Florence Witkop's Blog, page 23
August 31, 2019
Tired of summer yet?
I’m not sure if it’s possible to get tired of summer, but there’s always that chance. You know what I mean. Too much warm, beautiful weather. Too many sunny days. Or too many mosquitoes and wood ticks. Any of the previous things can make you yearn for adventure of another sort. Like joining the multi-generational …
August 29, 2019
Pampered Chefs indeed!
I love Pampered Chef. They make kitchen gadgets and cookware that last just about forever. I spoke with one woman who still has the pan she bought fifty years ago. Fifty years! So when my granddaughter said she was going to sell Pampered Chef products, I told her that she was making a mistake because …
August 26, 2019
A reader’s question: Should the writers who feel that writing is a burden be considered good writers? Shouldn’t a writer have a passion for writing?
Shouldn’t a writer have a passion for writing? Not necessarily, though it helps if the writer is a voracious reader and at enjoys at least one or more of the aspects of writing. I wasn’t passionate about writing when I began. I simply wanted to earn money working at home and, since I love reading, …
August 24, 2019
How many stories?
I have a problem. I can’t stop imagining stories that tell me that they need to be written. My latest idea is different from anything I’ve written before. So different that I know I can’t do it alone. I’ve contacted my pastor son for help and he agreed to see if we can do it. …
August 21, 2019
RIP Mars One
When I learned that Mars One was recruiting potential astronaut/colonists to be the first people on Mars, I would have signed up if the deadline hadn’t already passed. As it was, over 100,000 people volunteered so I probably wouldn’t have had a chance. Because I’d love to go to Mars. To live there. Okay, it’s …
August 19, 2019
A reader’s question: How can I make a short storyline longer?
How to make a story longer when you’ve already figured out the storyline and it’s too short? It’s not easy but it can be done. I know because when I segued from short stories to novels I just about went crazy figuring out how to do exactly that. The answer isn’t to pad your scenes. …
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August 17, 2019
It’s still summer. And still warm. And secrets are still secrets.
The first of the Johns Falls series, Shh– Don’t Tell, was written over the course of almost a year because it was the first of the series and I didn’t know Johns Falls all that well yet. Now I know the fictional town like the back of my hand and can take characters through it …
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August 15, 2019
Horses, horses, and more horses.
Did we warp our daughter forever when she was young by getting her a horse? And then another horse? I wonder because when I visited her last, I counted five of the huge things in her corral. Of course, with horses, she also has a very large barn with barn cats and hay and a …
August 12, 2019
A readers question: Should I write on a schedule or just when inspiration strikes?
Is it better to write at a set time or just when inspiration strikes? There’s no one right answer. When I first began writing, I make myself write every day starting at a set time and continuing until I ran out of steam. I did not enjoy it. Time passed and I found that I …
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August 10, 2019
Spirit Legend
I’ve been thinking back to my first full-length book for Winged Publications. It was Spirit Legend, the first of the Legends trilogy, and I wasn’t sure Winged Publications would be interested in it — or any of the Legends trilogy — because it’s not strictly a Christian book. But, fortunately, Winged Publications has two imprints. …
