The winners of my poetry contest about choices have been announced by my poet friends who agreed to be judges. Poems by the three award winners and the honorable mention poets will be published in my next anthology with the theme choices. The anthology will be published in late summer of 2015. Hear the drum […]
Writing Weather in the First Paragraphs
Elmore Leonard states in his book, Ten Rules of Writing, “Never open a book with weather.” He explains that the reader looks for people and will skip ahead to find them if the author writes on and on about the weather. Sheldon Siegel, author of several modern legal novels, spoke at the California Writers Club, […]
Interview with Poet Marilyn Slade
Poet Marilyn Slade has two poems published in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. “Traveling to Nowhere” is based on a serious theme whereas in “Waiting Room Connect” readers can enjoy her humor. Here is the bio she gave me. Marilyn Slade has been described as an immature senior citizen which accounts for her love […]
The Rhetorical Term Oxymoron
Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. Often we read them as normal unless we think about the incongruity. Some examples I’ve heard and read several times in the past are deafening silence, dull roar, and crash landing. In Norman in the painting, my novel in progress, […]
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: You’re It!
The blog hop continues with Vi Moore, one of the writers I tagged.
Red Herrings in Writing
A red herring is a diversionary tactic. In a mystery, a red herring can be a character, an object, a significant time, day, week, year, weather, or place. It appears to be a clue, but it’s a logical implication that leads readers on a false trail. The key is logical. Writers don’t use them only […]