http://karlklein.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by KC Klein en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:13:37 GMT 2010-01-07T08:13:37Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980591 I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce. Margaret Mead Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:21:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980591 KC Klein 2010-01-07T00:21:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978720 A short poem: Moments touch me. What I mean is difficult to discern. When I first wrote this, it was a plea for Moments to touch me. Maybe better: Moments. touch me. Or Moments ~ touch . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:13:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978720 KC Klein 2010-01-06T01:13:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976328 When I thought to test you~us~me I was being the human critter in the meat suit. Then, I smiled down on us ~ A mother smiling on a child's mud pie, dirty hands and face. A father releasing the . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:10:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976328 KC Klein 2010-01-04T22:10:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974602 To be the lover and the loved... ahh~ you caught it~I had no doubt~ Our flesh held the quill, dipped the ink. and began to create and began to create a mirror of perfect love as it was in the beginning . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:56:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974602 KC Klein 2010-01-03T21:56:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973370 I have no comment.   Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:40:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973370 KC Klein 2010-01-03T00:40:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970902 A offering to my goddess, from my notes. I'll call this: catharsis Writers too often forget it's not really them in the story with Mom's towel attached to their neck for a cape, prancing over the . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:59:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970902 KC Klein 2010-01-01T00:59:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969483 The expression, what our characters say, tells us a good deal about the character. Sometimes something will catch my ear and blow me away. I'm off-beat, if nothing else. Some years ago, on an early . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969483 KC Klein 2009-12-31T01:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969419   WTF is Copy-editing?   Writing is a whole lot like driving a car. The point is to navigate the reader down the page, to a destination. As with driving a car, I’d think as . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:03:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969419 KC Klein 2009-12-31T01:03:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944421 On Writing: Voice. Talking animals in literary fiction Disclaimer: I’ve not been to Da College. I don’t have the benefit of a formal education and I’ve not read Stephen King’s . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:30:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944421 KC Klein 2009-12-13T00:30:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943233 1000 words, narrative, literary fiction, social commentary, pseudo-biographical Sharp, clean and crisp, this short story reads like a movie treatment. The Show-not-tellers are going to white-knuckle . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:53:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943233 KC Klein 2009-12-11T23:53:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939928 Rich in metaphor upon metaphor. Don't rush, treat yourself. For Selene, this presentation of:   The Scar-Faced Boy   I have a secret. When I was four years old, I got caught . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:06:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939928 KC Klein 2009-12-10T02:06:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937817 Short story, literary fiction, narrative, 1,000 If you're in a hurry, come back later. Relax, enjoy. Think of this as giving yourself a cookie. Impermanence   I graduated to . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:50:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937817 KC Klein 2009-12-08T23:50:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926210 I really like this artist.     Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:02:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926210 KC Klein 2009-12-02T00:02:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924650 Years ago, when I did AOL, I used to stop by Amish Chat now and then, but there was never anyone in the chat room. Lesbian Chat was mostly populated by men. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:05:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924650 KC Klein 2009-12-01T02:05:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922905   I was never one for pets. In my youth, I was sure they’d die on me and later in life, I  realize the creature would outlive me, becoming an orphan. Many years ago, I was doing freelance . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:27:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922905 KC Klein 2009-11-30T01:27:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922856 Going through my notes. Came across this. Pat Robertson is one of my favorite crazies. "The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:38:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922856 KC Klein 2009-11-30T00:38:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922815 If you live or ever lived in New Jersey, nothing here is new. If by chance this holiday season, your travels bring you to the Garden State, here's some helpful driving tips. 1.   Turn . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:02:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922815 KC Klein 2009-11-30T00:02:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921888 I cannot recall our meeting – My feet are swollen. He, much older in what he is/does. I am Plato’s Student. His discovery not mine. He wants me – he flatters. I like that – . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:33:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921888 KC Klein 2009-11-29T01:33:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921885   Chickens walk and Scratch with their feet. This is how they get what they eat. In the morning light Chickens seem to dance. They cluck and bob, They scratch . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:31:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921885 KC Klein 2009-11-29T01:31:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921880 Ewe New KC Klein (I'm not sure I wish to put my name on this one) Words like little dogs, Yapping yapping yapping. Tapping little clogs. Never – ever – napping. . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:29:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921880 KC Klein 2009-11-29T01:29:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921771 portrait #130 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:14:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921771 KC Klein 2009-11-28T23:14:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921172 To follow is from a brief biography of Carl Jung which appears in a book of Jung's work edited by Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell writes in "The Portable Jung: The next traumatic event occurred . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:50:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921172 KC Klein 2009-11-28T09:50:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920990 Ever joy   The joy of life, new to this world, sprang from my womb, twice, in youth, in love, deeply and wholly. joy, the ever joy of the mountain birthed, pushed . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:06:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920990 KC Klein 2009-11-28T05:06:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920955 (I'm showing off my range in advance of publication of my book: Forever Becoming ) Crush is a fun story and a great example of why the reader should play close attention. Our nameless protagonist . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:44:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920955 KC Klein 2009-11-28T04:44:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920943   Bear and Opossum   Bear is Bear. But, Bear is not a bear. Bear is a cat. Bear, having been a feral cat, prefers being bare. Bear, no longer being feral, staying . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:16:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920943 KC Klein 2009-11-28T04:16:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920789 Sorry, kids, this is a long one. If you have an attention span of a gnat, I'm sure there's some quotes to read or many a joke of the day posted. Diligence and effort will be rewarded. Literary . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920789 KC Klein 2009-11-28T01:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920719 I like working on the computer. I can zoom in and out, refining details. Adobe Illustrator files can't be resized -- well, they can, but the line width remains constant. I work on a 16x20 canvas, generally . . . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:24:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920719 KC Klein 2009-11-27T23:24:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919509 Let me first say, I'm not an artist. I've not been to Da College . I doodle. As a kid, I loved pastels, muted landscapes. I sketched, dirty little pictures. Sometime in my twenties, I bought a set of . . . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:36:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977919509 KC Klein 2009-11-27T01:36:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918123   Stop right there, Pilgrim.   This is not a Come on, Jesus! Kick me through the goal post of life , story. Pseudo-biographical, this story is meant as an esoteric, existential farce, . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918123 KC Klein 2009-11-25T23:53:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916496 Storytelling. We, meaning people generally, can often mistake everything we read for autobiographical. Writing what we believe, writing our experiences is easy if we can get out of our own way, resisting . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:06:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916496 KC Klein 2009-11-25T01:06:02Z