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Perfectly Defeating Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Rieser -
Lisa Barker (56)    
When I first heard of Percy The Imperfectly Perfect Chicken , I
had reservations. I get many self-published books from authors
anthropomorphizing animals with a very heavy-handed feel-good message
that turns readers off.
Not so with Rick Rieser's first children's book.
I have to say that... ( added 11 days 11 hours ago.) |
Creative Writing Critique: Swiss Book Prize 09 (Satis Shroff) -
Satis Shroff (758)    
Satis Shroff 
MEHR MEER
A translator and essayist
Born in 1946 in Slovakia,
Grew up in Switzerland,
Living in Zrich,
Won the Swiss Buch.09 award
And 50,000 Swiss Franks.
The jury was delighted
With her Mehr Meer ,'
Written with a pen
Dipped in beauty
That fills the... ( added 15 hours 33 minutes ago.) |
Otis V. Goodwin III, author of Site 39, Blue Orb and Ethan-Site 39 Interviewed -
ngoldman (5,760)  
ngoldman
Today, Norm Goldman Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com is pleased to have as our guest Otis V. Goodwin III, author of Site 39, Blue Orb and Ethan-Site 39 .
Good day Otis and thanks for participating in our interview.
Norm:
How did you get started in writing? What keeps you going?... ( added 15 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Metafiction and the 4th Wall -
Bill Ectric (1,151) 
Bill Ectric
Most "new" concepts are not really new. They come and go in various incarnations, ever growing in our mass consciousness, until they reach the critical mass known as "everyone is talking about it." Two such concepts are metafiction in literature and its TV & film equivalent, "breaking the fourth... ( added 4 years 143 days ago.) |
Camille Straits' Publication "Whispers" -
Susan Thom (11,978)   
Susan Thom
I have enjoyed reading Camille Strate's articles for quite a while now. They are upbeat and funny and spiritual through nature, and I like that. She has written a book, short and sweet, on the whispers we hear if we allow them to come in. It takes peace of mind, but it can be done. Camille... ( added 91 days 23 hours ago.) |
Can You Teach A Writer How to Write? -
Hannah Quinn (18,283)  
Hannah Quinn
Yes ! (and) No!
This is a common and interesting debate, and often carries a touch of snobbery about it - on the anti side that is, which doesn't automatically make the anti side incorrect. But, is it?
First, what does it mean: teach writing? Obviously, we are all taught to write... ( added 171 days 7 hours ago.) |
The Ironic Elevator (Conclusion) -
Michael Ramzy (821)  
Michael Ramzy
Seven hundred thousand dollars.
8 The elevator is now on the fortieth, forty-second . . . it has arrived.
I have the fat man's briefcase in my left hand now and my suitcase in my right hand. It has been an hour since my wife was introduced to the sidewalk just outside the lobby of my... ( added 243 days 22 hours ago.) |
The Ironic Elevator (Part Three) -
Michael Ramzy (821)
Michael Ramzy
I glanced at the photo, then turned my eyes back to the vial of medicine I was stretching my hand out to. I was only inches from it when I stopped. I was kneeling in the elevator with my arm out and I just stopped.
The man continued to choke and clutch his chest, but I could no longer hear... ( added 245 days 2 hours ago.) |
The Ironic Elevator (Part Two) -
Michael Ramzy (821)
Michael Ramzy
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"Are you all right?" I asked. The man was quite heavyset, his large blue suit rumpled from both the humidity of the day and the weight it wrapped itself around. Although crumpled, it was still an expensive and well-tailored suit. It might be hard to imagine a very large man with a... ( added 245 days 23 hours ago.) |
The Ironic Elevator (Part One) -
Michael Ramzy (821)
Michael Ramzy
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Irony is not what I think of when I think of a rickety metal cage which rockets me up to the top of my apartment building every night when I get home. I never really thought about it before, to be honest. Yet if I had, I certainly wouldn't think of anything as dark or dramatic as irony.... ( added 246 days 21 hours ago.) |
Just Why Are Palindromes So Good? -
 - Cameron Home (287)  
Cameron Home
Like always, I shall start on a question I have lately been pondering on. Palindromes, why are they so good? All they are words and phrases backwards. Some are boring and plain like Bob and Hannah but others are amazingly witty and interesting. What has gotten my mind interested in such things is... ( added 247 days 15 hours ago.) |
Can You Stop Being a Poet? -
Tex Norman (4,263) 
Tex Norman
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Can you be a poet and suddenly just stop? Can you be a poet for a while maybe a long
while and then become something else entirely?
I only ask because lately I've been feeling all
expository. For example, this morning
I was going to write a poem about... ( added 325 days 21 hours ago.) |
Writing When I Don't Feel Like Writing. -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
I write every day. If you are serious about something and want to reach your potential, you have to work at it every day. You write when you don't feel like writing. That may be the hardest time to write, when you are uninspired, discouraged even, sick, in pain, when you just don't feel like... ( added 342 days 18 hours ago.) |
Say It Was A Lie! -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
One morning Mama says to me,
"Tiff, you've seemed down lately.
You've been grouchy lately, too.
Tell me, is there something wrong?
What is bothering you?
I don't know why I picked then to tell,
but then was when I said what I said.
"Mama," I said,
"sometimes daddy... ( added 352 days 14 hours ago.) |
How to Get Poetry -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
Early in the film Dead Poet's Society we have a scene where the literature teacher, Mr. Keating , played by Robin Williams is teaching from the approved text book, and he has a student read from the preface of Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard , Ph .D. To fully understand poetry, we... ( added 357 days 14 hours ago.) |
Rules (a Villanelle) -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
As much as I resist rules, there are just some rules that you can't avoid.
RULES (a villanelle)
I want some rigid rules to guide me,
some sure, yet simple rule of thumb
like: righty tighty,- lefty loosey.
I'm sure that such a rule would set me free
from making... ( added 358 days 15 hours ago.) |
There Was Blood On Our Food -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
I was taking a little girl, 7 years old, to the doctor. She was in Foster Care and I was a Child Welfare case manager. As we visited, this little girl revealed the incident that caused her to be removed from her home and placed into the custody of the state. I wrote it up as a poem. I followed... ( added 358 days 15 hours ago.) |
The Transportational Power of Poetry -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
I read this quote in a book called Bridges Out of Poverty : Carl Upchurch was in solitary at Lewisburg , Ohio when he found a collection of Shakespeare's sonnets wedged under the short leg of a table. "I won't pretend that Shakespeare and I immediately connected," writes Upchurch . "I must have... ( added 359 days 13 hours ago.) |
Is Rhyme Obsolete -
- Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
I recently got this message in my email from someone named Matthew.
In my experience, if you rhyme in a poem, no one takes you seriously. I don't understand these brainwashed people. Are we to believe there are no more Poe's, or Frost's, or Shakespeare's, or all kinds of great poets... ( added 1 year 25 days ago.) |
Worry and Deserve: two poems -
- Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
Worry
This is a poem about worry. The first line is not as poetic as the second line.
I was worried this would go just as it has
been going, but, hell, what'duh'ya'do?
While worry is not a productive emotion
and it contributes nothing posiitve to my life
it is what I'm good... ( added 1 year 29 days ago.) |
Child Abuse and Murder (Two Poems from the verse novel Zounds) -
Tex Norman (4,263)
Tex Norman
Daddy Can't Sleep
I sensed it, even in my sleep.
I knew it was the creep.
He was in my room.
Again.
Somehow, I don't know how,
I knew my dad was standing in the dark,
watching in a dark as black
as a cricket's back.
I sensed him watching me.
There must have been some... ( added 1 year 37 days ago.) |
Dreams are Real -
Larry Fox (56)
Dreams are real, living in your mind. They are the doorway to unlocking all the wonders of mankind. They keep you warm when the world is cold. In dreams, the timid can become the bold. They empower the soul, to let the dreamer reach any goal. That's the key to unlock our mortal gate, forever... ( added 1 year 151 days ago.) |
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The Pain-Body: What We Carry With Us -
Barbara Clark (581) 
Barbara Clark
In Chapter 5 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "The energy field of old but still very much alive emotion that lives in almost every human being is the pain-body." --page 142 Our pain-bodies are the energy of our past hurts: the bumps, bruises and... ( added 1 year 208 days ago.) |
The Roles We Play in Relationships -
Barbara Clark (581)
Barbara Clark
In Chapter 4 of "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," author Eckhart Tolle states, "When you are completely identified with a role, you confuse a pattern of behavior with who you are, and you take yourself very seriously. You also automatically assign roles to others that correspond to... ( added 1 year 208 days ago.) |
Gothicism as a Means to Awaken Equality in Victorian Women -
Cynthia McMurray (2,003)  
Cynthia McMurray
By the early 1800s, the rigid harshness and macabre atmosphere of the traditional Gothic Romance had subtly transformed into a more controversial medium depicting the dysfunctional societal constructs of gender and class-related bias. Two writers in particular utilized this highly established... ( added 1 year 211 days ago.) |
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