• Friday Fun: Gopher Tuna and the Misheard Lyrics of Carmina Burana

    It’s been a wacky week, wrangling volunteers for a local writers conference, but this one came across one of my friends feeds and damn, if it did not have my laughing my head off. I wish you a rollicking weekend, filled with fun, and to get it started…. This is from the world famous “Carmina […]

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  • Writing Matters: Hemmingway’s Iceberg Theory

    In this post, I want to look at how ideas about writing evolve and change from writer to writer. In his book, “Death in the Afternoon,” Ernest Hemingway spoke about what he called the “iceberg principle” or the “theory of omission,”he explains that:  “If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing […]

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  • Writing Matters: Our First Celebrity Interview: Myndi Shafer

    Hi everyone, I’m so thrilled to feature the amazing, talented, and delicious, Myndi Shaffer, who is launching her new book, “Shrilugh.” (prounced Shree-loo) Revenge’s sister Justice, sweet, Stands tall in her own courtroom, keeps A list of those who hold her dear, And those who falsely call to her While her dark sister whispers Evil […]

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