By: Patrick Girouard,
on 8/5/2016
All those pesky little details an author better get right, or else--
By: Peggy King Anderson,
on 4/12/2011
Ack! I see snow in my last blog entry--must get a new blog entry. Okay, so I could do a blog with lots of rain images, and how the rain makes our creative spirits grow, but right now, today, at 3:42 this lovely Tuesday afternoon, the sun is shining, and my red tulips in the front yard are just starting to peek out. (The brave white ones bloomed two days ago, even in the rain.)
So that is how it is with our writing too--some of the stories just huddle away in the quiet parts of our hearts until the sun shines on them enough to open them up to our conscious. But some of our best stories open out and flourish in the rain, even sometimes in the storms of life.
It's a good thing to remember for those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest!
May your stories bloom this week, both in the sunshine and in the rain.
Looking forward to seeing many of you at one of our favorite Story Blooming spots, the SCBWI conference in Redmond Town Center. Just three days to go!
By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 3/30/2010
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 3/24/2010
I have blogged here in this modest space since October 2007—not always certain what I had to say, not always happy with the photos I had to say it with, and never sure who might visit or why.
Today I introduce one of the very first people who stopped by this blog. Her name is Grete. She lives an ocean away. She found me by listening to a Barbara DeMarco interview. Some of you have likely read her comments here. I've had the privilege of coming to know her off the blog, through her photos, musings, and poems.
A few days ago, Grete launched her own blog, titled "To Live a Poem." Her goal is to bring the lyric lines to life, and she is doing that in a wholly original way. I encourage you to visit her.
By: Laura Zarrin,
on 1/30/2008
I got these rays of sunshine from Trader Joe's (I love that place!) I couldn't resist these beautiful orange tulips. I love orange. They add just the right accent to my purple kitchen. We've had a lot of rain this month. I LOVE IT! We don't get much real weather in California, so I enjoy it when we do. I feel so creative when it rains. I love being stuck inside for awhile--plenty of time to make art.
Details, details. Yes, so true. Plus those pesky punctuation rules--I just put up a blog about Apostrophes Gone Wild!
Since I know Texas so well, as you know your state, it is a big annoyance when I see sometime mention the wrong flower, etc.such as calling Bluebonnets Bluebells. No, no, no.
Thanks...good post.
Details are so important and sometimes my downfall because I assume the reader knows what I know as the writer of a piece. Not so, and the details are important to make the reader believe.
Great post, Morgan. Since I write historical pieces, I need to the every day details for the time period right; everything from fashion to manner of speaking. Even some of the names of places could be different.
The Internet is a big help, but I find I still rely on books a lot for those types of details.
I always feel cheated when a movie or television show says they are filming somewhere and because I live in the Valley north of Hollywood I recognize all the locations. People know the area where they live and they do notice the little things when reading or watching tv.
Goes to show, you can't fool readers!
Morgan Mandel