How much research does a writer need to do while they're actively writing? Won't it slow down the writing process? Research while plotting An interview in "The Big Thrill" with thriller author Elizabeth Heiter reveals writing habits concerning research that are useful to all writers. She does as much research as she can while she's still plotting out her novel: I love the research side of … [Read more...]
Finding Alaina – New Release by Meg Farrell
Author Meg Farrell was born and raised in Mississippi, where she and her husband still make their home. Always a voracious reader, Meg dreamed that one day she would become a writer. She completed the first draft of her first published novel, A Place to Stand during NaNoWriMo 2013. She says "My motivation to finish the dream, by publishing my book, was found among the most amazing group of people … [Read more...]
My First Video Poem
A few of my savvy fellow writers use YouTube as a means of engaging readers and fans, so I decided to give it a try by making a video of one of my poems. I used iMovie and stock photos from my favorite online source, Morguefile. The poem "Picking Up Speed" is about the feeling parents get when their children seem to be growing up too fast. I vividly remember being a girl, thinking it would take … [Read more...]
Nickels, Pickles and Chewing Gum
Getting my 8 year-old granddaughter to memorize something to exercise her brain wasn't my intention, but it sure turned out to be fun for us both. Choo'n Gum As I drove her to my house for a sleepover, we heard this song with the silliest lyrics ever on Kids Place Live. Choo'n Gum, sung by Teresa Brewer with Jimmy Lytell & the Dixieland All Stars, was a Billboard hit in 1950: "A wing zingy … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Zilka Joseph
WHAT? Poetry, some hybrid forms, a little prose WHY? It springs naturally from a source that is beyond my comprehension, almost like a meditation or prayer, or a consciousness thinking aloud in something like an interior monologue. When something starts up in my mind— a bubbling, a rumbling, an itch, an ache, a desperation, anger, compassion, a vision or an unexpected insight or maybe all of … [Read more...]
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