Refreshing
Currently re-reading Roy Lomax’s Writing the Short Story — as am revisiting a short story, I wrote some time ago, and have lined up a market for one of my short stories. On the back burner.
Tag: literary
Remaining: ‘extant’ is the word of the day
Remaining, still there, still present, surviving this is the meaning of “extant” an adjective describing that something still exists. The extant manuscript: it’s a favourite word in literary things.
He liked the ‘literary types’, but was stuck in a dead end
The man wasn’t servile, he was arrogant, behaving in such a way as to throw his authority around. The words that came out his mouth showed his superiority. He was a walking dictionary, and everyone just groaned when he produced another word, as if he knew better about words than everyone else. And some thought… Read More He liked the ‘literary types’, but was stuck in a dead end
Unique characters
Quite a character, in fact — as every movie cop should be. – Gordon Gow on the idiosyncratic features of movie cops, in the article “Cops: Private and Public” (Film Review 1973-74)
It’s in the post. Surprise!
Memory lane: Circa, 2017. Judson Press sent me a copy of the winter issue of The Secret Place which has one of my devotions in it. Yet, whatever the season, be it winter or summer, I’m pleased my article’s there, winter or summer. But it will be read in the North American winter. Why do… Read More It’s in the post. Surprise!
Cool view
A powerful force arrested him And pushed him down the alley Where he heard a clown Speaking jests I must have been so fooled by the sight Like a vision made me see a whole other world, behind the wall It blew my senses Then, I was lost in my thoughts Intrigue surrounded me And… Read More Cool view
After
Street sight is long, Run by the forlorn. A cloud settling across, Street mastered by a turn, as ghosts come and go. Darkness one thinks she sees. Ghosts flashing across trees, deafening cries of the lost souls from purgatory, Lingering in her mind the fraternity, Their callings exciting the moon And along comes the white… Read More After
Storyteller's Eclectic Flying Machine 