Category Archives: WRITING

I can only assume–as anyone else–that history interprets written language as descending from and a refining of pictographic art. Narrative was told in a series of simple, easily “readable” pictures on walls, tapestries, pottery, shades, and similar items that were … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Upon reading certain literature, a most interesting question is proposed by Steve Ersinghaus at The Great Lettuce Head: “How does an author generate this “reader response”? The same goes with King Lear. Every time I read Lear I hope the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Got this link off i spy gemini that’s a great writing exercise because it gives you a word a day and sixty seconds to write something: One Word. Also stole Fishbucket, another place to spend my morning minutes. Thanks, Kelly! Continue reading →

Oh boy. It almost looks like a case of writer’s flu is going around and I won’t even mention the writers who I’ve evidently infected with my shouts and bouts of sneezing doubts because it seems that my fever of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My morning sprint has yielded another couple of gems as I stopped to pick up some pebbles in Jerz’s Literacy Mine of Information. Holt Uncensored is a bi-monthly column on the book industry that includes some articles on literature and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Still seem to be doing silly things like cleaning the cellar instead of writing, but maybe these things just take time to get back in the groove. I am sure, however, that Spinning and blogging in general is not the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I believe I’ve mentioned before (you will find much use of this phrase here in Spinning, and among my peers over fifty; it generally is used as a “cover your ass” catchall for possible memory loss and the dreaded … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since I’ve still not opened my mind up to the more fictional pattern of thinking, I’ve reluctantly decided to post a bit of my past creative not-so-good poetry that celebrates birth, life and death to tie in with the theme … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m doing this analysis because I said I would, but truly, this has been a personal journey and I don’t intend to hide that fact nor attempt to pass it off as necessary to a literary journal. I almost feel … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wish I could say I’d planned this, but I must admit that the coincidence occurred to me rather than the idea being created by me: The timing of this confrontation with myself over writing could not have been better planned. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Boy, I’m glad I started all this under the WRITING headline, and not just placed it under REALITY? because I know I’m using it as a thought process towards understanding Creative Writing myself—an extension of all the courses I’ve taken … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This has been a mildly traumatic and confusing twenty-four hours, but with the help of others—people I would never have been in touch with without the benefit of weblogging, and whose input I value because they are writers themselves and … Continue reading → Continue reading →