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September 11, 2010
30 Days of Writing - Day 15: Who do you admire?
15. Midway question! Tell us about a writer you admire, whether professional or not!
Helene Hanff. Not a writer of fiction, but a writer with a unique voice. Miss Hanff was a working writer. When she didn't succeed as a playwrite, she wrote for TV. She edited. She wrote articles. She lived in small drafty apartments, struggled financially, but *worked* as a writer and had fame (with books like 84 Charing Cross Road) in a manner that she never foresaw.
That's the aspect that is shared by all t...
Helene Hanff. Not a writer of fiction, but a writer with a unique voice. Miss Hanff was a working writer. When she didn't succeed as a playwrite, she wrote for TV. She edited. She wrote articles. She lived in small drafty apartments, struggled financially, but *worked* as a writer and had fame (with books like 84 Charing Cross Road) in a manner that she never foresaw.
That's the aspect that is shared by all t...
September 9, 2010
#FridayFlash: Tricks
Now that it's no longer a secret (because my mother-in-law *is* a friend on Facebook even if she probably hasn't logged in since my niece set up the account), I can let it be known that we're headed to Omaha tomorrow. Eric's staying for the weekend for my mom-in-law's birthday party and I'm staying on the rest of next week to see my people. This means that tomorrow is going to me nuts. Heck, considering our flight is at 8am and our first league game is tonight, *tonight* is going to be nuts.
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September 8, 2010
30 Days of Writing - Day #13
13. What’s your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?
I don't think I really have a favorite. The hardest part has been writing religions that aren't prophetic Judeo-Christian or pat polytheistic with a god for everything. I was raised Lutheran and, whatever my current leanings, it hard to get my brain around other core beliefs. Therefore, Fuel Eaters, if I ever get around to a second draft of it, will be a bear.
I suppose when all is said and done, I really don't write any culture bu...
I don't think I really have a favorite. The hardest part has been writing religions that aren't prophetic Judeo-Christian or pat polytheistic with a god for everything. I was raised Lutheran and, whatever my current leanings, it hard to get my brain around other core beliefs. Therefore, Fuel Eaters, if I ever get around to a second draft of it, will be a bear.
I suppose when all is said and done, I really don't write any culture bu...
September 7, 2010
30 Days of Writing - Day #12: Worldbuilding (also, Where am I?)
12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of worldbuilding? Any side-notes on it you’d like to share?
Hands down, Weordan and it's associated novels. To establish a reasonable physics for "magic" required a world with different chemical makeup. To be honest, figuring out all (or at least most) of the associated changes was Eric's task. My job was to implement the changes and keep them all straight. And change details when something knew was worked out. It's taken three novels and fiv...
Hands down, Weordan and it's associated novels. To establish a reasonable physics for "magic" required a world with different chemical makeup. To be honest, figuring out all (or at least most) of the associated changes was Eric's task. My job was to implement the changes and keep them all straight. And change details when something knew was worked out. It's taken three novels and fiv...
September 6, 2010
30 Days of Writing - Day #11: Favorites
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?
I've enjoyed writing my put-upon thugs, Dino and Balito. Both are simple men. They have jobs; they try to do them well. They are the victims of circumstance. But that doesn't mean they can't have interesting details and foibles.
In general, I dislike writing duplicitous, secret-mongering characters. I'm a terrible liar. In fiction, I realize that much of story telling relies on when and how information is transferred to the reader, bu...
I've enjoyed writing my put-upon thugs, Dino and Balito. Both are simple men. They have jobs; they try to do them well. They are the victims of circumstance. But that doesn't mean they can't have interesting details and foibles.
In general, I dislike writing duplicitous, secret-mongering characters. I'm a terrible liar. In fiction, I realize that much of story telling relies on when and how information is transferred to the reader, bu...
