Words: 1,785 Music: Eklektikos on KUT. Austinites have a love-hate relationship with John Aielli. Luckily, he was on vacation today, and the replacement DJ is a lot less irksome. Note to Slaid Cleeves: While naming your new CD “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away” shows you know your audience, I hope you Read more…
Watched A play ultimate frisbee underneath enormous cumulous clouds. Will it rain? We asked. There’s a 20 percent chance to 40 percent chance. The clouds looked fluffy, not dark. Took pictures with the new camera. Left to drive to San Antonio for a birthday party. Drove down I-35 into the Read more…
When you take part in a writing workshop or writers group, you will often be told, “show, not tell.” So what does this mean? When you tell, you remove the reader from the action, characters, setting and plot, leaching the emotional reaction the reader has to your story. When you Read more…