Tag Archives: Writing

Bookish Directions

Posted on June 27, 2018 by evamccollaum

In two days we’ll be ready for one heck of an event.  The Bookish Affair will begin on the NMMI Campus at 2:00 pm in Mabee Hall, and I have come to realize that most people have not visited the … Continue reading →

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It’s Finally Here!

Posted on June 26, 2018 by evamccollaum

Yes, the hottest week of the year is finally here–the week when just stepping outside is equivalent to stepping into a tandoori oven, and the JOY Writers are once again sponsoring A Bookish Affair.  Hold on to your backsides, folks. … Continue reading →

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Constructive Criticism

Posted on June 8, 2018 by evamccollaum

I used to take voice lessons, and for those who have not done so, voice lessons can be a great deal more daunting than you might think. They test the self and the confidence in all sorts of strange ways. … Continue reading →

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Best of Huck (I)

Posted on January 12, 2018 by evamccollaum

This year I am teaching Juniors.  As part of their first assignments, I am writing parallel work.  This will only serve them in the slenderest of ways.  I hope it serves me a great deal.  I also hope it serves … Continue reading →

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Never Got a Dinner

Posted on July 5, 2017 by evamccollaum

When I was a kid, they had this thing called a celebrity roast.  People got together and made fun of the guest of honor.  It had a weird, rough-handling vibe.  I think it may have come from a wise place … Continue reading →

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Translation, Of a Sort

Posted on July 3, 2017 by evamccollaum

My nephew teaches Chinese and Spanish.  Yes, he’s very smart.  Anyway, I also consider him a friend, and we have begun, by baby steps, a translation project.  He tells me what the words in a Chinese poem mean, and I … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with Writing and Reading

Posted on June 29, 2017 by evamccollaum

You have to sit still while you do them.  There is always the option of listening to books on tape, and when they are well done, it’s great.  But I don’t have a lot of books on tape, and I’ve … Continue reading →

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“So it goes.”

Posted on June 28, 2017 by evamccollaum

Since there isn’t anyone reading this blog, I think I will please myself alone and write about MY writer, the writer who wrote things for me, though he may not have known he was writing for a chubby girl in … Continue reading →

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“Write What You Know”

Posted on June 26, 2017 by evamccollaum

It’s the first and last rule of writing classes, but in the words of Montaigne, “What do I know?”  That’s one of the problems with the rule, one of the mysteries (if I put it more properly).  Writers don’t really … Continue reading →

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Well, It’s Over!

Posted on June 24, 2017 by evamccollaum

The Bookish Affair 2017 just wrapped, and before the Crazy Squirrel and Kahlua kick in, I must blog about a book our outstanding keynote speaker Robert Wilder mentioned.  You guessed it–The Great Gatsby. I’m planning to do two different entries … Continue reading →

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