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Speaking of dull-eyed, bovine, quasi-sentient demi-apes...

2/28/2013

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Source: Jon Tattrie






NO! Not the author.


I refer here to the subject: General Edward Cornwallis (I like to call him C-Man).

Mark your calendars:

April 9th at 7:30 pm, author Jon Tattrie will launch his new book Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax The launch will take place at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. More information. 


I know, I know, I've said it before:



"Some days, I'm too opinionated & scrappy for my own good, which is why I SHALL NOT rant about dull-eyed, bovine, quasi-sentient demi-apes". 

Well, to the batcave 
'my own good'. 
Be gone, buzzkill!
I've got an opinion & today, I'm feeling scrappy.
(painting walls in a treehouse with cathedral ceilings: not helping)


As an Acadian with aboriginal blood, C-Man (aka Cornwallis) holds great interest to me. 


Let's be clear that it wasn't C-Man, but Lawrence who gave the orders to rid the province of my 'pesky' ancestors.


As for C-man, he had no crackerjack plan to remove my ancestors; he fully expected that they'd bend to his will.

They did not. 



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Wired Monk Writers

2/19/2013

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Looking forward to seeing the writerlies tonight!

7 pm. as usual - at 'the treehouse'



Happy Scribing!
TartanFrog
(aka Dina)


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Top 3 Ways to Survive a Valentine Hangover

2/15/2013

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1. If you swallowed the Cupid Capitalism Arrow, lock, stock & Birkenstock....the solution for you is:

Chocolate, Chocolate & more Chocolate!!
(Eat this preferably before and after you check your bank balance)

PS If you didn't get chocolate, this is a good day to buy some - it's on sale!


Recommended Reading: Fairy Tales! 


Or, if you've given up reading fairy tales due to your grown-up condition read this fascinating article about fairy tales:

Les Contes des Fées: The Literary Fairy Tales of France
by Terri Windling

(warning: you may revert to your childlike self & want to read fairy tales after reading it...)


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2. If you fall in that middle-of-the-road crowd, happen to be in a couple, and the whole thing makes you feel a little nauseous, but you succumbed in the end and dealt with it by drinking way too much....the solution for you is:


A long bath with a glass of wine (if you're sick of the colour red, a white WHINE is refreshing in a hot, steamy bath).


Recommended Reading: 
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (you can read an excerpt by scrolling down the B & N link)


For more recommendations check out Guernica Editors' Picks


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3. Declare International Miserable & Alone Day.

In case you didn't get all that bitterness expunged yesterday...go for a long walk, preferably in rain, or better yet, slush. 


Today there won't be too many lovers strolling around in matching red sweaters that you'll be compelled to give fake smiles to, all the while: CLAWS ITCHING...


Mopey International Miserable & Alone Day!!


Recommended Reading:
The Loathsome Couple by Edward Gorey, guaranteed to complete your celebration...


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WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW: Friends & Lovers though?

2/1/2013

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Source: Retreat by Random House
The simple answer to whether you should write about friends & lovers is this: 


If you want to keep them in your life, I'm thinking NO. 


Besides, if you're serious about keeping them around/getting them back, you'll likely end up with flat characters whose traits are all positive. Personally, I haven't met any perfect people yet. 


But, what about those friends & lovers who are no longer in your life?

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Segue:

“There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent.” ~Krauser

Sounds like a lover's declaration, but I can honestly say that I've felt this passion for both friends & lovers (even books:)

The quote reminds me of times in my life when my emotions felt like they were river-rafting: a strong, flowing current of life. They live on in my memory, thus, however imperfectly. 


Yet here we are.

Some relationships haven't withstood the test of time and some great loves are now relegated to 'we'll always love each other, but we'll never be in love with each other'. 

Does understanding WHY make it any more BEARable?


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Not for me.  But writing about the emotions does. Whenever those river-rafting moments corporealize like they do on occasion, I feel...sad...sometimes devastated...like I've lost someone I never quite had, all over again.


My advice: Go ahead & write 'what you know, with authenticity - it's not about recreating those people on the page (unless you're writing a memoir). Of course, the quirks you observe in those around you are bound to morph & burrow into fictional characters. Many of my friends & family have asked, "Is so-and-so based on so-and-so?" 

Which is fine - let them have their fun!

Personally, I make exceptions with dead people, not unlike the character of Isabelle from my first novel:


"Maybe I'll make a rule. From now on, I'll only frame dead people's paintings. It's a good rule. And it seems just as reasonable as many of the rules our society lives by."


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