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Lost words: Bring back the word, “Ogg” – especially as summer approaches. What does it mean? Find out here tomorrow.
10:30 AM May 25th
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J. Joyce 24 May 1924: I have refused scores of requests to sit to painters and sculptors, having a very profound objection to my own image.
9:02 AM May 24th
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Re: Joyce, Episode 102, is now live! See "Taking The Air" here:
11:28 AM May 23rd
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If your protagonist is about to tell a major lie – have the second untruth ready because he/she will need it. A lie has only one leg.
9:02 AM May 23rd
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Writing a historical novel? Choose a tangential figure – a prince’s accountant; a gunslinger’s daughter. Make their’s the worthwhile life.
9:02 AM May 22nd
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The decent characters in a novel should trot or lumber along; the evil people must glide because, old saying, the devil’s shoes don’t creak.
9:02 AM May 21st
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The Golden Rules: Are we (a) grabbed; (b) held; (c) rooting for someone? If we’re not – you’d better rewrite!
9:02 AM May 20th
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Take a favorite poetry anthology &count the number of prosodic structures. Choose the one you like most and write a poem in that discipline.
9:02 AM May 19th
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Birthday of Omar Khayham. “Come, fill the cup and in the fire of Spring/The winter-garment of Repentance fling.” Read him now and often.
9:02 AM May 18th
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Writing tip: Invent words. Create your language. It doesn’t have to be outrageous as long as we understand it, i.e., neological.
9:02 AM May 17th
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Today, 1791, James Boswell published his Life of Dr. Johnson – with, of course, Johnson safely long dead.
9:02 AM May 16th
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Looking for titles for your book? Try songs from decades past. Vaudeville, music-hall, operetta are rich in arresting and unusual phrases.
9:02 AM May 15th
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The fireside storyteller did not supply his listeners with finite pictures - he gave them the paints and the crayons...
1:04 PM May 14th
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"Imagine, then, a farmhouse somewhere in Ireland, out in the wilds of Connemara, or the rich fields of North Cork..."
11:10 AM May 11th
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What is our most interesting emotion? The most compelling? Love? Jealousy? I'll put a bid in for remorse.
2:14 PM May 10th
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Re:Joyce, Episode 100, Carnival Knowledge:
10:48 AM May 9th
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"The classical mythologies had conspicuous purpose - to teach us how to live." From "The Last Storyteller:"
10:46 AM May 9th
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"The fireside storytellers understood the educational, even moral, importance of fables and their origins."
2:09 PM May 7th
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Interesting Word Origin: “Companion” – from “panis,” i.e., bread – one who breaks bread with you: “cum panis.” Neat, eh?
11:51 AM May 4th
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"I’ve always been a firm believer that there’s music we can’t hear." Find Pigsong on Amazon and B&N.
11:49 AM May 3rd
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- Name Frank Delaney
- Location New York
- Web http://frankdelan...
- Bio Author & broadcaster. Tweets a daily writing tip & the writer's life. New novel: The Last Storyteller. Also: Re:Joyce, weekly podcast on Joyce's Ulysses.
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