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Friday Book Review – True Grit by Charles Portis

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Meg Mims avatar

Are you a history buff? Love to read historical dialogue? Charles Portis really infused this book, True Grit, with fabulous details and authentic-sounding speech patterns and vocabulary. While the recent movies (1969 with the Duke, and 2010 with Jeff Bridges, … Continue reading →

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Storytelling 101 – Avatar?

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Meg Mims avatar

>A friend of mine suggested I see Avatar, the film. My younger sister used to watch little blue people on TV, which I see are making another comeback – go Smurfs! – but I balked. “But it’s Storytelling 101,” she … Continue reading →

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