In the Company of Writers
A few months ago I extolled the virtues of writers’ retreats. Now, I’m going to ramble about conferences. Yes – it’s that time again. In Arkansas, the Arkansas Writers’ Conference is being held the first weekend in June. Following that, White County Creative Writers’ Annual Conference is held the first Saturday of Labor Day weekend. […]
Vive La Difference!
One of the most prominent observations made at the Lucidity Poetry Retreat last week was the diversity of talent that was present. Some of us write like Robert Service, some like e.e.cummings, some like Billy Collins, Maya Angelou, etc. There were approximately 40 poets in attendance, and the stylings were almost as varied. The minds […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/18/2014
Computers are both a boon and a bane to us writers. If I had to hand-write everything I….well, I wouldn’t. For one thing, my handwriting is horrible, even when it’s fresh. By the end of the first few paragraphs or verses, not even the best cryptographers in the world could decipher it. In addition, I can’t imagine […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/11/2014
Does this happen to you? It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, and here I sit at my computer, playing with an idea that came to me about an hour ago. Often the ‘middle of the night’ thoughts are jotted down on a notepad on my bedside table (don’t we all have one?) and I go […]
The Power of Words
Have there been books, speeches, movies or television shows, or even poems that had a profound influence on your perception of something? Perhaps with the exception of a speech by a world leader, do you think the author of that work knew he or she would have such an influence? I’ve mentioned before a quotation […]
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