It is with great pleasure that I announce THE HUMAN CONDITION — the first anthology published by Infinite Pathways Press celebrating those Canadians who participated in the many and varied writing contests held on this website since it’s inception in… Read More ›
humanity
Rain – Prose/Poetry by m.a. wood
Originally posted on HoneybeeWood:
Rain is falling in drips and drops instead of streams, Pretending to run for cover neighborhood kids, secretly pray for more rain. Over the hollow resound of water dripping in the drain pipe, I hear a…
tomorrow, the bigger issue
Originally posted on HoneybeeWood:
Finding dignity does not include polls, Dominating forces will rise and fall. Dignity is meant for those, the worthy. What is important and useful to you? How will we navigate the rough wild sea, so much…
Editing Tip #80 – Honing Character Pt. 2: Flaws and Quirks
Last week I touched on adding the humanity spice to your characters be they good, bad or otherwise. Today I’d like to expand on that notion by adding a few more ingredients to your cooking character. The key element you’ll… Read More ›
Editing Tip #79 – Honing Character Pt. 1: Remembering their Humanity
We’d all like to think that our characters, especially our main character(s), are perfect just the way we wrote them. It’s starts with a vision (or a full-blown background write-up) and then you let them loose on the page to… Read More ›
Pushing What You Know
I’ve been juggling lately with the old saying: …to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes… but really, when it comes to writing we write what we KNOW. We’re told not to write from a perspective we’re unfamiliar with –… Read More ›
Dark & Dizzying Truths, Sara Khayat ~ Poet
Gray Prison “The biggest mistake you will ever make is taking me seriously.” He said, his head lying on my abdomen as we parked in a cul de sac, disconnected from rush hour traffic smoke overwhelming our lungs blood rushing… Read More ›
Review: North and South
North and South Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars Highly Suggested Reading Genre: Classic/Modernest/Literary Fiction ~ Margaret’s father faces a crisis of faith and uproots his family from the picturesque southern English town of… Read More ›