by Jan Bear | Dec 10, 2003 | Uncategorized
Timepiece I’m reading this one on CD, and at nearly a quarter of the way through, it makes my teeth hurt. I picked it up at the library because the title intrigued me, as well as the cover quote that undertakers and clockmakers know more about life than most...
by Jan Bear | Dec 8, 2003 | Uncategorized
The Courage to Create Rollo May takes on the psychological and social aspects of the artistic process in The Courage to Create. This is a brief rundown of the points that struck a chord with me. He begins by defining courage, and he points out a paradox of courage:...
by Jan Bear | Dec 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
More about the defining moment: An online writing buddy wrote to discuss the idea. She said she has read some novels with no defining moment, and she thinks too many would be messy nd eventually unbelievable or boring. “As for a short story,” she...
by Jan Bear | Dec 6, 2003 | Uncategorized
An online writing buddy, upon reading my blog, asks several good questions. Here are my answers: I know several of you have or are blogging, and I’m wondering (1) what it is like, (2) what it is for, (3)what response do you get, and finally (4) why do you do it?...
by Jan Bear | Dec 5, 2003 | Uncategorized
My daughter’s teacher gave her an assignment: to list ten defining moments in her life and the circumstances surrounding them. A defining moment is one that causes a radical re-evaluation of one’s life, a fundamental shift in perspective. The person who...