Category Archives: LITERATURE

I have obviously been going through growing pains in learning to read, and have unashamedly shared my shortcomings here as I relate the process of study.  If you happen to read and disagree with my minor discoveries, or feel I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, I’ve had about fifty of them, and am a bit frazzled.  I’m talking about Michael Arnzen’s 100 Jolts, of course.  Without giving plots away–and believe me, some of my descriptions would be longer than the stories themselves–there is a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not an opinion from me, but very interesting ones from Amrit Hallan at The Writing Cave, in About Fiction, although I must say I would disagree with the two literary vs. pulp categories, and within that post being referred to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Maybe I just need to get away from the lit journals for a bit.  Pulled out April Fool’s Day by Josip Novakovich, and I might take a stab at Narrative as Virtual Reality by Marie-Laure Ryan.  These in addition to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Though it seems as though it is happening very quickly, due perhaps to an overdose of short story reading, or maybe it has taken these five serious years of learning to write well, and maybe the lifetime behind it, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Trying to find a post I made a while ago on Flash Fiction, but gave up because I think I can give you the gist of it, and as it applies to some current short stories I’m reading as well … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not literature, exactly, but certainly story and besides, I wanted to keep all the "reading" questions and discoveries in one category. In putting together a pc, the hard part is really the software and getting it to work correctly.  Everything … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I mentioned in a previous post, what I found most interesting (at least from a writer’s viewpoint) in this collection is the sudden thoughts that cross the mind when asked to make up a story on a particular topic, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now here is where everyone will jump down my throat, but something just came up that somehow relates to our ongoing literary questions of good, bad, and says who? In one of the boxes my husband brought home from his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What a lovely dip into the pool of blood after a long dry day on the sands of reality.  It’s been staring up from the pile with a horrific grin for quite a while, and I finally couldn’t resist Michael … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Good post at The Reading Experience, "Safely Ensconced," on a statement by Steve Wasserman regarding the dependence upon the old, already pronounced as worthy literature: "The best reading experience is to occupy your time with the worthy dead rather than … Continue reading → Continue reading →