compare, not from one of the local ducal houses but from the lesser baronage whose principality was so far decayed that there would be no risk of … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – More thoughts on Allegory and Elements of Style
In Faulkner’s style of using different points of view to reveal both attitudes of the characters and to give another insight that may be unknown to the other characters, I stumbled upon a nugget of information that I’m not sure … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Metaphor, Simile & Setting
There is lots to love about Faulkner’s choice of words and way with the language, but this was just perfect: But Quentin was not listening, because there was also something which he too could not pass–that door, the running feet … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Perspective
Just finished the wild ride of Chapter V wherein Miss Rosa takes over the narrative and repeats what’s happened, yet shows a different slant because of her own mental baggage. One thing that I read a bit warily is the … Continue reading
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WRITING & REALITY?: My Favorite, Perspective
In reading around the web this morning, particularly political topics but more personal and opinionated ones as well, I came across a tweet from New Scientist that offers a visual that illuminates the power of perspective on our beliefs as … Continue reading
EDUCATION & WRITING: The Need for Guidance in Writing Flash
So now the trend is short story, flash fiction anywhere from 140 characters to abide by twitter-fic, to as much as 1500 words or so, depending on whose definition of flash versus short story we’re using. Love it. However…somebody back … Continue reading
REALITY?: Din-din
Last week I made clam chowder and going back to the grocery store this week I couldn’t resist the urge to pick up more cherrystones. Jim wanted a Fra Diavlo sauce but these clams were so good that I really … Continue reading
NEW MEDIA & WRITING: The Writer and Social Networking
Got my panties in a twist this morning but spent a good part of half of my mind thinking about the implications of social networking and the creative writer. It started when I posted on twitter and Facebook that I … Continue reading
REALITY?: 25 Academy Hill
This is the house I was born into. It doesn’t look the same, but then, neither do I.There were gates and a sidewalk leading up to the front porch from the street. A railing on the garage top to keep … Continue reading
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EDUCATION & NEW MEDIA: Some Very Good Answers for The Libraries
In (of all places) PC World, a suggestion to bring libraries some income instead of relying on pubic funding alone and the subsequent pain of budget cuts: “Library staff would be hired based on their creative talents as well as … Continue reading
REALITY?: Colors
As rain paints the day springtime green, I see the trees of wine, jelly, applesauce, turn blooms to mini-fruit. Crabapple, quince, peach and oh, a sour cherry tree that took fifteen years or more to grow a pie.
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WRITING: Some Thoughts Thereon
Exactly a week ago I was sleeping off the drunken effects of a 24-hour sit in Arts Marathon where together with anywhere from two to eight writers I spent a solid day devoted to the creation of story. Not that … Continue reading
LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Character Description
Again on Faulkner’s style, his description of aging and the normal gaining of weight is done with a flourish: He was not portly yet, though he was now getting on toward fifty-five. The fat, the stomach, came later. It came … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Absalom, Absalom! – Writing Style
Getting used to Faulkner again, and his interminable sentence structure that bathes a scene and character in mood with words that wrap around and spiral into sumbigdeal. They would be seen together in the carriage in town now and then … Continue reading
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POETRY: Checking in at the Halfway Mark
With the first half of National Poetry Month gone by, thought I’d check in with the folks at Poemaddiction among my picking up poetic inspiration at fictionaut and at other spots along the way together with some of my favorite … Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology