I have been reading two books that “talk” to each other. Each of the authors is learned in his or her field, witty and charming, a good storyteller. Sometimes, when I’m quiet and listen carefully enough, they break through the walls of the resistance I’ve been feeling lately (about my own writing, about my mother’s […]
“Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others: because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity.” I saw this on Aerogramme Writers’ Studio today, a video from The School of Life, and I want to share it with you. [youtube=http://youtu.be/4RCFLobfqcw]
Finish What You Write The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of “aspiring” writers is to a) actually write and b) actually finish. That’s how easy it is to clamber up the ladder to the second echelon. Write. And finish what you write. That’s how you break away from the pack and […]
Bow-Moo-Meow: Poems and Stories about Animals Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Poetry, Prose: Jennifer Bullis, Rick Clark, J. Glenn Evans, David D. Horowitz, Bethany Reid, and Douglas Schuder Room 202, The Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle Telephone: David, 206-633-2725 E-mail: David, rosealleypress@juno.com URL: www.rosealleypress.com; www.historicseattle.org