GROVES OF GOLD CITRUS FRUIT IN AMERICA

The Elks Magazine is featuring my article on citrus. Enjoyed the research and writing of this one. Imagine all writers have favorite "children." Two of my favorites from a number of years ago were one about gelaterias in Rome and another about touring the Peruginia chocolate factory in Perugia, Italy. My husband's favorite was testing the gelato. Of course, we had to taste what I wrote about. I tend to think beginning with a title you love makes the writing go much more smoothly although editors do have a tendency to change them. Do you have a favorite? Bests, Elise

"Brush Up Your Shakespeare"

What do writers do during quarantines? Why we write, scrub our hands to the tune of "Happy Birthday," and write and write and write. For non-fiction we research, often finding other pieces of information that inspires us to write and write and write. Taking a few minutes--here and there--to visit Facebook and Twitter and check our emails to see if any of our queries have been accepted. Then it's back to the keyboard to write and write and write. It's one of the few positives to come out of this horrific pandemic.

From singer Rosanne Cash, "Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear." Something to strive for...

Bests,

Elise

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