I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about a childhood romance I had with a much older man. The sort of romance that’s hard to share in broad daylight, but one that is beautiful all the same. In thinking about it and trying to write about it in a way that’s honest and fair, I [...]
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Romance for little girls
Posted in movies, tagged childhood romance, city of lost children, delicatessen, father, fiction, film, jean-pierre jeunet, judith vittet, labyrinth, legend, little girls, love, marco caro, pan's labyrinth, romance, ron perlman on April 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
If the name suits
Posted in Writing, tagged fiction, madoff, Mrs. Malaprop, names, the rivals, Writing on December 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In real life, we’ve gone full circle from people being named for their occupations, to names being hereditary, to people once again choosing their names to suit their occupation or personality. (Or perceived personality. Among the droves of modern witches calling themselves Morgana, I suspect there are only a few who are truly suited to [...]

