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Loose Change

by Ben Langhinrichs

Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #1625579

My writing blog

I don't have a muse, and never have. I'm afraid that if I did have one, she would be a small Chinese woman standing in the doorway, looking significantly at her watch every minute or so while I dug around in the sofa searching for enough loose change to pay for the chicken-fried rice. On the whole, I think I do better without her.

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Ben Langhinrichs

May 11, 2021 at 5:41pm
In response to "Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare"

I imagine they were intended. Shakespeare loved to put in double entendres, and while I don't know for sure about this sonnet, I know if some of his plays he used the dual meaning of "lie".

Kåre Enga in Udon Thani

May 11, 2021 at 3:40pm
In response to "Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare"

I wonder whether the double entendres we pick up were intended or due to a shift in meaning.

Also... a bit of a mind-mine that one can get mired in.

Kåre Enga in Udon Thani

Apr 25, 2021 at 1:18pm
In response to "Success is a nebulous concept"

I gave up trying to get published. Too stressful for me. Many writers here at WDC and elsewhere depend upon some form of writing for income. Not me. I get a monthly gov't check, live below my means, travel (not this past year) ... and write.

What is success? Different answer for everyone. Because I deal with anxiety and depression, survival is success.

Would like to get published though...

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Kåre Enga in Udon Thani

Apr 25, 2021 at 1:11pm
In response to "Diving deep into the dactyls"

Properly reading a poem can be essential to understanding and enjoying it. Years ago, I heard someone read a poem totally ignoring the line breaks which may be okay for some poets and some poems but not that particular one!

I don't know the literary names for most patterns. I just know that most rhythms, like rhymes, are intentional.

🌕 HuntersMoon

Mar 18, 2021 at 11:01am
In response to "Diving deep into the dactyls"

RULES???

Ben Langhinrichs

Apr 4, 2017 at 1:45pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

There are different camps on this. I tend to side with Stephen King, who said you should show as little detail as possible so the reader can fill in the details with what they want, as you suggest with your example.

In my opinion, it is the difference between, "Tell me what she looks like so I will know her" and "Help me to know her, and I will know what she looks like".

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NOVAcatmando

Apr 4, 2017 at 1:27pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

A pet peeve I have with another writer in my workshop circle. She always wants to know what people look like in one sentence summation. When I point to the elements in a story that indicate a person is beautiful, she'll ask "but what color of her eyes?" I answer, "whatever color you think is beautiful."

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🌕 HuntersMoon

Mar 7, 2017 at 5:16pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

Excellent advice, oh curly eyebrowed person

Ben Langhinrichs

Feb 26, 2017 at 1:16pm
In response to "Dialogue tip 2 - Plant the character"

He is an absolute hoot to listen to, especially when he goes on a rant, which he loves to do. Of course, he's also a tremendously sensitive painter and poet. People are so much fun.

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Christopher Roy Denton

Feb 26, 2017 at 1:15pm
In response to "Dialogue tip 2 - Plant the character"

So… your friend didn't so much kiss the Blarney Stone as snog it!

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December 10, 2009 at 5:40pm

#679455

Another Badger, More or Less accepted at Foundling Review

Accepted: November 9, 2009

Magazine: Foundling Review

Foundling Review is an online literary magazine that wants to give you an opportunity to publish your best work. What makes us different? Nothing much. We hold PhD and Masters degrees in areas that are totally unrelated to fine arts. But we love reading, writing, and have an overwhelming passion for the well-crafted word.

Another Badger, More or Less - Poetry, Free verse

No publication date set.

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December 10, 2009 at 5:34pm

#679453

"Lonesome no more" accepted at Twisted Dreams

Accepted: October 20, 2009

Magazine: Twisted Dreams

Twisted Dreams Magazine is one of the premier magazines on the market today for all things macabre and creepy. Available in both print and e-format, Twisted Dreams has showcased some of the best in up and coming and established talent in the realm of the shadows. We accept all types of Horror, Noir, Dark Fantasy, Twisted Sci-Fi, Absurd, Bizarro...anything weird, creepy, makes you shiver or look behind you, think twice about going into that dark room or makes you say,"That is so wrong," we want it.

Lonesome no more - Short story, Horror, approximately 1500 words

To be included in the February 2010 edition.

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December 10, 2009 at 4:12pm

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Orson Scott Card loves my writing?

Some readers may already have heard the pounding of my happy feet, but I received a very exciting letter the day before yesterday. I submitted five poems to Strong Verse

, an online poetry magazine, and the letter said:

Thank you for submitting your poems to Strong Verse. We would like to publish all five poems that you sent. Could you please send me your mailing address along with a brief bio if you’d like that included.

Our editor, Mr. Card, couldn't say enough good about your poetry -- he absolutely loves it and would love to see more.

A pretty exciting letter in any case, since Strong Verse is a paying market and had a 0.0% acceptance rate for the past year, but more exciting when I found out that the "Mr. Card" mentioned is Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender's Game. Yowza!

By the way, if you have not read Ender's Game, go get it and read it. Simply one of the best sci-fi novels of all time.

ASIN: 0812550706

Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet)

Product Type: Book

Amazon's Price: $ 6.94

Buy Now!

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December 10, 2009 at 9:18am

#679405

Introduction

I have had a business blog for about six years elsewhere, but I thought it was about time to start a writing blog. Not sure what I'll use it for yet, to brag or to give advice or to meander through the deeper recesses of my mind. In any case, you are all welcome to come along for the ride and find out with me.

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