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Gerad Manley Hopkins and the Beauty and Power of Descriptive Writing
Hopkins (internal link) was lucky to have falcons around. In my home town of Pahrump, Nevada, we do have something winged that looks like a little falcon. It may be a Cooper’s Hawk, however, and not a Peregrine Falcon. Whatever … Continue reading
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The Pulitzer Prize And The State of Jefferson
Winning the Pulitzer was traditionally a career making event for a newspaper reporter. And a real point of pride for the newspaper that employed the writer. It used to be simple, you won the Pulitzer. There were four original awards … Continue reading
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Tagged 1941, 1942, columbia school of journalism, humboldt county, jackson county, klamath county, lake county, northern california, oregon, siskiyou county, Stanton Delaplane, state of jefferson, the san francisco chronicle, trinity county
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Quartzsite Coverage Coming Soon!
Along with finding things on my wish list and getting new information for my new book, I’ll be doing some reporting for Rock&Gem. The PowWow (internal link) starts Wednesday. — Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/
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Tagged Arizona, collecting, festival, gems, lapidary, minerals, quartzite, reporting, rock show, Rock&Gem, social, social media
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My Answers to Some Deceptively Simple Publicity Questions
Still working on those questions. Comments welcome. What I have so far: 1. Provide a 50- to 75-word description of the book (an elevator pitch, if you will). A Beginner’s Guide to Rockhounding and Prospecting in the Southwest sets newcomers … Continue reading
Is Your Idea Marketable?
A good idea isn’t enough, it has to be marketable. Unless you are writing for pleasure, an idea must appeal to people who will pay you. This applies to magazine articles as well as books. Here’s a list of rejected book … Continue reading
Would The #MeToo Movement Find This Funny?
Stanton Delaplane loved his daughter and treated her accordingly. Still, that did not prevent him from enjoying a rich fantasy life when envisioning her future. Would the #MeToo movement find this writing from 1953 offensive? Or could they find that some … Continue reading
More from Delaplane
Effortless writing. Notice how many times he contrasts the word soft with the word hard. It’s such an obvious and repeated gimmick that its like being hit with a sledgehammer. A velvet sledgehammer. For more from Delaplane, go here (internal link) … Continue reading
Back From The California State Library
I’m back in Nevada, having returned from research at the California State Library in Sacramento. I scanned fifty or so Delaplane (internal link) columns in case I want to self publish an anthology or produce a different book proposal than the … Continue reading
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Back to Sacramento for Research
I’ve come back to Sacramento to do more research for my Stanton Delaplane book proposal. I’ll be going to the special collections room of the California State Library. I hope, too, to make some contacts for a magazine article I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Warrior Mine, Byran Smalley, Falcon gold detector, Goldfield Nevada, Nevada agriculture, NevadaAg.com, Northern Nevada, Sharon Artlip, silver ore, Silver Peak, Southern Nevada, Stanton Deplane
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Update on My Book Proposals
My Stanton Delaplane (internal link) book proposal has now been turned down twice. I think that’s just getting started for most writers; two proposals barely a beginning. I do think, though, that I am going to reorient my proposal. Instead of a … Continue reading