Cry Over Spilt Ink

welcome to Spilt Ink

Welcome, my name is George Frost and this is my blog. In my blog, I publish some of my writing. I believe writing is a way to communicate what we believe, our values, and our unique perspective on the world.

I currently reside in Eugene, OR and teach at Willamette Leadership Academy. I am a 13 year veteran of the United States Air Force (1979-1992). I graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage in 1999 and then went on to get my masters' from Grand Canyon University in 2011. I have been married to my wife Amy since December 16, 1995 and have a son, Skylar age 24 and a daughter, Tegan age 19 who resides in Arizona. I have two Papillons , Boo Boo (pictured here) and Zeus. We also have two cats, Luna and Oscar.

As a writer, I have written three novels, on is available on line through Amazon entitled "The Writers' Group." I am preparing two more novels for publication entitled "Chock Full o' Nuts Residential Bible" and "Shamus MacFadden's Fiddle." I have also entered two of my poetry chap books in contests. I encourage everyone to do the same.

Welcome 2020

2/2/2020

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Starting the new year with new ideas and hope...

Hope springs eternal as Alexander Pope once wrote and with each passing year, my hope is that I will find an audience to connect with. In order to do that I want to keep on blogging and presenting new ideas as I progress as a writer. Listed below are the places you can explore on my blog filled with new material.

Inkwell: this is the page you are looking at right now and acts as a guide to my blog.
Speak Out: This is the forum where I encourage you to leave your ideas and comments about the topic posted.
Poetry: I usually post one poem every two weeks and encourage you to make comments.
Short Work: Like the poetry I post a short work of 3000-10000 words and encourage feedback.
Book Review: After reading a book, I will post my review of the book. Once again, if you wish to comment on the book or my review please do so. I also have an author’s corners with some of my influences, but would love to hear from you about authors you like to read.

6. Parting Shots: This is where I post things that encourage you to keep on writing and making your voice be heard.

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Happy Ground Hog's Day

Once again Punxsatawney Phil has warned us that winter is not done with us quite yet. So far this winter has set me a back a bit as we have been dealing with car accidents and insurance in not one, but two accidents that happened at an intersection. Lucky no one was hurt, but one of our vehicles was totaled.

In the meantime, I have been busy teaching literature to students who have little appreciation of our rich language culture rooted in Chaucer and Shakespeare and sprouting through Dickens and Whitman winding upward in Faulkner and Steinbeck until the leaves of Vonnegut and Frost (not related as far as I know) shade us from our own shadows unlike Phil the ground hog who saw his shadow and made his official report.

One thing I have done is continued to write. I have a couple of online groups where I have been receiving some favorable feedback and of course I still try to stay in touch with my writing group in town.