Sonnet Slinger Gifts

'I'd like to renew my poetic license!'

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

'Let's start out with cliches and pithy slogans - and work our way up to wisdom ...OK?'

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

Shakespeare loved a grammar joke

"Your editor called again to see if the well was still dry."

"It all happened so fast. 'Notable Book of the Year' to the remainder shelves to HERE in just six months!"

Meet the author

Poetry in motion - Runners quoting poems as they jog.

Shakespeare working on his "author's bio"

"I've read all your books and seen all your plays, and I wear your 'Gimme' cap."

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

The novel was printed and in the stores ... any minute now, the world would beat down his door.

Poetry repairman

"Where do you get your derivative ideas?"

Freedom

Olden Day Battle of the Bands (Bard vs Sonnet).

'Just tell him two quarts of milk and a pint of cream, Will- it doesn't have to be a sonnet.'

Poetry Buff.

"No wonder you can't write, you're not plugged in!"

'After three years of writer's block, I began writing about writer's block.'

'The first thing we will do is select a block captain.'

William Shakespeare

"Love the tie, Chad—that is so pimp!"

Vote Grinkley! Now you see him, now you don't.

"I just want to say thanks for getting me into this writing group."

Pianist-boxer

Skywriter's Block

"We're still pretty far apart. I'm looking for a six-figure advance and they're refusing to read the manuscript."

'Ed' 'Op-ed'

'This week's column is going to be about Writer's Block, and it's...'