Thursday, May 30, 2013

BIG NEWS!!!! PUBLISHED AND DC SHOW!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for all the capital letters but I just received the advance copy of the June issue of Pen World and my article on letter writing has been published! I will update more when it hits the stands!

Also I just received word that I will be giving a seminar on letter writing at the DC Pen Supershow in August! Will keep you all posted !
YES!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

YES!!!!!!! HEAVY METAL LETTERS FROM LEMMY OF MOTORHEAD!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, this is surreal, but true. In the documentary about the lead singer from the amazing heavy metal band Motorhead, someone speaks about his amazing letter writing!
Please skip to 1:35:00 for context and full story:
Lemmy's Letters!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

About Writing.... simply WRITING!

Okay, while I cannot find too much on this,  I was blown away by the perseverance of this man. I have said in my seminars that for many hundreds of years, the Bible was copied as a way for people to learn how to write and learn language. The meditative aspect of this cannot be discounted.

Here is the article: Man Hand Copies Bible




Monday, May 6, 2013

The Letters between two real poets! YES!

I came across this book at a book store recently. I found that the way they set out the letters in the beginning at times was like poetry, i.e. it is not in strict paragraph form. Finally! Someone who writes like I have!!!!
Airmail: The Letters of Robert Bly and Tomas Transtrome