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When Book Reviews are Misleading… by L.T. Suzuki 7/24/2011 10:30:31 AM
The importance of getting honest book reviews.... more
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To Stupid to Live? Ouch by Flo Fitzpatrick 2/9/2011 8:35:48 AM
"To Stupid to Live"
I truly hate this particular comment – used most often by a breed of “reviewers” who have determined that because they can read they can automatically review with the same skill as a seasoned editor. Perhaps the f... more
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50 literature ideas you really need to know, by John Sutherland by Jerome Parisse 1/8/2011 6:06:44 AM
was given “50 literature ideas you really need to know” by John Sutherland as Christmas present this year. I thought this was a great idea… and it shows how well those who gave it to me know me. On its inside cover, it says that the book is “the ess... more
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Reviews by D.L. Carroll 11/24/2010 5:00:02 PM
So many of us are thankful for similar things during this holiday. Yet an author/writer is additionally thankful that he/she touched a person with words.
We can write many different things, touch on many topics and never know if what we wro... more
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"NEVER MORE" by Claudio F Herrera 11/20/2010 12:12:01 PM
"NEVER MORE... more
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Literary Journals and the Mutations of Thoth by Ian Irvine (Hobson) 10/30/2010 5:32:20 AM
Meditations on the crisis engulfing the flagship Australian literary journal Meanjin.... more
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The obsessions of Amelie Nothomb by Jerome Parisse 9/27/2010 3:58:50 PM
Amelie Nothomb, the prolific Belgian writer, is an interesting person. Her always short, definitely out-there, novels (some of them more novellas than novels) revolve around a small number of common themes: impossible love, eating disorders, obesity,... more
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A Reader's Guide to Author's Jargon by Edward C. Patterson 9/9/2010 3:28:14 AM
series... more
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It's All About the Books Part 2 by L.T. Suzuki 8/16/2010 8:52:49 PM
Thank you for joining us for part two of this fascinating interview with book reviewers Joanne Chase, Nicole Hicks and Adrianna Colwell.
Picking up where we left off last week I have yet another question for you ladies! As a lesson to the aspirin... more
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It's All About the Books by L.T. Suzuki 8/9/2010 8:03:41 PM
A Round Table Discussion with Three Book Reviewers!... more
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ECFL Tour Continues! by Tracy L Krauss 8/8/2010 2:15:59 PM
The ECFL Tour continues with latest post: "Romantic Suspense"... more
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Take Advice from Hemingway by Eileen Clemens Granfors 8/8/2010 8:24:53 AM
Here's a short and pointed idea about exposition.... more
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Clouds from my 6th floor balcony by D L Johnson 7/4/2010 5:33:37 AM
I was awake at 5:30 this morning, for no particular reason, other than to write what may have been floating around in my head.
Happy July 4th to everyone.
Cheers-dlj... more
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View from my 6th floor balcony by D L Johnson 6/27/2010 2:47:09 PM
What a gorgeous day this has been. Right now there are a few clouds overhead, but it's mostly all sunny and bright.
This morning from out of the blue, I decided to work on my facebook page, and there's lots of stuff there. I have had the pag... more
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Ritual by Judith Lawrence 6/27/2010 4:32:31 AM
In the first week of July, our summer writers' group will again gather together for a few months. Last summer, one of our topics was "Ritual", and I wrote the following about the ritual we have when we meet together.
We gather together; we l... more
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Notes on Splice, How to Train Your Dragon, Ironman 2 by Bill Johnson 6/12/2010 3:13:17 PM
Brief story notes on some recent movies.... more
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View from my 6th floor balcony by D L Johnson 6/6/2010 5:50:52 AM
I apologize for how long this blog turned out, but for me it was an experience that I could not place in just a few lines. dlj... more
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Published Essay Online by j.d. daniels 6/4/2010 6:03:57 AM
The Use of Black Humor in Slaughterhouse-Five and Uncle's Tom's Cabin is now online... more
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View from my 6th floor balcony by D L Johnson 6/4/2010 4:51:54 AM
For some reason I woke up at 5am, and when I realized I was not going to go back to sleep, I through back the covers, opened the blinds, made coffee and started staring at this damned computer screen, still wishing I was sleeping...but that's not goi... more
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View from my 6th floor balcony by D L Johnson 5/31/2010 7:42:35 AM
Rain this morning, more rain this afternoon, then more rain tomorrow. With rain being forecast for the next two days it made me think that we shouldn't let a little rain keep us from our daily rounds, after all, we are of hearty stock, ready to face ... more
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