Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

Step Lively

Posted on October 26, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

Let’s face it, sometimes you just need to get out of your own head and away from the page for a while, so you can return refreshed and ready for action. When you hit one of these lulls, one of … Continue reading →

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Story Turns

Posted on October 7, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

Some rules of the road in writing are worth paying attention to and one of them related to plotting says that in order to keep a reader’s interest from flagging, a story should “turn” every four to six pages. A … Continue reading →

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Getting Physical

Posted on March 13, 2013 by karinwritesdangerously

“Writing gives me great feelings of pleasure. There’s a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. It’s like trying to write a song, making tiny tweaks, reading it out … Continue reading →

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Fan Letter

Posted on October 27, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

Here’s a fun and fruitful idea: Write a fan letter to an author you admire. I just did this and thoroughly enjoyed it! Actually, I wrote a virtual fan letter to Lizza Aiken, the daughter of the writer Joan Aiken … Continue reading →

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Voice Lessons

Posted on April 18, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne Frank Reading these lovely words made me think of the beautiful Anne, which led me to search for my copy of The … Continue reading →

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Portable Inkpot

Posted on February 15, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

“Charles Dickens wept, and laughed, and wept again, and excited himself in a most extraordinary manner, in the composition, and thinking whereof, he walked about the black streets of London fifteen and twenty miles, many a night when all the … Continue reading →

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Word Music

Posted on February 13, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

Driving along in my car one day with the radio on a while ago, I heard the lyrics of a song that captivated me. The name “Adele” flashed across my radio monitor. I’d never heard of her before (not surprising) … Continue reading →

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Dickens Day

Posted on October 6, 2010 by karinwritesdangerously

Bloomsday — who knew? Not me! I recently learned that June 16, the day James Joyce chronicled in Ulysses (June 16, 1904, to be exact), is celebrated every year in Dublin, where the story took place, and elsewhere as well. … Continue reading →

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Fruitful Footfalls

Posted on September 21, 2010 by karinwritesdangerously

‘Walking about the country by day – prowling about into the strangest places into the strangest places in London by night – sitting down to do an immensity – getting up after doing nothing – walking about my room on … Continue reading →

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