by Devi S. Laskar | Aug 15, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Revision. It’s not exactly the same as writing. Writing is hard, and writing consistently every day is harder. It’s an art. But being steeped in revision is different than writing every day. You have to be a certain sort of artist to revise, one...
by Elizabeth | Aug 14, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett At the start of this summer, in June, my agent sent my new novel out to nearly a dozen publishers. I chronicled the process in blogs and newsletters and talked about...
by Angie Powers | Aug 10, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Okay, sorry about the hiatus last week. Lots has been going on at Casa Powers. Still and all, here it is. A couple of weeks go I mentioned the following as my goal to revising the piece: 1. It isn’t 100% quite “finished.” That is, my gut knows there is something not...
by Devi S. Laskar | Aug 9, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Now I know I wanted to get caught. One evening in my forties, I stared at the man writing, as usual, at the fourth table from the door by the window. My husband and I were in Hunan Pan, long since gone from Hudson Street, at our usual table two over from his, in the...
by Devi S. Laskar | Aug 8, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Four years ago today, the whole of the television-watching world tuned in to glimpse China and watch one hell of an Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic games. On 08-08-08. Who could forget the spectacle of the multitudes of synchronized drummers and dancers? It was a...
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