Category Archives: writing

wall-gazing

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Deanna

Things come. Not as expected, or even as the shadow of expectation sometimes, but they arrive. Sailing in: the phrase I thought couldn’t be grasped, the way to shape a structure, the whereabouts of that envelope surely lost. They show … Continue reading →

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random notes on creative nonfiction

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Deanna

I want to uncover from real to real, though I can barely get beyond imagined. The role my supposings play, though, makes it fun: a biography of air, of ants, or aunts, a piece of driftwood once a tree. A … Continue reading →

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hearty story

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Deanna

My blog’s date is in the military (and faraway places) style, with the day preceding the month. I’ve tried to make it regular American, to no avail. But as Tim says, I should prefer it; it’s logical that way. Tim … Continue reading →

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friday thought

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Deanna

It’s not so much sitting down, composed, saying, “What shall I write today?” as it is racing, capturing ideas that surge, foaming, onto shore, before they pull away.

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happy portion

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Deanna

For a few years I tried to write prettier – to add flourishes that would astound. I guess I didn’t think I would run into that purple prose problem, because I had tended at first to write so sparsely. Surely, … Continue reading →

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posty note

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Deanna

This week, you may have noticed, I posted five times. Last weekend I decided to try writing things ahead and then utilizing the blog’s “schedule post” feature so they would magically appear, as if predestined. This has been a trial … Continue reading →

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a tuesday thought

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Deanna

Writing is waiting and problem solving and waiting and starting over and giving up and changing your mind and reading sentences until they drip from your ears and redoing them again.

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writer’s royal tool

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Deanna

An old friend came down from our attic. It tugged my memories. The gray, dignified look, the smell of ink ribbon, the sound made by a key’s strike. At once I was back in my bedroom during the summer after … Continue reading →

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and now…

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Deanna

…for something completely different. Or not. A story I wrote has been posted at the online journal called joyful!, in their January issue. You’ll find “Grandma’s Sermon” on the 2010 fiction archives page, the last story in January’s section. Like … Continue reading →

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cold commitment; warm smiles

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Deanna

At the fairgrounds on Saturday I found them. Twenty or so writers sat shivering behind their books, smiling and greeting each person browsing the author fair so warmly you could hardly tell. But they were dwelling beneath air conditioning fans … Continue reading →

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