Music Monday: Jefferson Airplane – Comin’ Back to Me

February 20, 2012

I have long and long been a fan of the old Jefferson Airplane band.  They were an incredible mover of minds in the (nineteen) sixties, and I find much of their music as moving and haunting as ever today.
Comin’ Back to Me was written in a single pass and immediately recorded.  This is one of [...]

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Word of the Day: Supposititious

February 20, 2012

Uphill Writing: Word of the Day
Supposititious, Adj., [suh-poz-i-tish-uhs]
Definition:  Fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
Example:  The child presented as heir was clearly supposititious.
How will you use suppostitious in a sentence today?
The Uphill Writing Word of the Day is taken from dictionary.com,merriam-webster.com, and other on-line services.

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Words of the Week #60

February 19, 2012

Uphill Writing: Words of the Week 
“As the futilarian discussion continued, the speaker used vituperative language to extenuate his eisegesis which caused Paul to feel enervated, forcing him to leave to seek refection.”
Can you use these words together in a sentence today?
Give it a try in comments.
The Uphill Writing Word of the Day is taken from dictionary.com,merriam-webster.com, and other on-line services.

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Quips and Quotes: Elizabeth Bowen

February 18, 2012

Uphill Writing: Quips and Quotes  
“Bring all your intelligence to bear on your beginning.”
  – Elizabeth Bowen

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Purposeful Fictionalizing of Real People

February 18, 2012

You may recall my stand that there is no such thing as non-fiction.  I say this (to recapitulate) because I observe that we bring our individual belief systems to bear on any topic we study or in any way think about.  Even mathematics, which should be free of opinion or personal assumptions, falls prey.
Working under [...]

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What If? What if Cats Had Thumbs?

February 18, 2012

From time to time I’d like to post “What If?” questions, which as you know are the most important question a fiction writer can ask.
As a starter for the intermittent series, I offer you a little video:
What if cats had thumbs?

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Word of the Day: Enervate

February 18, 2012

Uphill Writing: Word of the Day  
Enervate,  V., Adj., [en-er-veyt;  ih-nur-vit]
Definition:  To deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
Example:  He had been ready to act, but then the rumor mill started up, completely enervating him.
How will you use enervate in a sentence today?
The Uphill Writing Word of the Day is taken from dictionary.com,merriam-webster.com, and other on-line services.

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Quips and Quotes: Louis Auchincloss

February 17, 2012

 
Uphill Writing: Quips and Quotes  
“To most readers the word ‘fiction’ is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and that any small discrepancy with that counterpart is a simple error on the author’s part. Consequently, they are totally at a loss if anything essential [...]

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Book Project – Day Fifteen

February 17, 2012

While all of the stories aren’t tip-top yet, I’ve decided to start the stitching process.
Stitching, you ask?
In a book of short pieces, like essays, or especially, short stories, it has become a common procedure to stitch them all together by means of short introductions.  This, it turns out, is rather tricky.
For example, I’ve got one [...]

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Protecting Innocent Ears

February 17, 2012

Every once in a while I write something that drives readers away.  This is probably going to be one of those times, so if you are easily offended, please skip this post.
There are a lot of things that our culture does not like.  Many of them are disliked not so much for themselves, or even [...]

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