Category Archives: Writing by others
Reflections on Haiku From a Non-Scholar
When I lived in Isleton, a small town in the California Delta, I made friends with the editor of the local weekly newspaper. It was called The River News Herald and Isleton Journal and his name was Michael Duffett. Duffett … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
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Current Clichés and Ugly Words
Can we please avoid these? Ready made words and phrases are poor substitutes for expressing real ideas. If, in fact, there is a real idea to be expressed. game changer Get your game face on. killing it bringing it disruptors … Continue reading
Physical Books Making a Comeback. At Least in The UK.
The Telegraph has an interesting read today. Hardcopy books are coming back into style. It reminds me of vinyl records enjoying a resurgences. I think, though, that there’s little hope for hardcopy books in general as the “shelfie” trend the … Continue reading
Organizing Thoughts
Organizing one’s thoughts in a straightforward manner is key to any successful nonfiction magazine article. You start with a loose assemblage of ideas, then you add to that collection when you do your research. One idea leads to another. Facts … Continue reading
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Tagged almanac, book, magazine article, nevadaalmanac.com, nonfiction, organizing thoughts
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It’s guilt edged glamorous and sleek by design
It’s easy to dismiss the Eurythmics as the Captain & Tennille of the 80’s. At her best, Annie Lennox was a female David Bowie. Keats never wrote anything better about love than she did. (Credit also attributed to David Allan Stewart.) … Continue reading
The Bible According to Quentin Tarantino
Director Tarantio is known for reimagining many things, perhaps most famously for his reimagined ending of World War II in Inglorious Basterds. But I like the most what he did with the Bible in Pulp Fiction. In that film, the … Continue reading
X And 1980
In 1967, the Doors debuted their first album. On that record was “Soul Kitchen.” In 1980, X took that sedate bit of poetry about Morrison’s favorite restaurant and put lighted gasoline on it. It’s too bad YouTube has wretched audio … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, Doors, Los Angeles, Morrison, Poetry, Soul Kitchen
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