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May 14, 2018
And Everything. And Nothing..
Another beautiful poem & gorgeous song from Tosha! If you’re on WordPress, you should definitely follow this talented woman!
5 Things You Should NOT do this Friday
You have 4 days to read this so you can remember what NOT to do on Friday!
What were they thinking?
My answer? They weren’t! Thinking, that is!
Monday Funnies…
Love these! Especially the one about the shower because that just happened to me last month!
May 13, 2018
Review of Zadie Smith’s “The Autograph Man”
The Autograph Man
by
Zadie Smith
Sherrie Miranda‘s review
May 13, 2018 · edit
4.0 out of 5 stars
All Things considered, I Liked the Story
Format: Paperback
As a reader of Black & Latino authors, I bought Zadie Smith’s book in part because she is a black Brit. I thought I would learn something about life as a black, British female in London. The main character is a Chinese Jew and there are several other characters in the story, but the one black Brit is talked about a few times & gets about two minutes in an actual scene. There is even a black American prostitute in the story. She is not realistic at all, but none of the characters are.
That said, once I accepted that the novel was NOT about a character like Zadie, I did finally begin to enjoy the story. Alex Li Tandem and his friends are fascinating and unusual characters. And the story is like nothing I’ve ever read. I always thought people who collected autographs were rather silly people, but I now see that it is also a business and some collectors will do almost anything to get an autograph, including going halfway around the world, as well as forging a signature if they are desperate or delirious enough.
All things considered, I liked the story, but I do imagine I will like some of her other novels more.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too.
You can watch it on YouTube or go to my home page:
https://sherriemiranda1.wordpress.com
May 12, 2018
Stage Leaps
Love this poem. And there’s an amazing song to go with it!
May 11, 2018
7 Tips to Writing Prequels and Not Hurting the Originals
Age of Apocalypse
As I said, prequels are a risky endeavor because you can easily slip up and make a mess of both series. Continuity becomes very fragile since you’re basically traveling back in time and we all know how often that turns sour. Many authors might think of this as nothing more than writing any other series and assuming their own memories will guide them to safety. Unfortunately, we are creatures of improvement and dabbling, which means we always have a chance of getting hooked on a bad idea because it’s cool for this specific story. So, what are some tips to writing prequels?
Make an outline or note system that focuses on areas that the two series can or may crossover. Mark down where you go into descriptions for cities and creatures in the original to make sure you don’t redesign them. Note your systems like magic, currency…
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