I used to wonder where writers got their ideas. I read Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine and tried to imagine where he came up with the story of Bill Forrester and Helen Loomis and the dish of lime-vanilla ice. I read To Kill a Mockingbird and speculated about the character of Boo Radley. Where in HarperContinue reading “Nowhere and Everywhere”
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Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse?
I’m not much of an artist (obviously), but I’d love to have an illustration of the muse I created in my “The Night Before Deadline” poem. Here are the lines that describe her: For only a moment, my vision was blurred, then on my desk perched a girl like a bird. Her fingers were pencils,Continue reading “Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse? “
The Night Before Deadline
The Night Before Deadline ‘Twas the night before deadline, and all over my desk not a character stirred—the manuscript was a mess. The computer was on, the cursor was blinking in hopes that a plotline would soon enter my thinking. The coffee cups were empty, the blogs had been read, yet nothing—no nothing!—danced inContinue reading “The Night Before Deadline”
Carie Juettner 