Last week, Mr. Hyatt spoke of three short story forms: the bow tie, the twist, and the fable. This week, he illustrates them. The words “not particularly good ones” are Mr. Hyatt’s, not mine! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Short examples of the three formats illustrated. Not particularly good…
Written well before Firefly, children. This poem is a mash-up of Robert Service, Hugh Antoine D’Arcy, and John Varley, written in ballad form. It appears in the Southern Indiana Writers’ anthology FUTURE PERFECT (TENSE IN SPACE). MIXED METAPHOR by Marian Allen A bunch of us…
The wonderful Pamela Turner tagged me for the Lucky 7 blog … thing. That’s where you: 1. Go to page 77 of your manuscript. 2. Count down 7 lines. 3. Copy the next 7 lines, making no changes. 4. Tag 7 more authors. Pamela’s version…
