01 09,2009
As we establish our Podcasting channel, here is a little snippet…In this episode, we talk about the resolutions we could have made…instead we decided to add this podcast. RamblingVerser Podcast will bring you story ideas, reflections on poems both near and far, and surprise guests from the cast of millions out there who have published their writing. Visit us each week for new insights, inspirations, and excellence in storytelling…Enjoy…
Running Time: 3 minutes 14 seconds
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01 19,2009
In this episode of RamblingVerser, we delve into history with a science fiction twist. Join us for a conversation with Walter Hunt and an imaginary room writing prompt… Enjoy…
History Lessons Through Science Fiction with Guest Walter H. Hunt
Quote by Oscar Wilde
Poem excerpt from Stephen (Vincent) Benet
– John Brown’s Body
Guest Conversation with Walter H. Hunt
Here is a little about Walter from his website (http://www.walterhunt.com):
Walter is the author of four science fiction novels published by Tor Books – the Dark Wing series, which has been compared to the writing of Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, David Weber, and J.R.R. Tolkien. It has been published in English and German, and The Dark Wing has appeared in Russian. His new novel, A Song In Stone, deals with the mystery of Rosslyn Chapel and the secrets of the Templars. He has been a writer all of his life, and a full-time professional since 2001.
Song In Stone - Walter H Hunt
Short Story prompt: Time in Imagination with Technology
Running Time: 31 minutes 18 seconds
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Tags: author conversations, history, inspiration, Oscar Wilde, science fiction, Stephen Vincent Benet, Walter Hunt, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
01 26,2009
We venture into writing with rhythm with Lenn Millbower in this episode of RamblingVerser. Join us for conversation, writing prompts, poetry, and our new cast members…Enjoy…
Writing with Rhythm with Guest Lenn Millbower
Quote by TS Elliot
Poem from Thomas Moore – Sing — Sing — Music Was Given
Guest Conversation with Lenn Millbower
Here is a little about Lenn from his website (http://www.offbeattraining.com):
WHO IS LENN MILLBOWER?
Lenn trains learning professionals to keep ‘em awake so the learning will take.
Training events created with Lenn’s five-star, Oscar caliber, show-biz based Learnertainment® techniques capture attendee attention, maintain their interest, enhance knowledge retention and increase business results in less training time.
WHAT DOES LENN DO?
Lenn delivers seminars and workshops for trainers, educators and speakers seeking enhanced learning effectiveness.
Lenn provides instructional design consulting services to businesses, turning dry, boring, ineffective training programs, presentations and communications into engaging, memorable, successful events.
Lenn creates products that help non-entertainers deliver Oscar caliber, dazzling results through Learnertainment® techniques.
Short Story prompt: Soothing Sounds of Romance
Poetry prompt: Feel the Music
* Learnertainment® is a Registered Trademark of Lenn Millbower and Offbeat Training, LLC
Running Time: 33 minutes 44 seconds
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02 02,2009
A Poet’s View with Jill Eisnaugle…
Quote by Emily Dickinson
Poem from Jill Eisnaugle – Ship of Gold
Guest Conversation with Jill Eisnaugle
Here is a little about Jill from her website (http://www.authorsden.com/jillaeisnaugle):
“I began writing short stories due to a second grade school assignment in 1988; I began writing poetry as the result of a seventh grade school assignment in 1994. Since that school assignment in 1994, I have written over 1,300 poems and have achieved a great deal of personal and professional success, as a result.
My biggest influences in life are God, my family and my second and sixth grade teachers, Mrs. Regina Chaney of Jackson, Ohio and Mrs. Sharon Needham of Oak Hill, Ohio. Both teachers played a vital role in the path I am pursuing, today.
My writing inspirations are Robert Frost
, Emily Dickinson
, Edgar Allan Poe
, and R.L. Stine
, whose “Goosebumps” children’s book series (combined with the fun-nature of Sharon Needham’s Reading class), took me from being a “fair-weathered” reader to someone who has a much greater appreciation for the world of imagination that exists between two book covers.”
Short Story prompt: Lighting the Streetlight Way
During the editing process, part of our conversation with Jill was shortened for time. Jill wanted to make sure that we included this important piece to the posting and the notes…
“As a postscript to my interview, I would like to extend a personal thank-you to Marc Sherman, FM Operations Manager at Clear Channel Houston and afternoon disc jockey at SUNNY 99.1 (KODA-FM). Over the course of the last four years, as my friend, my mentor, my expert poem reader, and one of my biggest supporters (both in my life and my writing), Marc has played an integral part in my success. Thank you, Marc; I could not possibly have been as successful as I have been without your support! You’re simply the best.”
Running Time: 33 minutes 25 seconds
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02 09,2009
Spiritual and psychological uplift with Joseph Langen…
Quote by Seneca
Poem from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – The Ladder of St. Augustine
Guest Conversation with Joseph Langen
Here is a little about Joe from his website (http://www.commonsense-wisdom.com/):
“I began by writing short stories in the 1980’s for my own amusement.
In 1990, when I began private practice, I started writing a quarterly newsletter for my referral sources. Eventually I converted this to a biweekly newspaper column which I still write for The Daily News in Batavia. These columns formed the basis for my first book, Commonsense Wisdom for Everyday Life.
In light of my history of my seminary and monastery experience, I became interested in the priest-sexual abuse crisis and thought back to my cloistered years. From this came my memoir, Young Man of the Cloth.
When I realized that no one had told the story from the priests’ point of view, I originally intended to develop a book of interviews with abusive priests. I finally decided to write what I had learned about abusive priests as a novel which resulted in The Pastor’s Inferno.
I am currently working on a novel about a couple coming to terms with their marital difficulties with the working title, Marital Property.
Read a Whohub extensive profile of my approach to writing.”
Poetry prompt: Peace Within and Without
Short Story prompt: Waiting on a Past
Running Time: 28 minutes 54 seconds
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02 16,2009
Shift into the Shadows with Marcus DeHart…
Quote by John Ashbery
Poem from Robert Louis Stevenson – Shadow March
Guest Conversation with Marcus DeHart
Here is a little about Marcus from his website (http://www.marcusdehart.com/):
“Marcus DeHart is a professional writer and designer and the sole owner of Caret Marketing and Content Development. Marcus is a graduate of Western Washington University where he earned his BA in English. Marcus currently lives in Olympia, Washington, with his wife and two daughters.”
Short Story Topics – Riding the Kite of Imagination
Poetry Topics – Crackling Campfire
Running Time: 32 minutes 35 seconds
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02 23,2009
Talking dogs with Jacqueline Howard…
Quote by John S Burroughs
Poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning – To Flush, My Dog
Guest Conversation with Jacqueline Howard
Here is a little about Jacqueline from her website (http://www.jacquelinehoward.com/):
“I am a marketing and communications professional with twenty years experience; sixteen of those successfully spent working in the financial services industry. My passion and talents are in strategy development and execution, writing, packaging, messaging, design collaboration and team leadership. My virtual portfolio includes an eclectic mix of collateral created throughout my career.
While much of my experience has been focused on financial services, my marketing and communications skills are transferable to virtually all industries.”
Short Story Topics – Missing Pet, Bunny Gone
Poetry Topics – By Candle Light
Running Time: 28 minutes 41 seconds
Play PodcastTags: author conversations, dogs, Jacqueline Howard, Son of a Dog, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
03 02,2009
Art reflecting life writing with Roberta Lee…
Quote by Pearl S Buck
Poem from Lord Byron (George Gordon) – She Walks in Beauty Like the Night
Guest Conversation with Roberta Lee
Here is a little about Roberta from her website (http://www.robertaleeart.com/):
“I was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and moved to California in the early ’70’s, living in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, then returning to Bucks County in the mid-80’s. I sold my first painting at age 16 and have made at least a portion of my income as a working artist ever since.The majority of my paintings use subjects very close to my home–in many cases, literally in my backyard.
I began writing even before I began painting. I am currently completing a series of related novels collectively entitled Suburban Sprawl. My novels all are also set in Bucks County, albeit in a rather surreal version of the area. My fiction uses plots as simple as a soap opera to explore some very complex themes, and I enjoy juxtaposing those archetypal plots with offbeat humor, a glaze of sexuality and a touch of the paranormal.
Another life-long interest has been Tarot and I Ching. My guide to reading Tarot cards, The Language of Tarot, is the culmination of over thirty years of work with the Oracle.”
Listen to Robert’s podcast of her books (Suburban Sprawl) and Tarot through iTunes…
Short Story Topics – Flower Power
Poetry Topics – Bring Home the Sprites, Pixies, & Fairies
Running Time: 29 minutes 40 seconds
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Tags: author conversations, Liar's Guide, Roberta Lee, Suburban Sprawl, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
03 09,2009
Reflections on writing and publishing with Phyllis Zimbler Miller…
Quote by Oscar Wilde
Poem from Stephen Crane – War is Kind – Stanzas I – IV
Guest Conversation with Phyllis Zimbler Miller
Here is a little about Phyllis from her website (http://www.BookAuthorWebsites.com):
“I’m the president of http://www.millermosaic.com, a company building WordPress.org websites for book authors and small businesses so that, once the sites are set up, the site owners can control their own websites. Access my free book marketing articles at http://www.QueensOfBookMarketing.com.”
Short Story Topic – Roll of the Dice
Poetry Topic – Weather
Running Time: 30 minutes 47 seconds
Play PodcastTags: author conversations, Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel, Phyllis Zimbler Miller, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
03 16,2009
Space…a Writing Frontier with Bart Leahy…
Quote by B.F. Skinner
Poem from William Blake – Sons of Los
Guest Conversation with Bart Leahy
Here is a little about Bart (http://www.bartacus.blogspot.com/):
“I am a space advocacy writer. My background includes a Master’s degree in Technical Writing, business development writing for defense and non-defense government contractors, and strategic communication for NASA and the National Space Society. My passion is being able to take on a difficult topic, explain it in clear prose, and organize the information so that others can understand and use it easily. It’s not just a matter of getting out a message, but of getting out a message that meets your audience/customer’s needs.”
Short Story Topic – Flying Into a Different Similar Cloud
Poetry Topic – Windows
Running Time: 23 minutes 32 seconds
Play PodcastTags: author conversations, Bart Leahy, NASA, space, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips, technical writer
03 25,2009
Fouling through to make and change your Commitments…with Bob McDonald…
Quote by William James
Poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Guest Conversation with Bob McDonald
Here is a little about Bob (http://www.flagrantfoul.com):
“Bob is a two-time graduate of Cleveland State University, attaining a Bachelor of Arts in History in 2002 and a Master of Education in Adult Learning and Development in 2005. He is currently the owner of TOG Solutions, which specializes in a number of creative and writing services for businesses and individuals. He also is a Project Manager at a Cleveland-area Web design firm.
No stranger to writing, Bob’s inspiration for Davis Brown, the main character in Flagrant Foul came from his past. He served as a writer and editor for the Cauldron, Cleveland State’s student newspaper. He published articles for the Morning Journal in Lorain, Ohio, where he was born and where he graduated from Admiral King High School in 1992.”
Short Story Topic – Unique Product Placement & Assessment
Poetry Topic – Big City Living
Running Time: 31 minutes 30 seconds
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04 01,2009
Fantastic Fiction with Michael J Sullivan…
Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Poem from Alfred Lloyd Tennyson – Ask Me No More
Guest Conversation with Michael J Sullivan
Here is a little about Michael (http://www.michaelsullivan-author.com/):
“Born in Detroit Michigan, Michael J. Sullivan has lived in Vermont, North Carolina and Virginia. He worked as a commercial artist and illustrator, founding his own advertising agency in 1996, which he closed in 2005 to pursue writing full-time. The Crown Conspiracy is his first published work. He currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and three children.”
Short Story Topic – Wisping Away the Kernals
Poetry Topic – Forest or Trees
Running Time: 29 minutes 01 second
Play PodcastTags: author conversations, Avempartha, conspiracy, Michael J Sullivan, The Riyria Revelations, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
04 06,2009
Write and Publish Right with Robin Sullivan…
Quote by HG Wells
Poem from Mark Twain – Genuis
Guest Conversation with Robin Sullivan
Here is a little about Robin (http://www.write2publish.blogspot.com/):
“I run a writer’s group in the Washington DC area with 340+ authors. Through it I do monthly free lectures on topics such as publishing, book promotion, contracts and the like.
I have a wealth of “hands-on” experience from handling the “business side” of my husband’s writing and share this knowledge to aid others in becoming published. My goal is to help people avoid costly mistakes and use their time and energy wisely.”
Short Story Topic – Moving From Earth
Poetry Topic – Windows
Running Time: 31 minutes 44 seconds
Play PodcastTags: author conversations, Avempartha, bookmarks, Crown Conspiracy, dedication, Marketing, Michael J Sullivan, publishing, Robin Sullivan, The Riyria Revelations, writing, writing groups, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
04 13,2009
Imagine New Worlds and Write with Chad Corrie…
Did you find it a bit crazy that we our 13th episode is being aired on the 13th of April…we do…but, hey, there are crazier things…so, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show…
Quote by Samuel Johnson
Poem from Amy Lowell – Azure And Gold
Guest Conversation with Chad Corrie
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, graphic novel, science fiction, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
05 09,2009
Story Institute, your online and in-print source for imagining, enhancing, and growing stories, is proud to announce the winners of its Spring, 2009 United States poetry contest.
All first and second place winners will be featured in upcoming Story Institute RamblingVerser podcasts and newsletters. Along with the winning poems, entries from selected poets will appear in an upcoming anthology released at the end of 2009. Read More…Tags: contest winners, E.D. Arrington, Jamie Lynn Waters, Joy Sheppard, poetry, Suzanne Grenoble, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
05 16,2009
This week’s show features other entries to our poetry contest and some general thoughts and prompts for writing…sit back, relax, and enjoy the show…
Quote – Isaac Asimov – “You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.”
Poem #1: Timothy Russell – The Fifty Things Wrong With This Picture
Poem #2: Suzanne Grenoble – Lemon
Poem #3: Jody McMaster – Ad Finem
Poem #4: Lamar Cole – The Night Was Made for Romance
Poem #5: Kaylee Lyn Gates – Life is Rough
Writing Prompt: Spend time with a famous author and live in their time. Research environment, author, and community…interact with the author and the details that surrounded them.
Imagine, Enhance, and Grow your stories…
Running Time: 8 minutes 8 seconds
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05 23,2009
Cafe Conversations with Humble Fiction Cafe Writing Group…
Quote by H.G. Wells
Poem from Timothy Russell – Collapse of Summer
Guest Conversation with the Humble Fiction Cafe writing Group:
Here is a little about the group (http://www.humblefictioncafe.blogspot.com/):
“Humble Writers. No, it’s not an oxymoron. We’re a group of aspiring and established writers in Humble, Texas who meet weekly at the local Barnes & Noble to discuss writing, critique each other’s work and drink absurd quantities of overpriced coffee.”
Members of Humble Fiction Cafe include: Chrissa Sandlin, Dorlana Vann, Gary Denton, Joy N. Vyoral, Justin Denton, Kelli D. Meyer, Linda Lindsey, Ryan Sauls, Sharolyn Gales, Sheryl Tuttle, Susan Miller, Theresa Laws, Victor DiGiovanni. Read their combined efforts in Split.
Running Time: 43 minutes 45 seconds
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07 12,2009
Visit with us this week as we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about setting and creating a solid foundation on which to build your story…
Setting up what follows…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Margaret Atwood
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, setting, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
07 20,2009
Plot your plot…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Walt Disney: ““Ideas come from curiosity. When I settle one idea, my confidence takes command; and nothing can shake it, and I am constant to it until it comes a reality. Then I drop it abruptly, and rarely mention it again.”
Poem from John E. Murray, III:
Up, Up, and You get the Picture
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, plot, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
08 01,2009
Adding character to your characters…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Jim Henson: “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
This week, we talk about characters, how they start, and how they grow into the breath of their stories…
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, characters, character formation, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
08 16,2009
Find another notebook…Writing from within instead of with…Conversations about writing…John E Murray III
Quote by Dale Carnegie: “Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.”
This week, John ramblings on about finding a new notebook to jot down your creative thoughts and making sure you have a storyline for your novel while being open to it changing and growing…
Read More…Tags: author conversations, characters, notebook, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
09 07,2009
Writing Down the Fairy Tales…If you thought living a fairytale was tough to come by…try writing them…it is fun, but a very different world indeed…
Quotes of the Week:
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”
~Albert Einstein~ Scientist (1879-1955)
Read More…Tags: author conversations, characters, fairy tales, notebook, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
10 04,2009
Add a conflict or don’t…being conflicted within your story…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about conflict in a story. Stories need conflict of some sort to grow, progress, and maintain interest. What is the conflict within your story? How have you let it grow?
Listen in as we discuss the basics and some examples of different types of conflict.
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, conflict, notebook, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
10 11,2009
Get motivated and create action within your stories…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about motive and influencing action within a story. Why do characters behave the way they do? Where do the characters look to motivation? Well, if you are a writer, these items originate and grow from you.
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, creating action, motive, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
10 18,2009
You’ve heard this before…or, maybe we forgot to include the foreshadowing…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about foreshadowing and tying up your story. What information did you feed your readers? Did you give them enough information to keep reading? Does the ending make sense to the characters, writers, and readers?
Quote of the week:
“The way of a man’s heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him – coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.”
~ Donald G. Mitchell
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Chad Corrie, foreshadowing, Tying up stories, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips, creativity
02 14,2010
Time Back from Beyond…New focus and new writing prompts…
Quote of the week: “I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.”
~ Samuel Beckett
Short Story Focus and Topic: “The Open Boat” ~ Stephen Crane
Read the entire short story here: Stephen Crane – Open Boat
Write a modern version of the “Open Boat”. What changes? Is there technology? Is the boat bigger or smaller?
Poem and Poetry Topic: “The Flea” ~ John Donne
The Flea
by John Donne
Read More…Tags: author conversations, inspiration, John Donne, poetry, short story, Stephen Crane, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
02 21,2010
Style and Story – Has the muse moved…Or, is man really a friend of the vultures…
Featured Quote: “Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic illusions, of any conceivable equivocation between the language of “truth” and the language of “creation.” (from Littérature, 1929)
~ Paul Valéry
Featured Poem:
A fit of rhyme against rhyme
~Ben Johnson
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Ben Johnson, inspiration, Muse, Paul Valery, poetry, rhyme, Samuel Johnson, vulture, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
02 28,2010
Childhood connections or Nada…Your path defined by you, the poet, writer, creator…
Featured Quote: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet’s, the writer’s, duty is to write about these things.”
~ William Faulkner in his speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1950
Featured Poem:
Ode: Intimations of Immortality
~ William Wordsworth (1807)
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Earnest Hemmingway, inspiration, poetry, William Faulkner, William Wordsworth, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, rhyme, writing tips
03 08,2010
Reflect on your Knowledge and Imagine a new world…oh yeah, and write about it…
Featured Quote:
“I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.”
“Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.”
~Immanuel Kant
Featured Poem:
Ode on a Grecian Urn
~ John Keats
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Anton Chekhov, Immanuel Kant, inspiration, John Keats, poetry, short story, rhyme, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
03 14,2010
Connecting Your Storyline with Your Storyline…
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Featured Quotes:
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
~ Fred Rogers
“Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood.”
~ Beverly Cleary
Read More…Tags: author conversations, Beverly Cleary, childhood, Edgar Allan Poe, Fred Rogers, inspiration, poetry, short story, rhyme, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
03 23,2010
Grab that paper and write…a newspaper that is…
“If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.”
~ Bob Hope
Headlines to help you with thoughts, ideas to a provide realistic writing prompts:
“Run over on a Florida beach: can’t Americans walk anywhere at all?”
“No Flat for Cats”
“App Tells You Whether Your Date is a ‘Keeper’ or ‘Crazy'”
“Talking about a stinky subject”
Look up these headlines, of merely use them to help you come up with subjects for your storylines. What direction will you choose? Have you found other stories out there? Share them here or elsewhere, but write and enjoy. Read More…Tags: author conversations, Bob Hope, healines, inspiration, poetry, short story, writing methods, writing, writing podcast, writing tips
04 07,2010
A look at a better story driven character and your connection as a writer…
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This week’s episode was brought to you by Enchanted Travel Tales (www.enchantedtraveltales.com), bringing travel, magic, and fun to your holidays.
Featured Quote:
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
Featured Short Story:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adventure 4 – The Boscombe Valley Mystery
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read More…Tags: author conversations, healines, inspiration, poetry, mystery, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, short story, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
04 20,2010
John releases some inner voices…what do you release in your writing…
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Featured Quotes:
“Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything.”
Henry Miller
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”
William Shakespeare
Read More…Tags: author conversations, healines, inner voice, inspiration, poetry, short story, William Wordsworth, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
05 02,2010
Do you believe in your characters? OK, but do you have faith in your characters to live beyond the time you put them on paper? Is there a difference? Listen and engage in the writing prompts.
Featured Quote:
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
Edith Hamilton
Inspiration for this week’s conversation:
Six Characters in Search of an Author is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello
Read More…Tags: author conversations, belief, characters, Faith, healines, inner voice, John Donne, poetry, short story, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
05 10,2010
Podcasts and thoughts to get your writing moving and your creativity flowing…John shares a handful of his favorite audio inspirations…
Featured Quote:
Belief, by definition is an assent to a proposition. It is any cognitive content that is held true. It is some expression or a vague idea in which some confidence is placed. Thus, it defines some sort of an agreement with the world view. It may be unproven assertion based on some of the fundamental assumptions. Belief is a form of judging something to be true, intermediate between mere opinion and certain knowledge. To believe something in this sense is to judge that it is true by virtue of “a ground that is objectively insufficient but subjectively sufficient”; in mere opinion neither is sufficient, in knowledge both conditions are met.Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
By: George Orwell
Read More…Tags: author conversations, belief, characters, George Orwell, inner voice, inspiration, poetry, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
05 19,2010
More podcasts and thoughts to get your writing moving and your creativity flowing…John shares one last handful of his favorite audio inspirations…
Featured Quotes:
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
By: Robert Frost
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
By: Robert Frost
John shares some more of his favorite podcasts that help inspire and influence him.
Check out these great shows and sites:
Read More…Tags: author conversations, belief, characters, inner voice, inspiration, poetry, Robert Frost, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
06 02,2010
Choices for you and choices for your characters…End where you began but make it a good one…
Feature Quote:
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
Featured Poem:Traveling Through the Dark
By: William Stafford
Traveling through the dark I found a deer
dead on the edge of the Wilson River road.
It is usually best to roll them into the canyon:
that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead.
By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car
and stood by the heap, a doe, a recent killing;
she had stiffened already, almost cold.
I dragged her off; she was large in the belly.
My fingers touching her side brought me the reason–
her side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting,
alive, still, never to be born.
Beside that mountain road I hesitated.
The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights;
under the hood purred the steady engine.
I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red;
around our group I could hear the wilderness listen.
I thought hard for us all–my only swerving–,
then pushed her over the edge into the river.
Read More…Tags: author conversations, belief, inner voice, inspiration, Frank Lloyd Wright, Love is a Fallacy, Max Shulman, poetry, Traveling Through the Dark, William Stafford, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
06 11,2010
Poems from our forums and relationships found…
Featured Quotes:
“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
Leo Buscaglia
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
Featured Poem: One Word Is Too Often Profaned
By: Percy Bysshe Shelley
One word is too often profaned
For me to profane it;
One feeling too falsely disdained
For thee to disdain it;
One hope is too like despair
For prudence to smother;
And pity from thee more dear
Than that from another.
I can give not what men call love;
But wilt thou accept not
The worship the heart lifts above
And the heavens reject not,
The desire of the moth for the star,
Of the night for the morrow,
The devotion to something afar
From the sphere of our sorrow?
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06 27,2010
Are you writing about what you dream or do you dream of writing…decide and tell your story…
Featured Quote:
“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.”
William Faulkner
Featured Poems:
There is No Frigate Like a Book
By: Emily Dickinson
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
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