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Author Archives: amylynn714
One Quarter
The idea of writing a book scares me. So big. So many words. It’s like I have a writer’s form of agoraphobia. But here’s the rub– I have a story to share. Some characters to introduce to the world. How do … Continue reading
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Quiet Keyboards
Writing was more of a sensory experience when I was younger than it is today. In middle school, I would use a pencil (a pen if I was lucky) and write notes in a paper notebook. After filling a page, I’d turn it to … Continue reading
Of Reeds and Strings and Other New Things
I’m learning violin. I’m forty-six. I’ve never played an instrument. Why now? I’ve always wanted to learn violin, and one day this very instrument made its appearance in my life as if to announce It’s time. I had heard violin was … Continue reading
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Tagged children, education, growth, life, music, violin
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Vanilla Days
(This story was read at the Litchfield Writers Guild Coffeehouse, June 14, 2017.) My college roommate dated a guy who would only eat smooth ice cream. No walnuts, chips, or chunks. John’s reasoning was he didn’t want roadblocks intruding on … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“Revising isn’t difficult. All I do is cut some things out and move some things around. When you think about it, it’s really no different from what heart surgeons do.”
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Touring the Country of Math
“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes We all think differently. My grandmother would say, “It takes all kinds to make a world.” She was right. We need doctors … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Daniel Tammet, differences, foreign, life, math, prejudice, probability, savant, Thinking in Numbers
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Thank you, Harper Lee
“A book should be the occasion of rejoicing, but it is seldom that, imparting a feeling of completion but not of satisfaction. I suppose a writer, almost by definition, is a person incapable of satisfaction–which is what keeps him at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, Revision, To Kill a Mockingbird, Writing
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