Shenandoah’s blog “Snopes”
recently featured my piece on the dangers of writing tics:
“There’s nothing wrong with smiling. I do it myself now and then. And I even laugh in my real life. Let’s hope we all do. But I’m struck by how often characters in beginning writing smile and laugh when there are a zillion more interesting gestures or sounds the writer could choose to convey the same emotional state of mind.”
Read the rest at: http://shenandoahliterary.org/snopes/2013/08/28/when-laughter-is-not-the-best-medicine/#sthash.zKVCYlYM.dpuf
And speaking of Shenandoah,
the journal opens tomorrow for submissions of fiction and flash fiction. Here are the
guidelines: http://shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/
Since I’ve definitely got Shenandoah on the brain, here’s a link to my short-short published there: http://shenandoahliterary.org/622/acquiescence/
