In my novel, Norman in the Painting, Jill, the protagonist, is passionate about environmental issues and about helping the homeless. She researches issues such as landfill problems. The following are today’s statistics she finds: 22 billion plastic bottles ended up in landfills last year. National Geographic, Green Guide. It takes thousands of years for plastic […]
Las Positas College Anthology Called Impressions
George Cramer, Editor in Chief and Production Manager, with me holding Las Positas College’s 2015 Anthology called, Impressions and my Honorable Mention award. George’s story, “War Comes to Rakuen” was published in the anthology also. After my creative writing class on Monday, we took a group photo of the writers whose stories are published in […]
Dorothy Richardson and H.G. Wells Quotes
Dorothy Richardson was born May 17, 1873 in England and died June 17, 1957. Her book, Pilgrimage, is a sequence of 13 novels in which she uses stream of consciousness, a narrative writing technique, and writes about the importance of female experiences. The stream of consciousness technique uses interior monologue in writing. Edgar Allan Poe’s […]
Las Positas College Anthology Book Launch
Las Positas College’s Anthology judges awarded Patrick Coyle first place award for his essay, “Time of Your Life.” Elena K. Manzo’s photo of her daughter holding a butterfly called “Joy Through Child’s Eyes” is printed in the anthology. Tanda Clauson’s photo of her son’s boots called “Waiting for Spring Rain” is also in the anthology. […]
Katherine Anne Porter Quotes
Katherine Ann Porter, born May 15, 1890 in Texas, died September, 1980 in Maryland, was a Pulitzer Prize- winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She was known for her penetrating insight and her work with dark themes such as betrayal, death, and the origin of human evil. She was married […]
Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes
Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809 in England and died October 6, 1892.He followed William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of Great Britain. He held that position from 1850 to the time of his death in 1892, the longest tenure of any laureate. Robert Browning was his contemporary who said Tennyson was “insane” […]
Do You Know the Name of the Author Who Wrote The Birds?
Probably most of you have seen Hitchcock’s movie The Birds, but did you know that Dame Daphne du Maurier wrote the short story? “The film adaptation of her novel, Rebecca, won Best Picture Oscar in 1941. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte was one of Du Daphne’s strongest influences. Du Maurier wrote The Infernal World of […]