Category Archives: WRITING

There is a post on Garmhos that refers to the lackadaisical trend in writing in e-mail and blogs. I was caught in one myself grammatically in a comment to Jerz’s Literacy Log and am made more aware now of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For a good part of my writing life (since about age 8 to now, but with sabbaticals of years in between) I have read even more voraciously and consistently. And sadly, for many years in my most creative and driven … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In a recent discussion elsewhere on the internet, a poet proclaimed that her English Professor had described her work as prolific, a word often used to describe a writer and his work. This was after defending her right to post … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am outright stealing a post from Jerz’s Literacy Log because it is a subject near and dear to my heart, the semicolon. Here then, from The Telegraph, is Oliver Pritchett’s Review of Lynne Truss’ book, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As necessary as it is to enter into the mind of a character when writing first person POV, or being objective as a third person narrator, it is almost mandatory to be in the proper mood in order to produce … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Writers are aware of the strange feeling of being taken over by a character when writing in the first person point of view. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t; but when it does, one loses oneself at the keyboard and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just joined a writing group online at Writers Magazine. A few years back I had joined a Garden Web forum similar in style, and found it interesting, informative, and a more personal way of sharing love of gardening. That was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Professor E has kindly dedicated a good part of his weekend to setting up a weblog for writers and readers of all types and genres of literature, named Garmhos. There are links being set up for various resources and interests, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On this morning’s run I found some more advice on editing and revision. This, under copyright from Joe Clifford Faust which is a part of The Word Foundry (linked here on Spinning). And this advice to a young William Shakespeare … Continue reading → Continue reading →

(NOTE: Don’t even bother looking up “befevered” ‘cause it’s just one more I made up.) Yes, I’m still awake and busy, busy, busy. I’ve read five short stories and I’m trying to decide which one to do up for a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Relative to a prior posting, I am very much aware of the lowly semicolon now. But it still slips in where it’s not wanted, and stubbornly refuses to appear when called upon. Sly and Symmetrical he called it, and it … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, not really; but isn’t one of writing’s elements a grabber headline? In truth, we’re putting together a writer’s group here to provide the stimulation, feedback, inspiration, honesty, and insight that exists within a meeting of like minds. Check The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In dressing this morning I pulled on a brand new pair of jeans (after cutting off the bottom six inches and rehemming—who’s 5’ 6” and a size 4?) and discovered that, while I had tried them on at the store … Continue reading → Continue reading →