William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s fifth novel published in 1930. Most of the 59 chapters are short and are narrated by 15 different characters in a stream of consciousness writing technique. He wrote it in six weeks and didn’t change a word of it. It’s considered one of the best novels of 20th-century literature. […]
Story Accepted for Publication
Los Positas College accepted my story called “Waiting” for their 2015 anthology.
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 […]
Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” by Marcus Tullius Cicero Does your protagonist have a room without books?
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 […]