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"A story is made up of words and characters. Are the words well chosen and do the characters live? All the rest is literary gossip."

My six decade love affair with the English language compels me to offer a list of authors whose work meets my critical standards. The single criterion operant is the quality of the prose as composed by the writers. I have made no discrimination whatsoever as to subject matter, theme, or plot.

Therefore be warned!

A great many of the works here listed may involve themes or subjects repugnant to some readers. I can only advise that if a particular story cannot be stomached, go on to the next; you will find at least a few to be to your taste.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

T'was brillig...

My LJ emailed a reminder that the inimitable GW was to
 suffer a birthday on the 27th of January. So took a chance..
went to her LJ & left a note of congratulations. Discovering
there that she was attempting to concoct a pseudonym
for her (nontmnt) writings...
Reading Ciuraru's "Nom de Plume"....
encountered the factoid of the birthdate of the
Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson....
"Reflecting his obsession with wordplay since childhood, the
pseudonym was a clever transposition of his real name:  "Lewis"
was the anglicized form of Ludovicus (Latin for "Lutwidge"), and
"Carroll" was an Irish surname similar to the Latin Carolus, from which
the name "Charles" is derived."
***********
One can hope that Donna Omeaux is aware that she
 shares a birth date with the creator of "Alice" !


posted by greshunkai @ 10:36 PM

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