Writer’s Hand Signals

When writers are on a roll—watch out! We don’t like to stop for fear of losing our train of thought, especially if we’re having one of those days when we can’t type fast enough! You know what I’m talking about! The entire scene is...

21 Rules for Writers

Most people are familiar with the 21 Rules For a Successful Life. It’s Feel Good advice, chock full of wisdom for the average person. But writers are a different breed. We are not bound by pedestrian counsel. Here’s an author’s take: 1. Marry the...

Fun Literary Terms

WARNING: Not for the literary faint of heart!  Welcome all word nerds and novel geeks! For the more mundane terms, take a blog-quick jaunt through A Few Literature Terms. For die hard bibliophiles, bibliomaniacs, literati,or clerisy enjoy the brief tour through...

7 da Vincian Principles

There’s a great book titled How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, by Michael J. Gelb, that I pulled down from my bookshelf the other day. ( I must have been feeling genius-deprived and needed some da Vinci wisdom.)  Flipping...

Household Symbolism

A man’s home is his/her castle. It’s also chock full of symbolic furnishings and doodads. Give your story some symbolic zing by being familiar with a few of the household symbolic heavyweights. Books: Wisdom and learning. Is the book old or new? Are pages torn out...
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