What Is The Correct Genre?

My present project, Norman in the Painting, needs a specific genre. I called it a suspense with paranormal elements but someone said that category didn’t fit. A suspense novel involves imminent danger, high stakes, and threats. Usually the readers and characters know the perpetrator, but the problem is to avoid the impending doom. Waves of […]

Antanagoge Rhetorical Device

Antanagoge is a rhetorical device that means: putting a positive point on something negative. (2) answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge. Example: She always forgets my birthday, but she gives me gifts during the year. He lost his job, but he’s looking forward to spending more time with his family.

What Did You Do Today?

What did you do today? Traditionally on this holiday, people dress in colorful clothes, children hunt for dyed eggs, and families have a meal together. I wore dark clothes and walked for an hour enjoying the clouds, the thin mist, the perfect weather, around 60 degrees. I had a different view than the one pictured […]

Paul Levinson’s Experiment with “The Other Car”

Here is a repost from Paul Levinson’s blog on March 31, 2015. I enjoyed “The Other Car” as an inspiring break from working on my taxes. Since I’m writing a novel about alternate realities, Levinson offered another view of how characters/people could become aware of them. The story is available on Amazon for $.99. The […]

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