Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernest Hemingway. Show all posts
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Hectic schedules and tiny egos

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It’s been a hectic fall with lots going on, so I’ve backed off on my Type M commitment, dropping down to one post per month for the time bei...
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Saturday, May 28, 2022

A New Time for an Old Read

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 As a writer, I advise newbies to read, read, read, and I find myself laboring to abide by what I'm telling others to do. My excuse is t...
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Monday, November 16, 2020

Blood on the Page

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 By Thomas Kies Our local college has contracted me to teach another Creative Writing course in January—if our state is still allowing in-pe...
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Thursday, June 04, 2020

So much to digest

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There has been so much to digest this week. The news cycle nearly forgot COVID-19, as the death toll topped 100,000 Americans, and swung to ...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Nervous About Teaching Creative Writing.

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Tonight I’m teaching my first Creative Writing class at our local community college. It’s a continuing education program so I won’t be gradi...
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Thursday, May 02, 2019

Speaking of Words...

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I, Donis, have found it very interesting to read my blogmates recent thoughts on inspiration, the reality of murder and crime solving, outl...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

When the Writer becomes the Teacher

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How many of you teach writing? For a while, to pad my income, I actively sought writing gigs but backed off that because it was A) a lot of ...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

Follow Your Heroes

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Once in a while, I get asked to speak to young people about writing as a profession. When the time comes to offer career advice, I ask them,...
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Thursday, June 08, 2017

Don Henley and Voice

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Tuesday night, I drove two hours across Massachusetts on Route 2 and into Boston to see Don Henley play at an outdoor venue on the waterfron...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

Rabbit Holes

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Destiny's Pawn hits shelves this week, and I hit the road, signing and doing author talks. All this while I'm writing the fourth ...
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Honest Writing

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I read Aline's , Frankie's , and Donis's recent posts with great interest and recalled Ernest Hemingway's famous line from ...
Friday, July 24, 2015

The Church of the Writer

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Last Sunday I was drinking beers with some buddies and one of them asked if I had read the Ernest Hemingway book on writing. I said that I h...
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