One instructor of a writing class told the members to add a legend or myth to the story. One whose elements would reflect an aspect of the plot or character. In my novel, Norman in the Painting, I’ve tried to think of a myth that continues by word of mouth in the small town where […]
Women’s National Book Association Hosted AWWP
The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) hosted The Afghan Women’s Writing Project (AWWP) last Saturday afternoon at the Temescal Branch Library in Oakland. A small, but enthusiastic group attended. The AWWP was founded in 2009 by American author and journalist, Marsha Hamilton. The project provides women writers in Afghanistan to join together in secure, online […]
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month, known as NaNoWriMo, has started on November 1st. The goal is to write a 50,000-word novel in one month. Writers turn off the inner editor and put other projects on hold to be able to meet the word count by the ending date of 11:59 PM on November 30th. The novel […]
Writer Interview with Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee has a short short story and a memoir essay in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. The short short is called “Coming Home” and is filled with sensory details of a cold winter day. The memoir essay, “Hide and Seek”, is about helping her five year old brother hide in an ice box […]
The Rhetorical Device Ekphrasis
Ekphrasis is a rhetorical device in which one medium of art tries to relate to another medium by defining and describing its essence and form, and in doing so, relates more directly to the audience, through its illuminative liveliness. Any of the visual arts can be used to highlight the vividness of what is happening, […]
Women’s National Book Association Event
November 1st at the Temescal Branch Library in Oakland, Lori Noack will discuss how the Afghan Women’s Writing Project provides a platform for Afghan women to share the stories of their lives. She is the Executive Director, Marketing and Development, and brings to the Afghan Women’s Writing Project several years of writing, editing, arts management, […]
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch Members’ Books in Library
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch members’ books are displayed this month at the Pleasanton Library. My anthology, Written Across the Genres, is on the top shelf to the left. I’m working on having a copy for check out in as many libraries as possible but it is a long process. So far, Written Across the […]