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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Newer posts →. That Certain Slant of Light On the Sixth Day. Whenever I am trapped indoors for an extended time, I think of Emily Dickinson. Looking through the window, at mounds of ice and snow, I recall her lines,. There’s a certain slant of light/On winter afternoons/That oppresses, like the weight/Of cathedral tunes. It seems that, like a New Year’s resolution, my plan to take advantage of winter writing weather is, alas, a fantasy. Maybe from now on, when the ...

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Jennie L. Brown | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Author Archives: Jennie L. Brown. The Emotional Shock of Memory on a Sunday Morning. I didn’t see it coming: the shock; the rawness of loss; my father’s voice; the connection to a long-dead songwriter; my recall of lyrics from old country songs. He was a self-taught, talented harmonica player. He could play a few songs on a piano, and he could sing not great, but in key. He sang lustily or mournfully, depending on the song. In the midst of my research, I found a link t...

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Copy Editing | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Tag Archives: Copy Editing. The Lonely Heart and The Biscuit. In this case, mine was a lonely heart searching for a biscuit recipe. More specifically,. Biscuit recipe. Some explanation is required. I have always loved Carson McCullers’ writing, particularly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long before I’d ever been to the South, the early morning scene in the book where Mick takes a cold biscuit for her breakfast fired my imagination. Good books do that. In writing, as i...

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Assistance or Interference | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Tag Archives: Assistance or Interference. The Lonely Heart and The Biscuit. In this case, mine was a lonely heart searching for a biscuit recipe. More specifically,. Biscuit recipe. Some explanation is required. I have always loved Carson McCullers’ writing, particularly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long before I’d ever been to the South, the early morning scene in the book where Mick takes a cold biscuit for her breakfast fired my imagination. Good books do that.

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Tender Writer Ego | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Tag Archives: Tender Writer Ego. The Lonely Heart and The Biscuit. In this case, mine was a lonely heart searching for a biscuit recipe. More specifically,. Biscuit recipe. Some explanation is required. I have always loved Carson McCullers’ writing, particularly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long before I’d ever been to the South, the early morning scene in the book where Mick takes a cold biscuit for her breakfast fired my imagination. Good books do that. In writing,...

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My Books | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Nothing’s Ever Right or Wrong (A Novel). Authentic Voices: Oral History and the Art of Creative Eavesdropping. Frontier Justice With a Vengeance! The Execution of Clinton Dotson. Blue Moon Rising: Kentucky Women in Transition. Seventeen inspiring stories of Kentucky women who bravely overcame discrimination, sexual harassment, extreme abuse, illiteracy, financial difficulties, and many other obstacles in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

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Rewriting Reality | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Asparagus and the Paranoid Writer. The Lonely Heart and The Biscuit →. If we are writing fiction, it can be difficult to ignore the real world while creating an imaginary world in our stories and novels. Reality creeps into our psyches and our work, often to the point of distraction. No one wants to plagiarize or be accused of wholesale copying a news event and calling it an original plot. A What would I do. . ? July 2, 2015. By Jennie L. Brown. Enter your comment here.

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armchair quarterback | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Tag Archives: armchair quarterback. If we are writing fiction, it can be difficult to ignore the real world while creating an imaginary world in our stories and novels. Reality creeps into our psyches and our work, often to the point of distraction. No one wants to plagiarize or be accused of wholesale copying a news event and calling it an original plot. A What would I do. . ? July 2, 2015. By Jennie L. Brown. The Emotional Shock of Memory on a Sunday Morning. Restori...

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Biscuit Recipe | The First Straw

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Writing and Creative Eavesdropping. Tag Archives: Biscuit Recipe. The Lonely Heart and The Biscuit. In this case, mine was a lonely heart searching for a biscuit recipe. More specifically,. Biscuit recipe. Some explanation is required. I have always loved Carson McCullers’ writing, particularly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long before I’d ever been to the South, the early morning scene in the book where Mick takes a cold biscuit for her breakfast fired my imagination. Good books do that. In writing, as...