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Elizabeth “Betty” Washington Lewis (June 20, 1733 – March 31, 1797) was the younger sister of George Washington and the only sister to live to adulthood. She was the first daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She is considered a “founding mother” of America.[1]

TOP TEN The Bible (Catholic school nuns were the first storytellers in my life, and The Bible was the dark well from which their stories were drawn.  Full of sacrifice and betrayal, sex and violence, love and murder, those nuns taught me very early which themes make for gripping fiction!) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor…

10 ways of modifying the base clause. BC = base clause For BC: The woman closed the door, BC + verbal (ing): closing it with a bang. BC + adverb: grinning crazily. BC + Article: a door made of oak. a woman dressed in white. BC + article plus adjective plus BC Noun.  the ominous…

  The fear of knowing it will end, the risk of uncertainty Joy is uncontrollable happiness. Joy cannot be bought or possessed Any fool can experience happiness but joy is reserved for the hungry of spirit, for the lusty livers, for the empty and abject. Joy feels creepy to the mongers of phenomena, who measure…

Thought Discipline 1. Omit extraneous considerations. For example, time, ability, assumptions, and perceptions that are real. 2. Become empty. 3. Discover, then release roadblocks. 4. Set your intention. 5. Start doing something, anything. 6. Repeat regularly.

Lovers have a secret language. When you are first in love, you love everyone.

Profligate Supercilious Sententious Erudition Haughty Apoplectic Paroxysm Ignomy Pertinacious Pertinacity Indutible Licentious Obsequiously = exhibiting servile compliance Sagacious Aspirated Aspect eschewed farinaceous (meaning starchy) food Luminosity Gleam Brooding Gloom Yellowed Sunken Acetic monkey tricks Concupiscence.   Indefatigable Seething Keening Prodigiously  

Characters become round through betrayal, and then acceptance of their shadow.  This is a difficult feat to pull off, and it is taxing on the reader, so it must pay-off.  Due to the energy expended in round characters, most characters must necesarily be flat. So, make flat characters pleasing by making them comfortable for the…

  People lie about where they are from.  They claim whatever place makes them look best. Every detail has to have at least two, but preferably, three levels of meaning.  The material, the mental, and the middle.  Also, every detail must convey as much of the story as possible.  For example, the dust storm that…

When Hilary lost against Obama in the 2008 primary, it was because the DNC silently pulled support from her.  Shortly thereafter, the DNC donors started silently shifting their support.  In other words, the big money left her for the Obama camp.  Hillary didn’t raise too much fuss about that in 2008 because she is a…