Not just plants are regional: words, too. I moved all over the place when I was a kid, and I collected words and differences in pronunciation of words like most kids collected bubble gum trading cards. Milkshake, cabinet, frappe Even though these words reference the same thing, each brings a different feel to the image….
Readers need to connect the content to their own lives. Recently I was reading Jane Eyre. The narrator and main character Jane was describing a view of Rochester seated alone in a darkened room, and suddenly I was transported back about ten years and the memory of walking into my father’s office to see him…
My previous post on William H. Patterson, Jr.’s, Heinlein biography focused on what I learned about the writing business. But that wasn’t all I gained from the reading. In many ways, Heinlein’s life provided general rules to live by as a writer and a person. Take care of your mortality: physical health, mental health, diet…
I have been a fan of Heinlein’s for more than forty years. When he was alive, I watched constantly for his next publication, and I have read nearly everything he has written and a great deal of what has been written about his work. Learning only recently that there was an official biography about him…
foundations for a writing office I’ve been tweeting about the lovely little getaway house my husband and I have been building for the last three months. I am pleased it’s coming along, but what I really care about and am excited about is my office. Sure the house is going to have bedrooms, a living…
Put on a record. I was dropping in on my various social medias and stopped long enough to check my email and get caught up. I saw a newsletter post Molly Green had made a couple weeks back about being your own support, cheerleader, life fixer because we lose those that do that for us…
Live in a dome; artistic flare w/off-Earth life I love this idea: terraforming with a shell or dome to hold the atmosphere in and generate heat. That makes use of local planets like Mars, Venus, and various moons as liveable space very doable. Miriam Kramer’s article “Incredible Technology: How to Use a ‘Shell’ to Terraform…
Let’s face it, Ernest Hemingway does everything right, so I could focus on a variety of qualities in his writing and gain insight. But for the purpose of this post, I am giving my attention to his use of theme, so I am turning to the high school standard read The Old Man and the…
