05/3/12
Words with Wings
by DT Tarkus
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Watching a television show recently, the character said something that resonated with me. “God gave us words. It’s our job to put wings on them.” It prompted me on Thoughtful Thursday to consider a follow-up to an earlier BIOTM post, Three Dimensional Senses (2/29/2012).
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04/25/12
Romancing the Pork
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Now that I have your attention …
It’s wacky Wednesday and nothing comes wackier than chocolate covered bacon. I consider myself an affectionado of a food item that along with flour, beans and brown sugar, kept people alive when they wagon-ho’d to the Wild West. You could say our country was founded on bacon. It’s a national treasure, like the bald eagle.
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04/5/12
It’s All In The Head
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Had a bit of a setback last week. Happily in the company of my sister’s mid-morning, my vision goes double. I’m no stranger to blurred vision, most of it self-induced when cocktail hour becomes dinner, but 10 AM? I turned to casually ask how much rum she put in the coffee cake, and her eyes goggled as if I’d called her something totally inappropriate (it’s not something you do to my sisters, not if you want to live to see the next sunrise anyway). Next I know, they’re carting me off to the ER.
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03/13/12
Who is That Masked Man?
by DT TarkuscloseAuthor: DT Tarkus
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
Not one to spend much time worrying about my hair, I tap the convenience of using my wife’s hair stylist. It spares me the “trainee of the month” at chain places. The stylist is cheerfully chatty, mostly about her family, which could fill a couple of novels in the romance genre. A single mom, with an ex who continues to be a wedged anchor in her life, a son just out of high school who just moved out and a tweenager girl who knows everything (who doesn’t have one of those). This delightful woman has been through the emotional mill a few times. On and off the dating scene, she espoused that men today are liars and she’d become distrustful of them. After a couple months of dating one guy, suddenly her significant other became somebody she didn’t know. Everything he sold her, a pack of lies. I can already see my fellow blog mates, pen in hand, ready for some juicy fodder in their next novel.
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02/29/12
Three Dimensional Senses
by DT TarkuscloseAuthor: DT Tarkus
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
A couple of popular artists, Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner, made their global mark by creating three dimensional pictures on sidewalks. Despite our intelligence knowing it is only a two dimensional slab of concrete, our eyes convince us it is three dimensional. Okay, I get it now. Writing 101, have to use the five senses for a three dimensional scene.
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02/13/12
Love on the High Seas
by DT TarkuscloseAuthor: DT Tarkus
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
Two hundred years ago, sailors considered the presence of women on ships to be bad luck. Much has changed since then. Today, men and women, young and old, can find or rekindle the spark on hundreds of cruise ships. Okay, that came across like an advertisement, but what better subject to deliberate on the eve of Valentine’s Day than love on the high seas?
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02/3/12
Liquid Romance
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
A funny anecdote on secrets to a happy relationship has been circulating the internet last couple of months. Led me to ponder how much alcohol plays a role in romance. Wine at a dinner date, wedding toasts, anniversaries, or just a quiet night to rekindle a spark after the kids are down for the night. Certainly not everyone subscribes to it, but it does seem to show up a lot.
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12/21/11
No Assembly Required Christmas
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
Nothing sparks fear in fathers than to assemble gifts, in stealth, usually the night before Christmas. Over the years, we’ve modified the exchange of gifts concept. As one of seven siblings, eight aunts and uncles, double the number in cousins, a growing bevy of in-laws, one could go bankrupt. We’re supposed to be merry, not morose over bandaged fingers and impending debt. We make exceptions for young ones of course, but for anyone over eighteen, Santa’s workshop is closed.
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12/16/11
Connections
by DT TarkuscloseAuthor: DT Tarkus
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
Awfully quiet this year. Kids have flown the coop, no plans to visit as they have plans of their own. Wife is down south helping aged parents. I’ve grown so used to the noise of the holidays, I’m unprepared for sudden hush. It’s hard to get in the spirit. Even the dog barking at a passing car is a welcome sound.
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12/7/11
A Lone Y in a Sea of XX’s
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About: Dan wrote humor articles for an expatriate magazine while living in Asia. Now he’s trapped in the man cave with a muse who just won’t leave him alone, surrounded by fellow writers who routinely challenge his testosterone levels. He’s currently writing young adult fantasy because he never grew up.See Authors Posts (20)
Being one of few male participants at a romance writer’s convention can be unnerving at best. Add it to being my first writer’s conference of any genre, and the angst level goes to Defcon 3.
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