Welcome to my Saturday series of posts taken from my old blog, thus the title “From the Archives.” All the posts in this series will be under the category “Looking …
August Augmented Fifths — 1/5 — The Keeper of the Trees by Beverley Brenna
The word spelled a-u-g-u-s-t has at least two meanings. The most obvious is the month we are currently in, the eighth month of the year. August. But “august” can also …
Friendspiration post at The Write Routine today!
What’s that? This blog is supposed to be on hiatus right now? Well, yes, you’re right, but technically I scheduled this post back on June 30th, so I’m not really …
J is for … Juxtaposition — and a Wednesday Worthy
Juxtaposition. A satisfyingly long word. In its simplest sense, it means placing something next to something else. In film, it is particularly “the contiguous positioning of either two images, characters, …
I is for … Improv
Improv. Improvisation. Acting without the roadmap of a script. Some actors revel in it, others, I suspect, dread it. A website like learnimprov can help a person to understand the …
Who Seeketh Beauty — Myra Stilborn, 1916-2012
Years ago, my first singing teacher brought out a piece of music and said, “The lyrics of this song were written by someone named Stilborn. Is she any relation to …
Waiting for No One — the WINNER!
And the winner of the giveaway for one copy of Waiting for No One by Beverley Brenna is… (drumroll please)… Lucky Number 13, Julie Hedlund! Congratulations, Julie! Please contact me …
Seize the Opportunity!
Something writer, actor, arts advocate, literacy advocate Julie Andrews stresses, no matter who she’s talking to — aspiring writers, young people wanting to become involved in the arts, whoever — …