Just back from a much-needed break from life aboard -- a two-night sojourn in (gasp) an Air-Conditioned Hotel Room. We took the dinghy up to town and lucked into a cancellation during the beginning of busy Samana Santa (that's Holy Week, for English-speaking Christians). Pretty bare-bones, as hotel rooms go, but the opportunity for two nights of ( Read more... )

            For this exercise, consider that you are the author of a piece of writing with a witch in it. The witch is standing behind you as you write, dictating how he/she should be presented. What is the witch telling you? Is it a list of rules? A monologue? A story in itself? Random thoughts and phrases? A recipe?

The Witch. She ( Read more... )