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THE ‘MONA’LOGUE
For anyone who wonders if it’s true that writers’ characters can get inside an author’s head, the answer is… absolutely. Personally, I welcome such invasions because there are iffy times when my muse and I are at complete odds. “SPEAK … Continue reading
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LEONARDO’S CAT
Leonardo da Vinci was big on alchemy – the science of his day, especially, the magic of mathematical proportions when it came to drawing the perfect human body. His famous spread-eagle illustration ‘The Vitruvian … Continue reading
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CELEBRATION OF A TYPO
…how a 500-year-old spelling mistake was enough to confound history and gift me a premise for a time-slip ghost story Excerpt from ‘LISABETTA-a stolen glance’ [But for a single misshapen letter, I … Continue reading
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MEMORIES… FROM THE CORNERS OF MY FRIDGE…
…Sfumato memories… of the way it might have been (*sfumato means misty watercolor) A DAYDREAM IN THE LIFE OF A WRITER OF PARANORMAL HISTORY Leonardo’s experimental painting was missing a special something. He flexed his long … Continue reading
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TIS’ THE SEASON
for ghostly goings on When the last red leaves fall, the October sky darkens with rain and snow, and the frost on the pumpkin glows silver in the moonlight, banish the endless stream of seasonal macabre that play on human … Continue reading
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MARTIAN WAKEUP CALL
The sleeping Mars from ‘VENUS & MARS’ – SANDRO BOTTICELLI What do we actually know about Sandro Botticelli? What can we possibly know? These are two different questions, and we can only answer the latter – the educated guess being … Continue reading
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PITCHING ON A STORMY SEA
The concept you pitch could turn out to be the story that cannot be named! I’m an indie author. And one thing I’ve learned, after pitching directly to agents at a writers conference, is that beauty is in the eye … Continue reading
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The first cellular phone?
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN I see an angel reading a text message. This painting, Tobias and the Angel (c. 1467) from the studio of Andrea Verrocchio, is considered to contain three of the earliest instances of painting by Leonardo … Continue reading
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THE TALE OF A DEADLY GRAPE-HEAD CLUSTER
When art shouldn’t imitate art – a brief history of the ‘art’ of story… or lack thereof In art history 101, I learned the terms ‘grape-head cluster’ and the ‘archaic smile’. Art history 201 introduced me to ‘warts and all’ realism… … Continue reading
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DOWN TO EARTH IS FOR SISSIES
“Old age is no place for sissies” – Bette Davis Since biology has determined that I must sleep 30% of my life, I’ve given myself permission to dream big and write surreal because Bette Davis was right, and Self-publishing … Continue reading
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