From the monthly archives:

February 2010

As a Writer, Know When it is Over

February 15, 2010

Image by Tony the Misfit (Getting Back) via FlickrThe story, that is. Recently I finished a sweet little Regionalism novel about two sisters growing up in 1950′s Milwaukee. It started out well with clever anecdotes and interesting characters, but when I got to the end of the book (or what I thought should be the [...]

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Batman: Pinnacle of human perfection with a splash of the crazy

February 12, 2010

Image by kevindooley via Flickr This is the second in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Batman, the broody anti-hero [...]

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Poetry 1-2-3, Easy as Writing About a Tree!

February 10, 2010

There is really no “rhyme or reason” on how to write a good poem. Most people think of poetry as short creative pieces with rhythm, stanzas or some musical flow. However, many strong poems are written that do not rhyme at all. The Haiku poem is a great example of this. My love of poetry [...]

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Suicide Girls: Archetypal Females Choosing the Final Slumber

February 5, 2010

As I think about some of the most famous female characters in literature and drama, I am struck by how many of them wind up taking their own lives: Antigone, Jocasta (Antigone’s mother), Eurydice (Antigone’s aunt)—and that’s just one ancient Greek storyline. If you throw Shakespeare into the mix, the list gets even longer: Juliet, [...]

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Book Review: The Road To Wellville by T. C. Boyle

February 3, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Fort Collins, Colorado selected the author T. C. Boyle for their One Book, One Town event.  They chose Tortilla Curtain to read and then celebrate as a community. Unfamiliar with his work, I picked up The Road to Wellville for a few bucks at a used book store. The prose was erudite and [...]

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