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  • Media Reviews Re: The Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

    I just found out they're making a movie that will be out later this year! It will have Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, and Dakota Fanning. I'm so excited! It should ...

    Jun 29, 2008
  • Poetry Discussion Re: What's to be done when the angst is gone?

    Maybe you'll need a break before you sit down and start writing again, to absorb these emotions. I've found that poetry that is described as angsty tends to be younger ...

    Jun 29, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Starting at the End

    I think all of these tips are great-- and just go for it! It will be disconnected enough flow-wise from the story itself that you can just cut it out ...

    Jun 29, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Good books about writing

    I'm not sure if this was mentioned, but The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is amazing, amazing, amazing-- especially for writers.

    Jun 26, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: List of taboo writing words

    THAT. Whenever I'm reviewing a piece, the word 'that' always sticks out to me. I cross out every one, and it is so much nicer without.

    Jun 26, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: The Secret Lives of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

    Wow! A friend sent me a battered, dog-eared copy of this book with a lovely note saying she could only think of me while she read it. I must say, ...

    Jun 26, 2008


Should we not walk? On our feet? The ones I now have again? I do like my feet. They are befittingly perambulatory.
— Pattern (Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson)