Friends, it isn’t that I expect to use a lot of swear words in Emmett’s book (what I have in his own words does not include cursing or profanity), but if I did, it would be because I had direct quotes from Emmett using the f-word, s-word, or whatever his […]
This is one of the best — and most accurate — descriptions of what the writing life is all about.
A few days ago, a reporter who covers writers with books-in-progress asked me to explain Emmett and this bio in a sentence or two. “Just a sound bite kind of description,” she said. This gave me pause. Emmett Wilson in less than two sentences? I hesitated — it isn’t […]
Yesterday, a colleague told me that she had seen an actual notary public stamp belonging to Emmett Wilson on a legal document dating from 1905! She told me it was quite unique; Emmett’s name is part of the official stamp itself. This made me wonder what ever became of the […]
“Rejection doesn’t mean you aren’t good enough; it means the other person failed to notice what you have to offer.” ~ Mark Amend
This was on the website “The Writer’s Circle.” I shared it with my students today. In book-writing news, my large butcher-block paper outlines are devolving into smaller, bite-sized outlines (but still drafted on new sheets of butcher-block paper). I am, at present, breaking the exposition section into subsections, and devising […]
Depending on where you are today, you might think it funny that I’m calling this a heatwave: But all last week, we had to deal with ‘high temps’ of 9 degrees or so. Let me tell you: Even the chickens protested. We only had one of out of our six […]
When I was growing up, I used to go to New Orleans with my family to visit cousins and friends, and to celebrate Mardi Gras. My cousin’s house was on a street where two large parades would pass every year. The parades were on different days, of course. Occasionally, on […]
As of this past weekend, Emmett’s biographical story structure is in place. Now can I start actually writing the book? I wish. That gigantic story architecture/outline I shared with you two weeks earlier is comprehensive and in good order, but the outline now needs in-depth expansion. My next step is […]
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 […]
Tell my story. 