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Loose Change

by Ben Langhinrichs

Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #1625579

My writing blog

I don't have a muse, and never have. I'm afraid that if I did have one, she would be a small Chinese woman standing in the doorway, looking significantly at her watch every minute or so while I dug around in the sofa searching for enough loose change to pay for the chicken-fried rice. On the whole, I think I do better without her.

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Ben Langhinrichs

May 11, 2021 at 5:41pm
In response to "Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare"

I imagine they were intended. Shakespeare loved to put in double entendres, and while I don't know for sure about this sonnet, I know if some of his plays he used the dual meaning of "lie".

Kåre เลียม Enga

May 11, 2021 at 3:40pm
In response to "Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare"

I wonder whether the double entendres we pick up were intended or due to a shift in meaning.

Also... a bit of a mind-mine that one can get mired in.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Apr 25, 2021 at 1:18pm
In response to "Success is a nebulous concept"

I gave up trying to get published. Too stressful for me. Many writers here at WDC and elsewhere depend upon some form of writing for income. Not me. I get a monthly gov't check, live below my means, travel (not this past year) ... and write.

What is success? Different answer for everyone. Because I deal with anxiety and depression, survival is success.

Would like to get published though...

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Apr 25, 2021 at 1:11pm
In response to "Diving deep into the dactyls"

Properly reading a poem can be essential to understanding and enjoying it. Years ago, I heard someone read a poem totally ignoring the line breaks which may be okay for some poets and some poems but not that particular one!

I don't know the literary names for most patterns. I just know that most rhythms, like rhymes, are intentional.

🌖 HuntersMoon

Mar 18, 2021 at 11:01am
In response to "Diving deep into the dactyls"

RULES???

Ben Langhinrichs

Apr 4, 2017 at 1:45pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

There are different camps on this. I tend to side with Stephen King, who said you should show as little detail as possible so the reader can fill in the details with what they want, as you suggest with your example.

In my opinion, it is the difference between, "Tell me what she looks like so I will know her" and "Help me to know her, and I will know what she looks like".

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NOVAcatmando

Apr 4, 2017 at 1:27pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

A pet peeve I have with another writer in my workshop circle. She always wants to know what people look like in one sentence summation. When I point to the elements in a story that indicate a person is beautiful, she'll ask "but what color of her eyes?" I answer, "whatever color you think is beautiful."

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🌖 HuntersMoon

Mar 7, 2017 at 5:16pm
In response to "Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes"

Excellent advice, oh curly eyebrowed person

Ben Langhinrichs

Feb 26, 2017 at 1:16pm
In response to "Dialogue tip 2 - Plant the character"

He is an absolute hoot to listen to, especially when he goes on a rant, which he loves to do. Of course, he's also a tremendously sensitive painter and poet. People are so much fun.

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Christopher Roy Denton

Feb 26, 2017 at 1:15pm
In response to "Dialogue tip 2 - Plant the character"

So… your friend didn't so much kiss the Blarney Stone as snog it!

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#124. Sonnet 138 - A little tongue-in-cheek Shakespeare
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#123. Success is a nebulous concept
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#122. Diving deep into the dactyls
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#121. An old favorite pops up
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#120. Mismatch rather than Rejection
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#119. Twitter account for Bernie and Tish
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#118. New poem
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#117. Plot tip #1: Every character is on their own journey
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#116. Description tip #1: Capture more than hair color and eyes
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#115. PROTEST by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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#114. Dialogue tip 2 - Plant the character
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#113. Dialogue tip 1 - What is not said
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#112. Tech haiku
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#111. Roundup Rodeo
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#110. Heavenly (sci-fi limerick)
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#109. Friday Fright
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#108. Monday Morning
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#107. Upside Down Thinking
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#106. Little Miss Evil (review)
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#105. Review of fun picture book for first/second graders
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#104. Review of wonderful middle grade fairytale (coming soon)
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#103. To Duotrope or Not to Duotrope
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#102. Planting the seeds and hoping it grows - StoryTime channel
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#101. Ye Olde Video Recording Studio and Abe in Space
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#100. Seven days of poems finished!
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#99. A new item, the first in forever
ID #787641 entered on July 27, 2013 at 8:41pm

#98. Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles
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#97. Kindle Fire is shipping
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#96. Savage Fire: 16 short stories for $0.99
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#95. This weekend only, get Savage Fire for 50% off
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#94. My short story collection, Savage Fire, as been released!
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#93. Authors interested in experimental promotional techniques
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#92. 13 days to Savage Fire
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#91. Thought for the day
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#90. Review: Amy Hodgepodge #1 - All Mixed Up!
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#89. Review: It's Raining Cupcakes (signed copy to give away)
ID #719879 entered on March 16, 2011 at 8:19am

#88. Review: The Liar Society
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#87. Middle grade book giveaway
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#86. Review: Anna and the French Kiss
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#85. Another Marvelous Middle Grade Monday
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#84. Review: A True Princess
ID #717696 entered on February 12, 2011 at 1:53pm

#83. Marvelous Middle Grade Monday
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#82. Review: My Princess Boy
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#81. Review: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other...
ID #717060 entered on February 2, 2011 at 3:39pm

#80. Review: There's Going to be a Baby by John Burningham
ID #717058 entered on February 2, 2011 at 3:35pm

#79. Review: The Dog in the Wood
ID #716768 entered on January 29, 2011 at 6:49pm

#78. Review: The Mysterious Benedict Society
ID #716620 entered on January 27, 2011 at 2:54pm

#77. Review: There's a Dragon in the Library
ID #716494 entered on January 25, 2011 at 10:26pm

#76. Making History (A Little Less) Horrible
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#75. Review: Crush du Jour by Micol Ostow (YA)
ID #716105 entered on January 21, 2011 at 4:21pm

#74. Review: Tom Sawyer and the Ghosts of Summer (middle grade)
ID #716104 entered on January 21, 2011 at 4:17pm

#73. Review: The Interdimensional Dumpster (middle grade)
ID #716103 entered on January 21, 2011 at 4:14pm

#72. Review: In My Bath (picture book) by Beth Bence Reinke
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#71. NaNoWriMo Day 4 (and prior day recap)
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#70. Poem: Do not thy Beauty scorn
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#69. Review: Lucky Stiff by Tonia Brown
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#68. Two poems posted today on Strong Verse
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#67. Story accepted for anthology + many submissions
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#66. Story accepted at Awkward Press
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#65. Story accepted at Beyond Centauri
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#64. Working on the novella (novel?)
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#63. Getting involved with Twitter
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#62. Beauty and the Beast
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#61. Follow me on Twitter
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#60. Adjusting the ratio
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#59. Review: The Zombie-Wilson Diaries
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#58. March NoWriMo and Anthology month
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#57. Submitting on the skeletal web
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#56. Submitted to The Way of the Wizard
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#55. Venues keep dying
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#54. The Future of Publishing
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#53. Zombies, vampires, wizards, oh my
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#52. Publishing poetry?
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#51. I made the first cut on Terminal Earth
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#50. Optimism versus the odds
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#49. Story posted in Rotten Leaves Magazine #2
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#48. Another poem up at Every Day Poets
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#47. Three days of March NoWriMo
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#46. Goals for March NaNo
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#45. Almost time for March NoWriMo
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#44. Two newsletters out today
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#43. Poem up on Orson Scott Card's Strong Verse
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#42. What does "steampunk" mean to you?
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#41. Ten rules for writing fiction
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#40. Story accepted at Metazen
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#39. March NoWriMo 2010
ID #687958 entered on February 19, 2010 at 7:25am

#38. Poem of the day at Every Day Poets
ID #687381 entered on February 13, 2010 at 12:21pm

#37. Pondering percentages
ID #687143 entered on February 11, 2010 at 10:27am

#36. Fairytale accepted by Enchanted Conversation
ID #687098 entered on February 10, 2010 at 8:04pm

#35. Two poems online in Danse Macabre XXXII - Kismet
ID #686481 entered on February 5, 2010 at 9:57am

#34. Drabble accepted by The Drabbler
ID #686265 entered on February 3, 2010 at 9:02am

#33. Four part story submitted. My first serial.
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#32. Home, but sick as a dog
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#31. Micro-fiction accepted by 50 to 1
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#30. Three poems accepted by Cynic Online
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#29. Short story accepted by Rotten Leaves Magazine
ID #684445 entered on January 20, 2010 at 8:24am

#28. Go to the warmth
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#27. One poem accepted by Raphael's Village
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#26. Looking forward to Jan and Feb
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#25. Another poem accepted at Every Day Poets
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