Short answer: Depends upon what you consider a ‘How-To-Write’ book Yes, my good and faithful readers,’ ‘writes’ is a word; Obsolete in most places admittedly and only used in northeastern Scotland as of 1974, but it’s a real word signifying ‘A written record or work; a book, a letter, a document, etc.’ Even if it […]
Month: January 2026
01132026 Quote of the Day
“The authentic and pure values — truth, beauty and goodness — in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object.”Simone Weill
FITZGERALD CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT SECOND ACTS: we all should
HENRY OLIVER’S BOOK TELLS US HOW WE CAN STAGE A SECOND ACT IN OUR OWN LIVES Eventually, this post will get to a strong recommendation for Henry Oliver’s book, but first we have to clean up some Fitzgeraldiana related to second acts. Like many other besotted English majors of my and other generations, F Scott […]