Happy Holidays to all my friends, fellow writers and bloggers. And to everyone, a good night.
Do You Have a Character with a Diastema?
Diastema could be a distinguishing feature in a character for a short story or novel. Diastema is the space between the upper front teeth. Some celebrities have diastema, Madonna, Woody Harrelson, Jack Black, Elton John, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Strahan, Condoleezza Rice, LeAnn Rimes, Ron Howard, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Rhea Perlman, Seal, Ernest Borgnine, […]
Top Ten Words
I agree with Violet, do you?
Winter Solstice at Stonehenge
Today, December 21, 2014 is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year north of the Equator. Tonight will be the longest night of the year. This year’s winter solstice will begin at 6:03 p.m. EST (3:03 P.M. PST). When the sun is exactly overhead the Tropic of Capricorn tonight, it will happen at […]
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch Meeting
I was able to take off a few hours from work this afternoon to attend the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch Meeting. Lani Longshore led a hands-on mini workshop called “Someone, Something, Somewhere: Short Stories Made Simple.” We wrote for five minutes with each of her prompts that involved, character, thing, place, inciting incident, story […]
What Are the REAL Odds of Being a Successful Author?
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Comment on Preservation of Grand Central Station
In 1968, Penn Central presented plans for a tower to be built over Grand Central but the facade or the main waiting room would not be preserved. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was among the people who opposed the plan. She said,” Is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her […]