Category Archives: writing literary ficton

The Mystery of Metaphor

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Lynne • 1 Comment

“To a poet nothing can be lost.” Samuel Johnson Something happened a few days ago that got me thinking about depicting emotion when I write, and how often I find my way to it through metaphor. Winter had reasserted itself, so Hannah’s forest hike was on icy sloggy mud that sucked at boots and… Continue Reading

On Clarity

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lynne • 3 Comments

On Sunday it was fifty-four degrees, the air edgeless, soft and pale yellow. A young fisherman in a navy sweatshirt and baseball cap was on the edge of the river where Hannah swims; he took his simple hook and line upstream a bit when Hannah leapt from the bank to retrieve a stick my husband… Continue Reading

Blame The Weather

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Lynne • 2 Comments

To those readers in winter-affected areas: is the weather making everything feel like extra work to you? It is to me. Just getting dressed is a shivering labor involving long underwear under my jeans, a fleece over my shirt, wool socks as thick as my thumb. Preparing to actually leave the house, say to walk Hannah? … Continue Reading

On Structure…an approach

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Lynne • 2 Comments

Have I been out to start the primary research of hunting caches yet? Okay, I’m a wimp. The ground is snow-covered, temperatures frigid. Yes, my chocolate Lab, Hannah, gets a daily hike in the woods. But geocaching involves moving more slowly than she and I do, backtracking, stopping to check waypoints on the GPS, and presently… Continue Reading

In The Beginning…Research!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Lynne • 1 Comment

I’m going to try to make a case that Dr. Mark Fischer of the College of Mt. St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, is normal, and it’s going to be hard. Working against me is the fact that he’s a brilliant professor of physics. Also a researcher, he teams with eminent colleagues like chemist Dr. Diana… Continue Reading

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Category Archives: writing literary ficton

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