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Word Art for National Poetry Month
A few collected graphics to celebrate the way a few well-crafted words create such strong mental images. Huzzah for poetry! My favorite of the official National Poetry Month posters (though this poem reminds me of high school chemistry class, the teacher was a frustrated poet, I think, better that than a self-identified Prufrock) As usual,…
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What felicity! A day to speak like Miss Austen
“Our family are great Novel-readers and not ashamed of being so.” Jane Austen, Letter to Cassandra, 1798 It is a truth universally acknowledged within my sphere of close acquaintance that I may find relationships between the works of Miss Jane Austen and daily life at the smallest opportunity or provocation. Therefore I encourage you to…
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Fun and Interesting Writers on Writing
Lots of people who write like to write about writing. Oftentimes what they say is contradictory, sometimes it’s too obvious to be truly useful, and yet occasionally you come across things which are genuinely interesting, entertaining, and elucidating. Here are a few I’ve come across recently: Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, on “How to Write…
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Dragonfly Summer
It’s a dragonfly summer, all red, blue and green, All sizes dart fast and crouch still. Hundreds more dragons than ever I’ve seen, Blithe masters of aerial skill. It’s a dragonfly summer, big-eyed and lean, Rainswept and sunbaked by turn, But prism-bright dragons on fencepost and tree seem to preach a creed we’ve yet to…
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A More Interesting Author Interview
One of the things I find frustrating when reading or listening to interviews with artists, illustrators, authors, actors, etc. is that so many times the questions are cookie-cutter in their predictability and thus so are many of the answers. If you’re looking for a fun take on interviews with authors, check out Questions That Authors…
