Jean Gabriel Domergue was a French portrait painter who used for his subjects Parisian women. Domergue is regarded as the inventor of the pin-up. 'Domergue died 16 November 1962 on a Paris sidewalk.' Related articles Why We … Continue reading Jean Gabriel Domergue’s Sylphlike Women With Mean Faces
A novelist writes two stories, one for himself, and one for his readers. The story he writes for himself can be as long and as loose and as saturated with details as his time and disposition allows him to make it. But the one he writes for his readers needs to be concise, compact, and … Continue reading The Joy of Cutting Your Own Words – Editing
Beatrice lay naked on the bed thinking of her lover. ‘Ouch!’ she cried. Something bit her thigh. She inspected the bedsheets. A tiny spider. She wanted to crush it, but it was so peculiar that she put it on her belly. It crawled round and round her navel, tickling her. This week I am super … Continue reading A 50-Word Story a Day Keeps the Boredom Away #55
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