Category Archives: WRITING

They call to each other, the hawks. One toanother, and a third, further out in the distance.And they manage– with the limitless sky as their pathway,the winds as the movement of leaves– to meet. Unbounded by fences or rivers or … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There is a world where sharks can fly and herons sail. Where two and two make twenty-two and two pieces of pie can feed three or four. Where leopards cruise and cars snake through a tunnel. Where you and I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Beneath the bending leavesof peonies and righteous branchesof the evergreenthe coon sleeps Where once I found a fishwho had fallen from the skyas if his faith in wingshad failed Golden tail with ringslike prison stripes, a masklike Clayton Moore, he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Too many things in the way of a mood; a barn that needs painting, a job app at Wal-Mart, grapes that need picking and turning to wine.  And while they still come, the customers wanting their framing. So the writing … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I remember seeing Elvis Presley perform at the old Hartford Civic Center. He was a white-winged moth circling a stage so very far away.  Colored lights made it even more surreal. Each time I took hold of the binoculars from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

No longer politically correct, I know; this was something I mentioned once in a discussion in the advertising department back at EFI, an innovative learning systems company that made study tools and programs that were likely the forerunner of some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We’ve attempted to rekindle an on-campus writing group that survived for about three years before dwindling down to a dedicated two or three.  There seemed to be a call for it; potential new writers who hadn’t been around when the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Interesting; it struck me that a recent short story was, when read aloud, rather lyrical in sound so I started chopping it up into lines and it works–but it doesn’t fit any proper form.  The best I could call it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of writing’s toughest elements for me to grasp is the concept of voice.  It’s been a mountain to climb to develop it, particularly when I didn’t quite understand what it was and how it affected story.  It’s not all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What a trip! From the June highs of hypertext and IF to the poetry and old fashioned story I’ve been riding the tide of traditional tale telling to its simplest form.  Perhaps it was the influence of William Gay and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Something was pointed out to me in my most recent writing that just about has me gagging on such an amateurish error.  A simple naming of a character throws off an entire theme by establishing its own. Eve–crabapple–naked–temptress.  All in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Got a nice note from Scott Doyle at Lit Scribbler when he wandered onto my site via MetaxuCafe and when I went to check out his own space, I came across something that I really wanted to share. This post … Continue reading → Continue reading →