WHAT? I write personal essays and memoir. My essays have won prizes, such as two years in a row from Detroit Working Writers, and I was nominated for a Pushcart in 2015. My first book, Realizing River City, is an exploration of love, compassion, loss, and ultimately redemption, as it mimics the ebbs and flows of a river to navigate the impact of past relationships on the development of one’s … [Read more...]
Dialogue Tags – Don’t Get Crazy
Nancy Pontificated I'll never forget the time a line of dialogue in a Nancy Drew book that ended ...Nancy pontificated. I laughed out loud. Everyone knows Nancy Drew has strong opinions. She's always pontificating! Why would the author need to interject herself into the dialogue with such a dialogue tag as pontificated?! Said would have easily done the job, and I could have continued reading … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Nancy Owen Nelson
WHAT? For years I wrote poetry here and there, publishing one or two in journals and anthologies. My main focus was academic writing, so I spent much of my time in research. In 1995, I was asked to edit a collection of essays by women in the personal voice, called “feminist literary criticism.” The resulting book, Private Voices, Public Lives: Women Speak on the Literary Life (UNT Press, … [Read more...]
What To See in Singapore Beyond Big Spiders
First of all, let me say the spiders in Singapore are big. Really big. I spotted this one along the path at the Botanical Gardens. I suggested Don put his hand behind it as a size reference -- he declined. The spider's body was nearly 2 inches. Flowers! The flowers are really big, too. These gorgeous orchids are from the Botanical Garden. The architecture in Singapore is stunning and … [Read more...]
2016 Eric Hoffer Finalist – In the Context of Love
In the Context of Love is a Finalist in the 2016 Eric Hoffer Awards for Commercial Fiction! Who's Eric Hoffer? Naturally, the first thing the husband asks me, after saying congratulations, is "Who's Eric Hoffer?" "Um... He's a writer. A philosopher," I said, too busy dancing around in joy to remember details. Actually, Hoffer was a fascinating guy, an anti-intellectual, the kind you could … [Read more...]
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