It occurs to me I haven’t pointed out that descriptions of facial expressions often employ metaphor, as in the example from Cold Mountain the last entry. That’s a whole different topic. Someday, I’ll get to it.
Weblog greatest hits
- if I had a hammer, or: that opinionated bitch, my muse
- heartburn, and the digestion of feedback
- plot vs story
- pov: the unreliable narrator
- Uncle Peter’s eloquence
- writing gesture
- advice for aspiring novelists
- the midlist/midlife crisis
- fair play: the author as a local business
- to say nothing of the dog … proofreading
- authorial confessions
- dear editor
- symbolically stalin