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Writing Wisdom: Roberta Beary
Do you offer any advice to writers? I used to write to people when I was an editor and suggest they “dig deeper” and they would ask me what that meant. I wanted them to take risks with their writing; they were too restrained. I thought they should expose them-selves more so that the work…
Writing Wisdom
“And I just don’t think there’s a point of writing a book if you’re not going to be vulnerable, tell the truth, hopefully talk about things that are uncomfortable, talk about things that may have been painful, but also the good things, too.” Martin, Anna. “Laverne Cox Is Ready to Tell the Truth. Even If…
Under the Sea-Wind, Day 17
Chapter 15: Return In the final chapter, Carson again shares the beauty she finds in the sea: Before the eyes of the eels, clouds of copepods vibrated in their ceaseless dance of life, their crystal bodies catching the light like dust motes when the blue gleam came down from above. (p. 143) She ends the…
Under the Sea-Wind, Day 16
Chapter 14, Winter Haven Today’s reading brought a big surprise: Carson broke her scientific viewpoint. All along, in every chapter, I’ve learned about wildlife living and dying, eating and being eaten. Carson presents the cycle of life as a passing tableau. Big fish eat little fish. Big birds eat fish. Fishermen catch fish to be…