tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821700232330605316.post5114627816448142905..comments2023-10-01T04:48:49.815-07:00Comments on begin...begin again: janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034650034053143388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821700232330605316.post-71042247505535534332011-10-03T05:58:04.955-07:002011-10-03T05:58:04.955-07:00Susan, Arlee, and Susan--Elizabeth Berg, Anne Lamo...Susan, Arlee, and Susan--Elizabeth Berg, Anne Lamott, and Ann Patchett are a few of my favorites when it comes to metaphors.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034650034053143388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821700232330605316.post-56093909590235072642011-09-30T09:44:00.638-07:002011-09-30T09:44:00.638-07:00I love an original simile or metaphor. There was o...I love an original simile or metaphor. There was one from Never Change by Elizabeth Berg that compared the MC shedding her clothes and leaving them alongside the bath to strew seashells (certainly a departure from the direct quote). But I loved it when I read it.Susan Oloierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311938400999953443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821700232330605316.post-91876835234374317912011-09-27T20:34:51.789-07:002011-09-27T20:34:51.789-07:00Your lines are lovely. And the others are also qu...Your lines are lovely. And the others are also quite good. There's nothing more striking that a well-phrased metaphor.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821700232330605316.post-50043613787033171122011-09-26T17:55:35.562-07:002011-09-26T17:55:35.562-07:00I can't help thinking the same thing about you...I can't help thinking the same thing about your that you're thinking about the examples you found. Why didn't I say that?<br />I have a journal where I jot down phrases like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com