All articles filed in October 2012

I love the Botanical Garden because they do such an amazing job of inserting sculpture into the meandering walkaways. That’s what I’d like to do with my writing: have a fairy or a goddess or a giant pop up from an otherwise average location and have it fit into the plot just fine. In my…

Ever feel like this after reading a passage? My God — that passage, Laura, is so *8&&#>>>* awesome, my hair blew straight back and knocked my neighbor’s glasses into her pizza!  I don’t know that my action scenes have ruined anyone’s pizza yet, but did it get the reader to go back and read the…

I’ve always loved the Fleure de lis. Here’s one from Charlemagne’s crown. Wonder where I can get one of those for myself . . . Now as for the occasions to wear it, hmm. Anyone have a superb bauble to share? There’s many a story I’d like to write about outstanding or merely sentimental jewelry.…