December 15, 2008

Randy-An author on “heliotrope” or the power of symbols

      Heliotrope?   But I didn’t look the word up.   The word called “heliotrope,” or “any plant that turns toward the sun,” became a symbol for James Joyce: a symbol associated in my mind with renewal as represented by the rising sun.   Joyce would’ve had many meanings; that’s how his mind worked.   “The rainbow girls dance, [...]

December 15, 2008

Sheila Bender-Writing It Real No-Contest Contest

      Sheila Bender’s Writing It Real (writingitreal.com), an online magazine for those who write from personal experience, announces its first non-contest personal essay and poetry contest. 
      In this current contest everyone’s an honorable mention and will receive not only a one-year subscription to WRITING IT REAL, but also a detailed response to their work from [...]