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Words, Writing, and Storytelling

Musing On The Question: For Whom Do You Write

January 26, 2010

“For whom do you write?” That’s the provocative question that Janie posed at Colloquium. I decided to ask that question of my Muse — that “inner child” of mine who is the inspiration for my creativity. Ask a silly question question of a silly person, and here is what you get.
OK, Muse. [...]

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Leavening

December 18, 2009

Have you ever watched bread dough rising? I have. Trust me on this, it’s boring! When my Mamaw baked bread, she always told us kids to be quiet or the bread wouldn’t rise. I don’t know if that’s true … I think she was just making a feeble attempt to shut [...]

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Segues

October 13, 2009

Those of us who use search engines on computers are familiar with segues. It means: “to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption.”
It happens to me every day. I start searching for something, for instance “warning signs of swine flu,” and when I find that I [...]

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Amazing Visions Blog Carnival

March 22, 2009

[This is a guest post by my friend Damien Riley at Riley Central, who has a delightful writing prompt for you. I've asked him to tell you a bit about it, in the hopes that it will inspire you to join his blog carnival.]
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Walt Disney had amazing vision, as did many special people throughout [...]

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Balance Is A Choice

May 11, 2008

Have y’all seen the little old lady in the buffet line? You know the one I mean. She drives you nuts, because she is so dadgum slow! While you stand there grumbling, she carefully fills her plate. She dawdles around while you fume. She takes a little bit of this, [...]

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Helium.com–It’s A Lot of Hot Air

February 18, 2007

The last two days, I have been exploring Helium.com. Have you never seen it? I ran across it on MySpace. There was an advertisement that said something to the effect of: earn money for your writing at Helium.com. Hey, I’m writing every day, so I thought it might be worth a shot. I was wrong. [...]

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