Thank you for asking Lana! I had to take down my Lullabies & Alarms website as it was costing me too much and I wasn't making many sales through it. Your note has inspired me to try to set up a little shop on my own site at www.elisabethblair.net but in the meantime let me know which ones you would like and what size and we could do a Paypal or Venmo?
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't get what you mean by encasing voices. Also, do you have any suggestions for distinguishing two distinct voices in dialogue?
Hi again Lana - I'm sorry for not being clear! I just meant the straightforward interpretation -- quotation marks kind of encase a voice "like this" with a mark on either side, hemming and holding the speech in. They act as a kind of physical, visual framework for the thing being said (or thought).
Distinguishing two voices in dialogue in poetry: It probably will be most effective to rely on spacing, placement on the page. One voice could be left justified, and one right justified, for example. Or just indenting one and not the other. I've also employed different fonts to indicate different times (before and after) in a story; you could potentially try that. One of the voices could potentially be in italics instead of in quotation marks. One could use the french double chevrons, called guillemets (« ») . The main goal I think would be to visually differentiate the two voices, making them look different in some way.
Not being a poet myself, the reference "music of poetry" is something I had never considered. Certainly actual song lyrics can be considered a type of poetry, but I never though of that concept in reverse in a literal sense.
Yes! As a musician-turned poet, I think I take that for granted, so I'm so glad to realize that many folks might not think of it that way or realize the musicality inherent in poetry! But it definitely is musical. :)
Once upon a time I saw your charts for sale. Are they still being sold? If so. whers?
Thank you for asking Lana! I had to take down my Lullabies & Alarms website as it was costing me too much and I wasn't making many sales through it. Your note has inspired me to try to set up a little shop on my own site at www.elisabethblair.net but in the meantime let me know which ones you would like and what size and we could do a Paypal or Venmo?
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't get what you mean by encasing voices. Also, do you have any suggestions for distinguishing two distinct voices in dialogue?
Hi again Lana - I'm sorry for not being clear! I just meant the straightforward interpretation -- quotation marks kind of encase a voice "like this" with a mark on either side, hemming and holding the speech in. They act as a kind of physical, visual framework for the thing being said (or thought).
Distinguishing two voices in dialogue in poetry: It probably will be most effective to rely on spacing, placement on the page. One voice could be left justified, and one right justified, for example. Or just indenting one and not the other. I've also employed different fonts to indicate different times (before and after) in a story; you could potentially try that. One of the voices could potentially be in italics instead of in quotation marks. One could use the french double chevrons, called guillemets (« ») . The main goal I think would be to visually differentiate the two voices, making them look different in some way.
I hope that's of some help! :)
Not being a poet myself, the reference "music of poetry" is something I had never considered. Certainly actual song lyrics can be considered a type of poetry, but I never though of that concept in reverse in a literal sense.
Yes! As a musician-turned poet, I think I take that for granted, so I'm so glad to realize that many folks might not think of it that way or realize the musicality inherent in poetry! But it definitely is musical. :)