Mirka Muse

  Ah, well. The challenge of telling stories set in other countries includes how to tell their tellings in English, and what to do with fore...

  Maybe it was  fortuitous , but I happened upon this blog post one day after reflecting on the conduct of an artist who I’m close to. The ...

  Wistful: A sadness tinged with longing, often having a hint of sweetness.   Fall is an odd time because (like its name) it evokes decl...

  There’s a right way and a wrong way to ask writers to help your writing journey. I learned the hard way, making most of the usual mistakes...

On the eve of the camp horror-show that is Halloween, I am thinking of a different but also pseudo-horror our legislator have taken to sound...

  Some months back, my trusty old computer stopped functioning. I learned that I shouldn’t trust a machine, which had the audacity to take w...

    “ צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ ”   “...

  Many (many!) years ago, in a land far away, I discovered The Little Prince.   He was a curious creature, born of fantasy. His journey ...

  How-to writing books and literary analysis courses have distilled storytelling conventions this way: Inciting incident > Main Charact...

  It’s been some years since we observed a variation of Sukkot, the holiday where Jews are advised to dwell in huts as our ancestors did whi...

   {Skip if you're in a solemn mood} Clever Definitions   COMMITTEE A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. DUST Mud with th...

  For most, the Gregorian calendar is their year-counter. The number changes, and with it come the New Year’s Resolutions, the taking-acco...

  There are vigorous discussions on (what else) the Interwebs regarding the replacement of creative wordsmiths (what we aspire to be) with a...

  If you’ve heard the term, you might have wondered what it is. There’s a good post on Upmarket Fiction here .   But this post is about ...

  I accept with gratitude   I have been following a blog of a folk artist and her home improvement specialist husband for a few years. T...

  Many years ago, in a land far away, I had two cats who grew up as brothers.   One, named Kitten, was no kitten but a hefty oversized g...

  I grew up in Israel before every home had air conditioning, and the month of August was a challenge even for the august and robust among u...

I was a president once. For one whole year, I was the president of The Jerusalem Chapter of the Barbie Club .   This claim of life achieveme...

  You may have heard a variation of the phrase two people equals three opinions .   This phrase purports the notion that each pair of ...

  Thirty years ago today 💗 Oh my 💗 💕 Feeling very accomplished 💕 💞

  Language is a living organism. When I learned English (starting in fifth grade) my teachers, all of them, would have dinged me for refer...

  HAPPY BIRTHDAY 💖 USA 💖 Celebrating you today 🎪

  For some, 'tis travel time. The other day I discovered yet another ranking list, one I would never have thought of.   It’s the ran...

  *First, do away with the word “aspiring.” If you are writing you are already a writer, not an aspiring writer. The aspirants are the fol...