10.21.2009

Strangeness (cross posted from Writer's Rainbow)

"Strangeness: Make the Familiar Unfamiliar"
Writer's Rainbow [October 2009]

I’m intrigued by oddities in culture and society. Cryptids, aliens, monstrosities. Anything that steers clear of the norm. Freaks of nature. Miracles. The inexplicable.

Look up strangeness in a thesaurus. That says it all! If something is bizarre, curious, eccentric, idiosyncratic, marvelous, oddball, peculiar, quirky, uncanny or weird, chances are, it will capture my attention. And I don’t mean—literally—just the strangeness of objects. Landscapes can be otherworldly right here on earth, after all. Characters can transcend normal expectation. Storylines can take unexpected twists and turns. And readers love all of this.

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