Living Outside the Lines
Creating memorable characters is a gift to readers. I ran across this picture and Miss Havisham came to mind. Why? I don’t know but she is engraved forever upon my memory. BookStove.com, shares a story about how Dickens may have dreamed up Miss Havisham. The post is called Did Charles Dickens Really Invent Miss Havisham? What you [...]
Week 4: 2012 Second Quarter ROW80 Goals: Winning Conversations This quarter we’re talking about WINNING CONVERSATIONS. Week 1, we looked at the need to CLARIFY what Lucy said to Charlie. Week 2, the need to CONSIDER what Lucy needs in the conversation that might require sacrifice from Charlie Brown. Week 3, we learned that winning conversations [...]
Week 3: 2012 Second Quarter ROW80 Goals: Conversations This quarter we’re talking about CONVERSATIONS between Charlie Brown and Lucy. Week 1, we looked at the need to clarify what Lucy said to Charlie. Week 2, consider what Lucy needs in the conversation that might require sacrifice from Charlie. Today’s topic for participating in winning conversations is [...]
Week 2: Row80 Second Quarter: Conversations Back to Lucy and Charlie Brown from last week. Lucy: “Charlie Brown, you block head.” Last week Charlie clarified his perceptions. Now it’s time to consider, “What does Lucy need?” Charlie Brown: {Thinking to himself: I feel like an idiot when she calls me names but if I give [...]
Week 1 Row80 Second Quarter: Conversations I facilitate classical literature clubs for children ages 7-17 and their parents. My ROW80 goals this quarter will be centered around a book I am writing called, Living Outside the Lines, Conversations in HIStory. I have enjoyed literature clubs for ten years and I believe communication is a bedrock [...]
My husband and somel of my friends are English geniuses. When I was in school I cared about grammar enough to make an “A”. Handling our language well matters more to me now because making an “A: means getting published:) What about you? Do you notice broken grammar rules? Which ones bother you most? [...]
The Moving Target, a mystery novel written by Ross Macdonald in 1949. When the book was published, he chose the pseudonym John Macdonald after his father, John Macdonald Millar. It is believed he didn’t want to use his own name as his wife, Margaret Millar, was already an established writer. Writing goals can be like the [...]
“Clemens always carried with him a small notebook in which he recorded matters great and trivial—business notes, addresses, personal errands, literary ideas. In the spring of 1884, momentarily toying with the notion of a physician trying to write a play, he filled seven pages of his notebook with a list of potential characters, including “Rectum [...]
The setting for my book has the texture of Medieval Times with castles and sword fighting but not all work at the castle is glamorous and exciting. I want to learn more about life behind the scenes. I found a film series I want to share with you called The Worst Jobs in History. There [...]
Did you know a mother hen is willing to die for her chicks? If there’s a fire, she will cover her chicks with her wings and sacrifice herself in an effort to save them. My youngest son is going to his first camp away from home this weekend. It’s a great camp and he’s going with [...]
