Category Archives: literature connection

Vintage NASA hype gallery

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

Thanks to the Paleo-future blog and nasaimages.org (NASA + Internet Archive project)

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Training to be a cage-fighter, er, writer

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

Among the lush pickings of memorable lines from the 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite, one of the best is Kip’s to his brother: “Napoleon, don’t be jealous that I’ve been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that … Continue reading →

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Family wisdom: How to write stories that sell

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

My mother gave me this wonderful old slip of paper hand typed by my grandmother many decades ago. It is a set of guidelines for “Writing Stories that Sell.” The advice proffered is still valid, so I wanted to share. … Continue reading →

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Awesome words

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

First of all, I need to talk about “awesome.” It’s a lofty word, brought low. Awe describes an overwhelming sense of wonder, mixed with dread and fear. It’s a word more suited to describing enchantment or mystical, non-ordinary states of … Continue reading →

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candles exploding like spiders across the stars

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

“…and everything is going to the beat – it’s the beat generation, it be-at, it’s the beat to keep, it’s the beat of the heart…” Jack Kerouac At least twice in this past week, someone asked, “What is your beat?” And I … Continue reading →

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Otter things have happened, it’s a big universe

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

Nads is on a roll and I thought I’d share a set of my own loose associations triggered after my facebook status update netted a comment by an astronomer. My original caption: “See, otters. OR It otter be illegal to … Continue reading →

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