Sunday Poetry: I will make the continent indissoluble
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. The elections are over, and now is the time for our nation to reunite as one people. This poem, “For You O Democracy” by Walt Whitman helps me to appreciate the blessing of being…
Read MoreFlying Overhead As You Read This
Today I’m flying back to Florida after a week in Ohio. Meet you here, same time, same place for Sunday Poetry.
Read MoreBrainstorming, Branding and Buckeye Book Fair
Election Day! I hope you’ve already been out to vote. I did not, but only because I am between residences and have been disenfranchised accordingly. Not voting in a presidential election feels very wrong, although giving a false address would have been worse, right? I’m writing this a week in advance since I’m about to…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: Let Your Voice Be Heard
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. With the elections only two days away, I hope this poem, Get Out and Vote: A Poem by David McLennon encourages you to participate in one of the most exciting and inspirational privileges of…
Read MoreSurfing Through A Manuscript
Sandy has come and gone, and while she visited Vero Beach she rearranged sand and assisted in a few home renovations. Today’s prize as we walked on the beach was an intact set of steps. To where? Who knows? We were more or less hoping for some pieces of eight from one of the Spanish…
Read MoreBanned from Wal Mart, A Cautionary Tale
With Hurricane Sandy and the Frankenstorm coming to many of you, I wanted something quick and entertaining today, just in case you still have power wherever you are. Author M.J. Rose had the following on her Facebook Page, and I decided it fit the bill. She says a friend forwarded it to her, so, for…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: The Message of Winter
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. Since this is a time for ghosts and goblins, I wanted to share a Halloween poem with you. Halloween by Mac Hammond is about that age-old ritual of carving pumpkins — are you…
Read MoreWeird Writing Rituals: Wandering, Reclining and Drinking Your Way to a Better Novel
This week Copyblogger featured an article guaranteed to catch my eye: 8 Strange Rituals of Very Productive Writers. Seventy novels later I guess I think of myself as productive and possibly quite strange. So, of course, I had to find out what odd and amazing things my fellow writers do, just in case I want to add…
Read MoreThe Write Way: Writing The Novella
While I’m waiting for my real life to resume and house-sitting for friends, I’ve been working on a novella. A hundred pages is the perfect project for this interlude in my life. Short, like my stay here, and easier to interrupt if I don’t finish the book before I move again. The novella, tentatively titled…
Read MoreSunday Poetry: May We Seek a Vision
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I stumbled on today’s poem while searching for a poem on another topic, and was struck how appropriate this one is as we head toward a presidential election. A Prayer Among Friends by…
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