Hello! It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today’s pick is Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon. An earlier post featured Turgeon’s Godmother and The Fairest of Them All. Turgeon has a unique style that takes a classic fairytale and turns it on its head. This particular story is a retelling…
Hello!I entered Writer’s Digest poetry contest the other day, with my first attempt at a triversen. A triversen is a poem of six stanzas, composed of three lines each, where each stanza creates a sentence. It was developed by the poet William Carlos Williams. Waltz of Light and Sea By: Megan Easley-Walsh April 2014 The…
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus
Hello!It’s time for Writer Wednesday when I discuss another author and his or her book. Today’s feature is Jane Austen Made Me Do It, which is really a collection of short stories rather than a single novel. Each story, all written by different authors, is inspired by one of Jane Austen’s novels or her life…
Hello! Reading and writing naturally go together. Not only is reading the effect of a writer’s work, though, but it is also what should proceed writing. Writers are some of the most voracious readers! Here are a few good reasons to read if you’re interested in writing. 1) Reading actively engages the imagination and creates…
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone
Hello!It’s time for Writer Wednesday, when I discuss another author and his or her book. The Tiger’s Wife is one of those books that I had heard quite a bit about for awhile and was curious to read. Téa Obreht, its author, was the youngest winner of the Orange Award in 2011 for it, which…
Hello! Not the cover you’d picture for “It was a dark and stormy night”…. “It was a dark and stormy night…” This is perhaps the most clichéd beginning of a story. It does serve a purpose though. No one expects a story about a dog falling in love with a kitten that begins with a…