Voice

Posted Apr 23 2010 in

Somebody tweeted a link to an engaging discussion about the Twilight series this morning.   Specifically, the debate focused on whether the books were “good”.  (I’ll spare you the debate and cut to the chase – consensus, at least from these participants, was a vocal NO!)  I, however, enjoyed the series. Thought they were sweet, innocent, […]

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Using Scent to Develop Characters

Posted Apr 15 2010 in

This afternoon, I was leaving the gym when a woman walked past me.  There was a moment, a split second, where her scent hit me.  She reminded me so much of my dead grandmother, I froze in my tracks and just stood there, steeped in a flood of fond memories.  It was a few minutes […]

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Golden Heart Scores Arrived

Posted Apr 12 2010 in

Funny.  I’d been waiting for this envelope to arrive for months.  When I arrived home this evening to find it, I couldn’t open it.  The little voice in my head,  you know, the Anti-Muse? She’s sitting back on her chaise, frothy umbrella drink in hand, regarding me over the tops of half-glasses, while a tiny […]

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Take ’em to Hell and Back

Posted Apr 7 2010 in

I love reading ‘master the craft’ books and find they inspire me whenever I am blocked. I have a library full of them (see earlier post on Hooked! by Les Edgerton). I’m currently reading Donald Maass’s Writing the Breakout Novel. In it, Maass devotes page after page to raising the stakes, asking us to ask […]

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