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Janet Fitch, author of best-seller White Oleander and Paint it Black, has her own blog, but today, she's dropped off a special treat for writers. If you go here, you can get her take on developing characters, how she handles writing about dark subjects, how much foreshadowing/background is necessary, third person vs. first person, and much more.
Every week Tess Kincaid hosts Magpie Tales. She provides the photo, we provide the creativity in the form of a vignette or poem. This is the 74th Magpie. Being consistent for more than a year is awe-inspiring. There are probably weeks that Tess would like to devote her time to something else. Replying to the Magpies is a large investment of time; every week Tess lures in dozens and dozens and dozens of writers. And yet she continues to cast her line out and we take the bait...oh, so eagerly.
Thanks, Tess. And below is my Magpie.
a map of africa
or a mask
it makes no difference
the dark continent
should stay there
in-the-dark-and-out-of-our-thoughts
egypt
and all its rich history?
it's in africa?
i don't think so
the cradle of civilization
is in africa?
surely you jest
all that apartheid stuff
and those mass killings
and the boys
who get stolen into soldierhood
it's so far away...
does it really affect us?
And finally...Lisa Ricard Claro is hosting a contest to celebrate luring in her 200th follower. There will be more than one winner. If you don't already follow Lisa and her blog, it's well worth the meandering over. She's offering copies of a Chicken Soup book with beautiful Golden puppies on the front. Be sure to follow (if you're not already) and enter...
For all the details about the contest, go here.
