Renga and Haiku: A Japanese Poetic Challenge
“A young shoot has borne Beautiful flowers, Growing upon An aged plum tree.” –Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (tr. by Nobuyuki Yuasa) Many […]
Dance of the Clumsy (A Novella): Chapter 4
Olie perched on the arm of the couch, balanced precariously with one leg hanging off the side. It seemed the safest vantage point for watching the scene before him. Melonie’s […]
Book Review: The Sword in His Hand
“I believe there will be justice, Torsten, for all the terrible wrong that has been done to you. But until you can forgive, you will never be free. You will […]
Dance of The Clumsy (A Novella): Chapter 3
The clumsy lay on his human’s bed, just beyond Melonie’s feet, watching as she tapped away on her laptop. He had returned to the in-between space so he wouldn’t distract […]
Dance of the Clumsy (A Novella): Chapter 2
Melonie carefully righted the cheerio box. It was half-empty, but to be fair, she had had it for a while. Sticking the cereal back in the cabinet, she tried to […]
Book Review: Aroma of Beauty
“Beauty could not rebuild our cities, but it helped to rebuild our humanity and to bring us closer to one another. Beauty could not bring back family and friends, but […]
Dance of the Clumsy, Chapter 1: A Novella
Piano music flowed through the open windows of the Silver Steps ballet studio. Inside was a large open room with hardwood floors, the scent of lemon still lingering from the […]
Learn to Write Picture Books: Write2Ignite Master Class
Eric Carle: “Let’s put it this way: if you are a novelist, I think you start out with a 20 word idea, and you work at it and you wind […]