by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 23, 2013 | Beautiful Things, Gratitude
Gratitude conjures for me thoughts of words expressed and notes written. It’s always saying thank you. It’s being aware of what I have and how lucky/blessed/privileged I might be. But this weekend, as I served lunch to low income/homeless members of my...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 13, 2012 | Broken Pieces
(From Horton Hears a Who) Mayor: They don’t believe we’re here! We’ve got to make some noise. We are here! We are here! We are here! Whoville: We are here! We are here! We are here! The movie goes on to show the people of Whoville as they try to convince the animals...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jan 17, 2011 | The Writing Life
As writers we have many decisions to make. There are the obvious ones like characters, setting, plot, genre, etc–the basic who, what, why, when, how of writing. But then there are the choices I never anticipated and those are the ones that seem at the forefront...
