The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Maybe I should try this
A tip o' the hat to John Cox for my morning smile.
Hey, if it worked for Snoopy . . . maybe us writers should take a hint!
I think I just need to clean up my writing space Shelve all those reference books. Shelve all those non-reference books. Remove used coffee cups. Et cetera.
Be careful with that logic. I would send my oldest one out to color on the porch (she wanted to stay in) when it was a clear day. About 10-15 minutes later her and the pup would be roaming the yard looking for adventure.
Yeah, but Bulwer-Lytton was a critical and commercial success, in his day. Quotes of his, aside from the famous "Dark and Stormy Night"?
Try: "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", "dweller on the threshold", which are all Bulwer-Lytton's coinings.
You go back and look at it, and the man was damn near as influential as Shakespeare, in his day. Certainly, he was on the level of a Steven King, or John Gresham.
Now, as to how well most of his work aged...? I've plodded through a fair chunk of it, and if you gave me a choice, I'd say James Fenimore Cooper might be more readable... And, far more entertaining.
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That would assume that I could get Obi off the doghouse. :-)
I think I just need to clean up my writing space Shelve all those reference books. Shelve all those non-reference books. Remove used coffee cups. Et cetera.
Man, I can't recall HOW many 'book reports' I loop-holed my way out of writing simply by reading non-fiction books!
It's kind of hard to describe characters, plots, conflicts, and resolutions when you just finished reading a book about tying flies!
;-)
"Worked for Snoopy" ended up with a re-write of Paul Clifford.
Not so sure that would be called a suceess.
And if you're still late with your product, your new environment will be IN the doghouse.
What Billll said.
Be careful with that logic. I would send my oldest one out to color on the porch (she wanted to stay in) when it was a clear day. About 10-15 minutes later her and the pup would be roaming the yard looking for adventure.
As I recall old Snoop started each and every one of his master works with the same first line: It was a dark and stormy night.
Uncle Lar you are correct. Snoopy was cribbing from Bulwer Lytton, not the best choice of sources :-).
Yeah, but Bulwer-Lytton was a critical and commercial success, in his day. Quotes of his, aside from the famous "Dark and Stormy Night"?
Try: "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", "dweller on the threshold", which are all Bulwer-Lytton's coinings.
You go back and look at it, and the man was damn near as influential as Shakespeare, in his day. Certainly, he was on the level of a Steven King, or John Gresham.
Now, as to how well most of his work aged...? I've plodded through a fair chunk of it, and if you gave me a choice, I'd say James Fenimore Cooper might be more readable... And, far more entertaining.
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