A fellow writer once told me, “You’re a better writer than I am, but I’m a better story teller.” Guess who’s published today? While I fretted over writing the perfect sentence, she concentrated on story.
Margaret Duarte
Oat Harvest 2013, What Goes Around Comes Around
The phrase, “What goes around comes around,” rings especially true on a farm. As does, “You reap what you sow.” Harvest, a Family Affair When we began our oat harvest in April, my first thought was, Here we go again. My second thought was, Finally a return on our investment. Harvesting is a family affair. My […]
Negative Thoughts Hamper Our Growth and Need to be Uprooted
Emerson said that Shakespeare didn’t have better life experiences than we do. He just knew how to weed out the fluff and make room for his thoughts to spread and grow into magnificent stories that survived the passage of time.
Hal Zina Bennett and The Puzzle of Visionary Fiction
I was fortunate to be able to discuss the genre of visionary fiction with Hal Zina Bennett, the multi talented author and teacher who inspired me way back in 2002 to follow my gut and call my writing what it is. Follow this link for part one of our interchange at Visionary Fiction Alliance, my second home. […]
Kill Your Darlings. Bury Them In Your Blog
Not only does the following story snippet serve as an example of how to kill your darlings, but it might also entertain those who grew up near a river similar to the Cosumnes River in California.
Stephen King’s A Memoir of the Craft On Writing, Got Talent? Plot Not!
Most writers, according to Stephen King, will not become great writers, but they can become darn good story tellers. And good stories are what the public – and therefore book-buyers – want. They always have, and they always will.
