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Category Archives: WRITING
WRITING & REALITY: Shadows
All the years they told you not to be afraid. Teased your own timidity with fear of your own shadow. Lies, because you need to be afraid. Morning looks too peaceful, but you understand what’s going on. Shadows long and … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: On the Other Hand…
How important is it to have a story submission accepted and published? A book deal? Don’t even really know within myself if I have what it takes to even continue pursuing this trail; talent, skill, expertise, personality, dedication, luck; all … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: Toss-up
Let me state right off that this is not another “cry wolf” threat to stop blogging post. One thing I’ve learned is that I cannot stop. I’m sure they’ll come up with a pill for this too someday. Right now, … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING: Another Idiom Bites the Dust
“We’re all in the same boat.” Doesn’t mean much anymore, does it; when all step out of it with a different story, based on perception. And frankly, this is fine by me. Nothing is viewed exactly the same way when … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY & WRITING: Experience
Wondering where the wondering comes from. How it starts. Am I the sum of all my parts, each experience personal whether acted out, seen or read? Has every book and movie made its mark on me; am I Lucy, Ethel, … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING & NEW MEDIA: The Osmosis of Space
A train of thought is chug-racing through my brain, and I needed to sit down quick and type to keep it on track. After several years of scattered Lit and Writing courses, some things have sunk in and established themselves … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: Reading Voice
Anyone who has followed Spinning in the almost year that it’s been in existence has wearily noted that on a regular basis I go off on a tangent about writing “voice.” Something just came out at me from memory about … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: Dying Deadlines
Moving into a very busy season, carrying into it a workload from its prior, facing writing deadlines that I–just for the experience–refuse to let pass on. I’ve lost enough this year; must look at and learn from what the couldabeens … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY & WRITING: Something Large This Way Looms
Early dawn, sunshiny face still hidden beneath a blanket of trees. Small birds set the stage with their opening act, flitting from bushes to feeders. Quietly, though; their tiny beaks peep more than crow. But tranquil is broken afar in … Continue reading Continue reading
EDUCATION & WRITING: Balance
For the past almost five years, I have been ruled by a journey I chose to take into furthering formal education. As my life affects my classes, my classes affect my life. Timewise, luckily owning my own business allows for … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING: Highs are Higher than the Lows are Low
A Willie Wisdom (taken from a song he sings, “Reasons to Drink”, I think it’s called, and I apologize for not giving full credit here) goes something like this, “The lows are always lower than the highs are high.” There … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING & REALITY: Future Shock
A little while back, I half-overheard a conversation at a break of one of our writing group meetings. The topic was of future, death, afterlife; heavy subjects covered in a half-lighthearted way more as musings. From one, a vision of … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: And Title begot Narrative, who begot Story
Sometimes the idea comes in a title. Just happens in the middle of what you’re doing, like a pop-up ad. Much more welcome, certainly, but just as annoying—more so, because it takes more than a single click to make it … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: Who IS the Author?
We’ve gone round on this one before, and stubborn as a mule I may be, but am slowly bending under the pressure to relegate ownership of a story to the reader. An example: From a short story that establishes a … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING: Astronomical Metaphor
From the BBC news: “Comet pioneer Fred Whipple dies — Tributes have been paid to astronomer Fred Whipple who has died. He was the first scientist to describe comets as “dirty snowballs”. That’s what I like: A scientist using poetic … Continue reading Continue reading
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The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology