Tag: imagination
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Story Seeds of Science
I am always interested in what’s going on in the world, but I try to look at it through a different lens. One of those lenses is the scientific news, and when I’m looking at it, I’m often looking at it from the point of view of an author. I find it fertile ground…
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And the books lie in mouldering heaps
I was noodling around on the net and ran across a book last night. As I downloaded it, because it’s a Project Gutenburg book (free!), looks interesting, and I might read it, something occurred to me. We keep hearing that the book as a form of entertainment is dying. I know people who proudly proclaim…
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Defending fiction
Over at the Mad Genius Club I have a guest post from Amie Gibbons up, and I think if you enjoy reading, this is a good post for you. I asked Amie Gibbons for a guest post after I saw a short thing she’d written indignantly defending fiction: “Don’t tell me fiction is a waste…
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Happiness Is…
I know it’s a terrible cliche, but the saying you find what you look for is nonetheless an enduring truth. If you are looking for happiness, counting your blessings, making that effort to smile so others will smile back… you will find joy, silver linings, and camaraderie. I didn’t learn how to ride a bike…
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Loose Ends
Mirror-Posted at Mad Genius Club this morning Life is all about uncertainties. Fiction, on the other hand, is required to make sense, or your readers throw things (like your book) at you. I was contemplating this as I was driving today, loose ends, and the raveling up of said threads, taking the untidy things and…
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I Wanted a Book
Poetry is for the quick moments. Even the epic pieces seem designed more for a quick read. But a good book is universal. Quiet, sultry summer days, leaning against a shade tree – or better, perched up the tree, with occasional twigs brushing your face as you turn the pages. Or a chill, foggy morning,…
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Adding Color to Life
Without metaphor, our language and literature would be pale shadows of themselves. Through the use of metaphor, words and phrases can expand their meanings in memorable ways that illuminate a greater meaning to the reader through a sometimes unconscious understanding of what is truly being said. To the uninitiated, a simple phrase may read like…
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