Love lives not in moments gone /
nor moments to come /
but in moments now.
[Editor’s note: This haiku is 7-5-5 instead of the more traditional 5-7-5 syllables per line arrangement.]
Category Archives: 2015
Wednesday writing tip: New Agent to consider
New Literary Agent Alert: Linda Camacho of Prospect Agency
Linda Camacho
In terms of submissions, Linda is pretty omnivorous. She enjoys a variety of categories and genres, ranging from clean and lighthearted to edgy and dark. She is currently seeking: Adult, middle grade, and young adult fiction across all genres (romance, horror, fantasy, realistic, light sci-fi, and graphic novels). Select literary fiction (preferably with commercial bent). Diversity of all types (ethnicity, disability, sexuality, etc.). Linda is NOT seeking: Early readers/chapter books, screenplays, poetry, and short stories.
Linda is currently accepting queries through Prospect Agency’s Submissions page: https://www.prospectagency.com/submissions.php. Please include three chapters and a brief synopsis. Do not query by email or letter mail and do not submit unsolicited manuscripts or inquire about the status of submissions via email.
Filed under 2015, writing tip, Writing Tip Wednesday
Monday morning writing joke: “Dress up”
Q. What are a lazy writer’s favorite type of shoes?
A. Loafers.
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Q. What are a poor, lazy writer’s type of shoes?
A. Penny loafers.
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Q. Where do struggling writers get their feet coverings?
A. On the sock exchange.
Filed under 2015, Monday morning writing joke
New Words to live by: “Conscience sedation”
It is the first or second weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of two words. Without further waiting, conscience sedation is the new word / phrase for this month:
Conscience, n.the self-guided sense of what is right or wrong in one’s conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action, such as following one’s conscience.
2. the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.
Sedation, n. 1. calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, often by administering a drug, also known as a sedative.
2. the state so induced.
How about Conscience sedation?
Conscience sedation, n. 1. the mental condition or state by which you sedate your conscience in order to function in a situation. At best, you are amoral, but more likely a sociopath. This state can be achieved by drugs or by accepting whole heartedly a misguided ideology (Faux News, NRA, Tea Party), or sometimes by running for political office.
2. the state so induced
Filed under 2015, new word, New words to live by
Photo finish Friday: “Hippo-naughty-ic”
Dirty Dancing in the wild.
Oh my
the hippopotami
have come to try
and drive me away.
I undressed
to my birthday best
to take my rest
on a hot day.
I did not know
it was no place to go
that I could not show
my full display.
I have caused unrest
put nature to the test
because I undressed
and tried to stay.
One big old brute
did not like my birthday suit
so I gave him the salute
and he huffed my way.
With no pants
I had little chance
to make a stance
or have my say.
I now must leave
but please don’t grieve
and don’t yet believe
I am human filet.
–poem by David E. Booker
Filed under 2015, Photo Finish Friday, poetry by author
Haiku to you Thursday: “Shattered”
Seeing who I am /
frightens the monster within /
shattering myself.
Filed under 2015, Haiku to You Thursday, poetry by author
cARtOONSDAY: “mISSING lINK”
Some mysteries may never be solved.
Filed under 2015, cartoon by author, CarToonsday
Monday morning writing joke: “Zombie three”
Zombie Neighborhood Watch sign: “Take a bite out of crime. Eat the perpetrator.”
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Q. What sort of work does a zombie like?
A. Piecemeal.
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Q. What do you call the headmaster at a zombie school?
A. The headmaster.
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Filed under 2015, Monday morning writing joke
An unfortunate juxtaposition
The headline meaning is clear, or is it?
An unfortunate juxtaposition
It was an unfortunate juxtaposition
An editorially poor rendition
And a layout contradiction
Of the work being done that day.
The ladies were up in the air
Arms and legs wide without a care
And the photographer “froze” them there:
A fine photo some might say.
But a headline was then put in place
Above their wide-open pose embrace
Each with a smile upon her face
And things came out another way.
The headline read: “Let’s go, Beavers”
And for those who are “mis-perceivers”
The headline was an overachiever
Of the double entendre sort of sway.
Some members of the fourth estate
To this day cannot contemplate
How such a printing came to state
Something that put such a pun in play.
So let this be today’s object lesson
About laying out a front-page section
And how others can have a perception
Where you place things a certain way.
–poem by David E. Booker
Filed under 2015, poetry by author
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