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August 3, 2014
What are you reading? (August 2014)
It’s the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means . . . Book Reports! Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. (And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links!) . What book(s) did […]
July 15, 2014
EVERYWHERE is a good place to brainstorm a story!
I’ve told the story in workshops and writers’ groups before, but I don’t know if I’ve ever shared it here. When I was first working on the germ of the idea for what would become the Ransome Trilogy, I wasn’t sure exactly where the story was going, who would be involved, or even how long […]
July 1, 2014
What Are You Reading? (July 2014)
It’s the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means . . . Book Reports! Tell us what you’ve finished over the last month, what you’re currently reading, and what’s on your To Be Read stack/list. (And if you’ve reviewed the books you’ve read somewhere, please include links!) . What book(s) did […]
June 2, 2014
What Are You Reading? (May and June 2014)
It’s the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means . . . Book Reports! And I just realized that I forgot to do this post in May, so we’ve got two months’ worth of books to catch up on! If you’ve challenged yourself to—or even officially signed up for—a reading challenge […]
May 23, 2014
Fun Friday–Can You Guess the Theme?
I just started reading this book: Chosen to help Robert the Bruce in his quest to free Scotland from English rule and claim his crown, the legendary team of warriors known as the Highland Guard battles on. Embedded deep behind enemy lines, Arthur “Ranger” Campbell is prized for his razor-sharp senses and his ability to […]
May 22, 2014
#TBT Post: Does it matter what Jane Austen looked like?
. Throwback Thursday Post of the Week: Does it matter what Jane Austen looked like? Originally posted: April 1, 2007 I don’t usually post on Sundays, but my mom forwarded this link to me. It’s a nice op/ed piece on Jane Austen and if what she looked like and what she was like as a […]
May 20, 2014
Stephen King on Writing for the Money
Excerpt from Chapter 16 of Part 4, “On Writing,” in On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King One more matter needs to be discussed, a matter that bears directly on that life-changer and one that I’ve touched on already, but indirectly. Now I’d like to face it head-on. It’s a question that […]
May 19, 2014
Stephen King on Writing with the Door Closed
Excerpt from Chapter 20 of Part 1 “C. V.” in On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King “When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story,” [John Gould] said. “When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.” Gould said something else that […]
May 16, 2014
Fun Friday: PUPPIES, PUPPIES, PUPPIES!!!
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May 15, 2014
#TBT Post: Writing Bad Guys—Creepy Cartoon Caricatures
. Throwback Thursday Post of the Week: Bad Guys—Creepy Cartoon Caricatures Originally posted: September 14, 2009 Maybe I’m aging myself here, but surely most of you can easily recall the ZZ Top song “Bad to the Bone.” All throughout this series, that’s the song that’s been running through my head as I’ve written about how […]
