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March 12, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Kate Robinsion
Welcome Kate Robinson, Arizona writer presently studying in Wales!Amber: First, tell us why you're in Wales.
Kate: At the moment I'm enrolled in the postgraduate creative writing program at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Education has a played a big role in my life, so you could call me a perpetual student or a lifelong learner. I hold a BA in Anthropology with emphasis in Museum Studies and the Humanities.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy?Kate: I can sure tell you why I write some odds ...
March 5, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Mary Corrales
Welcome erotic romance author Mary Corrales!
Amber: Mary, Why do you write fantasy? Mary: As an erotic romance author, fantasy allows me the freedom not only to explore the depths of sexual pleasure, but also the emotional bounds of wish fulfillment. Having spent most of my childhood moving yearly due to my dad's job with a power company, I became accustomed to finding companionship in books. In my youth I read books on unicorns and dragons, loving the imaginative friendships in these books.
W...
February 25, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Dana Davis
Welcome Dana!
I'm pleased to welcome back Dana Davis to Wordshaping to kick off my new series Why I Write.
Dana Davis is a ghost buster and award-winning speculative fiction writer who once worked for Hollywood and Disney. Her great-great aunt is purported to have been a medium and a telekinetic back in the heyday of suffragettes, prohibition and Model Ts. She uses her varied background, along with odd family stories, to aid in her writing.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy?
Dana: Well, Ilve...
February 19, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - New Series of Interviews
What's more fun than fantasy?
And what's more fun than fantasy authors who build amazing worlds and help us suspend our beliefs?
As I move my own writing solidly into urban fantasy, I ponder why and find interesting anwsers. I decided to explore this idea and add an interview series in addition to Wordshaping's focus on writing, publishing, and promotion. And "Why I Write Fantasy" is born!
"WHY I WRITE FANTASY"will give authors a chance to tell us why they write the speculative genres.
from...
February 6, 2010
Laurie Schnebly Campbell Writes Characters By Their Type
Welcome Laurie Schnebly Campbell, romance author who used the enneagram to teach writers about character.
AMBER: Tell me how you became interested in using the enneagram for character development?
LSC: My mother found a really simple book about enneagrams, complete with cartoon illustrations, and the minute I saw it I loved the idea of applying those personality types to characters in my books. There's just so much built-in conflict when you put any two types (even the same kind) together, and...
January 24, 2010
Jeffery Davis Yoga As Writers' Muse - Part 2
Welcome back, Jeff!
This week I want to ask you about your book, Journey from the Center to the Page.
The first section of the book introduces readers to what I call The Four Preparations:
Write with intention Show up and shape time Stoke the writer's fire Ride the wave of concentration
The second second section helps writers learn to pay attention to different creative faculties - imagination, deep memory, intuition - in tandem with very specific facets of craft - imagery and detail, syntax, m...
Jeffery Davis Yoga As Muse - Part 2
Welcome back, Jeff!
This week I want to ask you about your book, Journey from the Center to the Page.
The first section of the book introduces readers to what I call The Four Preparations:
Write with intention Show up and shape time Stoke the writer's fire Ride the wave of concentration
The second second section helps writers learn to pay attention to different creative faculties - imagination, deep memory, intuition - in tandem with very specific facets of craft - imagery and detail, syntax, m...
January 17, 2010
Jeffery Davis - Yoga as Muse for Writers- Part 1
Welcome, Jeff Davis, yoga teacher, writers' coach, and author of Journey from the Center to the Page.
Tell me how you developed the connection between yoga, authentic writing, and creativity?
In my early thirties, I was in pretty bad shape although you'd have to peek behind my perennial smile and smirk to sense it. Work, work, work - that was my mantra. But my work as a writer suffered, and my body wore out, or vice-versa - the connections weren't yet clear to me. With a slew of emotional and p...
January 7, 2010
Carolyn Howard-Johnson on Capitalization, CAPITALIZATION, and capitalization!
My guest this week is Carolyn Howard-Johnson, award winning novelist and author of the The HowToDoItFrugally Series for authors. Today I'm asking her questions about her book The Frugal Editor.
Welcome back Carolyn. First I have to tell you how much I love your subtitle Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success and using the word "frugal" for your series is brilliant. (I also love your unforgettable last name.) As my regular blog readers have figured out, I interview...
January 3, 2010
Mago Earth Park Generates Feelings Other Than Peace
Since this is my blog, I going to stick in an off-topic topic. In a nearby northern Arizona town a holiday season controversy continues to rage, even upstaging the Sedona sweat lodge deaths and the sad economy.
I'm interested because I've visited over 100 sculpture parks and sacred sites throughout the U.S, most during solitary cross country drives. On a good day I could stop at more than one. Yes, I was obsessed.
Monumental outdoor sculpture is both powerful and spiritual. I visited...
