Wrapping up the old year and bringing in the new, my monthly contribution to The Writers' Vineyard invites us to see the Ego as a source for drama in fiction... rather than real life. The Ego, after all, knows well how to create Drama. Conflict. Tension. Spectacle. These form the home turf of the Ego. … Continue reading In the New Year, Befriend Your Ego
Merry merry!
May this beautiful season bring loving kindness to you and through you to others. To steal a line from my friend and wise woman Jill Freyman, "peace, love, and food."
Solstice by Ken Vensel
A gorgeous image to welcome the winter solstice in our hemisphere, thanks to my amazing photographer friend Ken Vensel. The light returns.
NaNo No. 6
My monthly contribution to the Writers' Vineyard, and I'm outing myself as a serial NaNo-er. Is it a bad sign that this year I'm NaNoing in secret, er, private? You tell me. Read it all here.
A Thanksgiving Top Ten
This is less a “top” ten list, and more a “random” ten list. Who could put gratitude in any rational order, anyway? Stories - the infinite number of stories to be told. Or maybe there is only one real story, but an infinite variety of ways to tell it. Either way, the well of stories never runs … Continue reading A Thanksgiving Top Ten
Jane Margaret Blake, who are you?
Fellow authors: do you really want your main characters out there, speaking for themselves? Champagne Books blog interviews You, Jane's heroine (?) Jane Margaret Blake today. Consider it a cautionary tale, as this excerpt shows. Hello Elizabeth, and Jane it is absolutely lovely to see you. Elizabeth: Lovely to be here, thank you! Jane: Yeah, … Continue reading Jane Margaret Blake, who are you?
Harvesting Words
Celebrating the turn of the season with thoughts on harvests of all sorts, on the Writers' Vineyard this month. It seems a natural human impulse to mark the changing cycles of the year with festivals and rituals that reinforce our sense of belonging to these cycles, or our wish to master them, or both. Afraid … Continue reading Harvesting Words
Happy 75th Birthday, Mr. Lennon
John Lennon would have turned 75 today. This song seemed appropriate - accompanied by John's whimsical cartoons. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Meet the Fox: Audra Middleton’s blog
Fellow author (read her books! right now!) Audra Middleton is hosting her October villain-fest with interviews and prizes. Now, you can meet the Fox from You, Jane - and find out a bit more about why he tries so hard to be the villain of that story. (Is he? You'll have to read the book … Continue reading Meet the Fox: Audra Middleton’s blog
On the Writers’ Vineyard: Stories that humanize
Thoughts on how our stories can humanize in my contribution this month to the Writers' Vineyard: Even when tempted to shirk the dark, fiction writers can offer views of our emotions, thoughts, plans, dreams, fears, and hopes that help us all realize the essential truth that holds us together: We are all human. Read the whole … Continue reading On the Writers’ Vineyard: Stories that humanize
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 