Just as the notes should match the mood of the music, the length of the sentences, the words chosen, the sound of the words themselves are all important elements in writing convincing emotion-evoking prose. You know it when you read it, especially if you’re a writer. They are the passages you walk away from thinking … [Read more…]
By Annalisa Parent www.annalisaparent.com In one of the chapters of my life, I lived in Paris. My French boyfriend, like most twenty-year-old men, was an aspiring rock musician. I recall one day working with him on song writing; I was encouraging him to write the music to sound like the feeling of the lyrics he’d written. … [Read more…]
Life is short, and so am I. You’ll hear this quip from me often. I believe that life should be lived to the fullest and with passion. For me, that has always meant, as the Greek poet Horace so aptly stated “Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It’s good to be silly at … [Read more…]