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Category Archives: Literary
Paradigm Shift
I want you to read my post. I want you to buy my book. I want you to vote for me in a contest. I want you to come to my seminar. I want you to help my friend in … Continue reading
Halloween Tale 2011: Roger’s Brain
From the writer of such horrific Halloween tales as The Old Parsons Tree in Flushing (2010), The Mommyblogger’s Demon Child (2009), Giving Head (2008), The Werewolf (2007), and The Joy of 666 (2006)! ++++ About a year and a half … Continue reading
Storytelling and “Doing Good”
Blogging story of the day: Big-time blogger goes to third-world country, writes post about what she saw, and others criticize her for being a wealthy white woman doing “poverty tourism.” But this blogger is “doing good!” say her defenders. I’ve … Continue reading
Stuck on Page Ten of My Memoir
I’ve read a couple of terrific memoirs written by YOU over the last few months. I’ve enjoyed them tremendously. But something about the genre makes me uncomfortable, particularly when I wonder if have the ability to write my own memoir. … Continue reading
Interview with Emily
Success as a published writer is possible. Currently, I am reading the terrific “Planting Dandelions: Field Notes from a Semi-Domesticated Life” from long-time blogging friend, Kyran Pittman. As talented a wordsmith as Kyran is, even she will tell … Continue reading
Finding Nirvana
Editor’s Note: Dear Reader, I know there is no need for me to ask your permission or apologize for what I do on my own blog, but I am who I am, so sue me. I have NO IDEA what … Continue reading
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Tuesday Writing Challenge
Today’s Challenge: Write a post that is honest and authentic, but at the same time appeals to every single sector of your completely incompatible readership – 1) socially minded, highly educated, overly neurotic mothers whom you can safely flirt with … Continue reading
Operation
A medical degree is not essential. Just a steady hand and nerves stronger than a mighty oak tree. Mentally fit as as a steel plank. But gentle as a whispering dandelion. Hello, my name is Neil, and these are my … Continue reading
The Hole in the Ground
When you are stuck underground for a long time, in the darkness, under the grass and dirt and flowers, not dead but fully alive, all vital signs working except for your sense of reality, your first sighting of a pinhole-sized … Continue reading
The One Essential Writing Question
There are so many blogging and writing conferences nowadays, that it is getting a little crazy. And what good are they? They take us away from our families and cost too much money. Wouldn’t it be nice if one of … Continue reading