With the may books published each year in America this particular article provided an interesting insight. Is this a factor in the way people attack each other on personally held views? Perhaps a lack of perspective contributes to the knee jerk responses on social media.
NY Times Article
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Background Music While Writing
I must say that I am not much for background music. Some of my friends in high school and college, and many of my students in public school and at the college level, just had to have music going when doing homework. I can read novels while watching tv and movies, write in grungy diners with people milling about, but I can NOT write with music going. I wonder why that is. Perhaps because music overwhelms my emotion input and output, or perhaps it stems from being a music major and band director. Those led to automatic analysis and critique. What ever the reason might be, all music does for my writing is to stop the writing - and annoy me.
I offer the very antithesis of my neurosis - an author who uses music as a way to conceptualize character emotions, responses, backstory, or just as background for writing - the whole enchilada. Roz Morris has a blog in which she interviews other authors who use music in the writing. About all I have used was to mention a character's ringtone
If the idea of writers use of music intrigues you, I recommend Roz's Blog: The Undercover Soundtrack.
I offer the very antithesis of my neurosis - an author who uses music as a way to conceptualize character emotions, responses, backstory, or just as background for writing - the whole enchilada. Roz Morris has a blog in which she interviews other authors who use music in the writing. About all I have used was to mention a character's ringtone
If the idea of writers use of music intrigues you, I recommend Roz's Blog: The Undercover Soundtrack.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Reflection on Christmas Gifts
It is the time of year when the gifts are given, opened and the paper either smoothed and saved or crumpled and discarded. The excitement and mystery of the gifts replaced by the assimilation of the gifts into our lives. It is also the time when "thank yous" are written - the acknowledgement of the given gift and, for the giver, the assurance that the gift was delivered.
While it the process of writing those "thank yous" I remembered a couple of pieces I wrote a couple of years back. For those who have not seen them I am posting links to the pages here.
A Gift Freely Given
A Gift Freely Received
Happy New Year
While it the process of writing those "thank yous" I remembered a couple of pieces I wrote a couple of years back. For those who have not seen them I am posting links to the pages here.
A Gift Freely Given
A Gift Freely Received
Happy New Year
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