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"One reason that people have artist’s block is that they do not respect the law of dormancy in..."

“One reason that people have artist’s block is that they do not respect the law of dormancy in nature. Trees don’t produce fruit all year long, constantly. They have a point where they go dormant. And when you are in a dormant period creatively, if you can arrange your life to do the technical tasks that don’t take creativity, you are essentially preparing for the spring when it will all blossom again.”

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Marshall Vandruff, one of the best teachers I have ever had, on artist’s block. Said dur...

gaywrites:GLAAD has released its annual Where We Are On TV...

gaywrites:

GLAAD has released its annual Where We Are On TV report, and while it found that broadcast, cable and streaming series are including more LGBT characters, they’restill largely lacking in diversity.

Falling in love is easy, but a selkie must always return to the...

Falling in love is easy, but a selkie must always return to the sea…

The last day of the Seven Tears at High Tidevirtual book touris today, but there’s still seven days left in the giveaway for books, gift cards and more!

Come with me to TTC Books and More and Fiction Nookas I talk about my love of the young adult genre, the cultural value in writing, and how I name my characters, particularly who in my family Kevin’s dad is named for!

"Readers will savor this sweet, loving historical."

“Readers will savor this sweet, loving historical.”

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Publishers Weekly review of Laura Stone’s“Bitter Springs”

“This personal and tender story of tough men, soft hearts, and open spaces in 1870s Texas warmly serves the author’s purpose of showing that gay people have existed in all times and places. Family drama shifts the fates of the brothers of the Valle Santos ranching family, leaving Renaldo, the youngest, to train with talented mesteñero (wild-horse tamer) Henry Burnett. Hank eventually...

"There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We..."

“There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson,Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey(Ep 2: Some of the Things that Molecules Do)

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pumpkinhale:Look what came today!! Honestly, I’m so excited to...

pumpkinhale:

Look what came today!! Honestly, I’m so excited to read this!

"Writing a book is like wrestling a bear. Some days you’re on top,some days the bear is on top. And..."

““Writing a book is like wrestling a bear. Some days you’re on top,some days the bear is on top. And some days the bear is on top, dancing around the room and ordering lattes.””

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Neil Gaiman, West Virginia Book Festival 2015 (via miss-elsaba)

I said this.

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Today on the virtual book tour for Seven Tears at High Tide I...

Today on the virtual book tour forSeven Tears at High TideI had an incredible time chatting with these three amazing book review blogs! Come hang out and check out the interviews, giveaways and more!

At Cathy Brockman RomancesI talk about my favorite things to do when I’m not writing and the most difficult type of writing scenes for me, and then over at MM Good Book Reviews I discuss some of the themes and inspiration for Seven Tears, as well as my favorite things about writing and incorporat...

10 Ways to Start Your Story

the-writers-society:

In writing, as in dating and business, initial reactions matter. You don’t get a second chance, as mouthwash commercials often remind us, to make a first impression.

So it’s unfortunate that opening sentences frequently receive short shrift in writing workshops. While drilling aspiring literati on the subtleties of characterization and plot, few, if any, writing instructors offer lessons on crafting a first line, or even an introductory paragraph—though many agents and edi...