David Given Schwarm

Writing Excuses 7.4: Brevity

copy writing–great for editing combine words–elegant sofa==davenport keep tone reduce words Write 150 word space rescues story.

Background Check

The kids & I have renamed the Root Beer Float the Background Check in honor of David ‘The Paperboy’.

Joe drove up in horrible traffic The show was great. Joe and I sat behind the soundboard–a very mellow time. Here is the setlist: Finlandia Storytime Wish I Had an Angel Amaranth Scaretale The Siren Slow, Love, Slow I Want My Tears Back The Crow, the Owl and the Dove The Islander Nemo Last of…

33. This Mind Is Not Buddha

A monk asked Baso: “What is Buddha?” Baso said: “This mind is not Buddha.” Mumon’s comment: If anyone understands this, he is a graduate of Zen. If you meet a fencing-master on the road, you may give him your sword,If you meet a poet, you may offer him your poem.When you meet others, say only a…

Cold Steel and Secrets: A Neverwinter Novella, Part I by Rosemary Jones

I read the Kindle version of this book. I really liked the 30 screens of text–a wonderful look at Neverwinter.

The Book of the Mother

The Book of the Motherby Shivalila, Gridley WrightPaperback, 88 pagesPublished 1977 by Children’s Liberation Front I downloaded the PDF from archive.org. I heard about it from a movie on cults. I found it creepy and weird–lots of baby stuff–some neat LSD stuff–but overall just random psuedo scientific hippie babble with which I did not really…