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Communication, Arts, and the Humanities
The University of Maryland Global Campus
On Valentine’s Day, I found an interesting article in the 1894 edition of The Chipley Banner, Emmett’s hometown paper. (He was 12 years old at the time; I don’t think this would have caught his eye.) Mr. J.A. Lot gives ‘notice’ to ‘all and singular’ young ladies of the United […]
For the past two weeks, the focus has been on reading back issues of The Chipley Banner from 1893-1904, and getting details about the gaps of information during Emmett’s boyhood. I finished the reels and they are on their way back to the University of West Florida. There wasn’t much […]
I thought I’d be back up to speed with Emmett’s blogging/research this week, but it has been a difficult couple of days. On Sunday, a dear friend of mine died. You know that quote by Edna Buchanan: “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves?” That’s what I felt about […]
Maybe I should ask Bri Wi if he knows anything about Emmett Wilson, from a personal perspective? It is possible. Right?
Last night as I was trolling through the 1895 microfilm of The Chipley Banner, I discovered that Emmett’s brother, the Hon. Cephas L. Wilson, Esq., had not only a legal license, but a poetic license. Truth. Here’s more info about the poem from the same issue: I wonder why Ceph’s […]
Good news: The story architecture is roughed in. My colleagues have gotten used to the new wallpaper, and more than a few have commented favorably. The story architecture adventure has turned out to be a good teaching tool. Students who visit my office see that I practice what I […]
I’ve been off the blog grid for several days. Just busy teaching classes, taking classes, reading microfilm, shepherding children, drafting story architecture, and the like. Oh, and snow. DC didn’t get ‘hammered’ by the ‘historic blizzard;’ just an inch or so of snow. Because no one knows how to drive […]
Although I haven’t done much in the way of ‘writing’ this month, I have accomplished a lot on Emmett’s story architecture. The framework looks fairly solid up to the midpoint of his story. Over the next few days, I’m sketching in Part III — the ‘hero in action’ part of […]
“Pantsing’ is a term in the writing business that is short for “writing by the seat of your pants,” or, writing without a plan. It is something I’d been doing for a few months, and in December, it caught up with me. You see, I had a good idea about […]
The more I dig into Emmett’s family, the more incredible back stories I find about those who loved him best. For instance, his sister-in-law, Lula, was a poet and musician. She had a song published in 1928, which was similar to having a tune go viral via social media today. […]
Tell my story. 