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This blog is for writers, and it includes interviews with authors (see below for clickable links), writing tips and thoughts, and musings about nature from near Los Angeles, CA, USA. I'd love to hear your thoughts, and you can post as "anonymous" if you like, no need to register. I do moderate comments (with good cause, sadly), but I'm usually fast in posting what you've commented. I'm the author of memoir Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling, available through Amazon.com. A free sample can be viewed below the postings on this blog.
HOLE IN THE CLOUDS. My husband's blog talks about his sensing a hole in the clouds, here: http://michael-walkingwiththespirit.blogspot.com/2012/02/hole-in-sky.html , That made me think about times when the clouds did something that transfixed me. Think about a time the clouds were amazing. Describe the clouds and also the scene, where you were, with whom, any conversation.
STRAWBERRIES. A friend put a great picture of a single strawberry on her blog. It reminded me of Gayle Brandeis's exercise where she passed out berries, one each, and asked us to do a sensory exploration of our berry. It was delicious in so many ways, the little dimpled seeds, glossy red flesh, fresh berry scent, soft silky feel, and taste---yum. Try that yourself. It's better even than it sounds. Then write about all the sensory overload.
TASTE. Starting with brushing your teeth, try to describe each thing you taste for a half an hour in words as exact as possible. Imagine you are obsessive about taste, and don't let your awardeness slip off the tip of the tongue.
CONNECTION. Start by observing closely and writing a small stone, a description of an intense experience. Now think about giving this experience to a character. After a few minutes of mulling it over, write a few paragraphs putting your character in to the situation suggested by your small stone.
MLK,Jr. When and where were you when you first heard about Martin Luther King, Jr.? DId you hear positive or negative things the first time?
Santa Ana Condition with sere wind and heat is here.The slanting sunrays pick out the delicate design of a cast iron decoration on a neighbor’s house and the tall, white branches of a birch, waiting patiently for its leaves to reappear.
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Love the delicate cast iron ornament. I imagine it sort of Pennsylvania Dutch style, probably all wrong but it makes a nice image! best, Elyena
Well, Elyena, it IS sort of Pennsylvania Dutch looking although heaven knows why out here in California! I had never noticed it before the sun spotlighted it this morning. cheers, Laura
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Love the delicate cast iron ornament. I imagine it sort of Pennsylvania Dutch style, probably all wrong but it makes a nice image!
best,
Elyena
Well, Elyena, it IS sort of Pennsylvania Dutch looking although heaven knows why out here in California! I had never noticed it before the sun spotlighted it this morning.
cheers,
Laura
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