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Too Much Romance? #amwriting

Romance – Or: How Much is Too Much?

(Part 4 in a six-post series)

So, we’ve had an idea, brainstormed and have sorted out some sort of structure for our meal and for our story. Now we’re coming to the next phase. I need to reassess the work I have done, season, thicken, tweak and refine. I need to tighten up the plot, add descriptions and emotional nuances, elaborate here and there and spice up the characters in order to make this experience large and memorable.Here’s the question: how much i...

Learn to Break the Rules #mondayblogs

Rules – Or: Learn Them Before Breaking Them

(Part 3 of a six-part post)

Last post we brainstormed the appetizer and the beginning of the story. Better said, we threw a soup together and slammed a thousand words into a word document. The soup simmers away on the back burner. The story turns over in the back of my mind along with feedback from friends who’ve added their grease to the plot.

Now things are getting serious. Read more…

How Not To Follow a Recipe #amwriting

Chaos – Or: How Not to Follow a Recipe

(Part 2 of a six-part post)

In my last post we discussed the project at hand. I am writing a short story called The Women of Tragic Hearts and working through the trial round of a three-course meal for unknown guests in order to compare the creative processes involved and underline some of the similarities. And I have time today to practice the meal and to write. But I’m not feeling it. The inspiration has left me. Or could it be that I will regret expos...

What Are We Hungry For? #amwriting

(Part 1 of a six-part post) Idea – Or: What Are We Hungry For?

Writing is much like the art of cooking a fine meal or baking a tasty cake. Our tastes grow, change and become more refined as we hone our skills. Not only are they both fun but they are life sustaining…read more here at Mslexia

Join me for the Aperitif of this six-part post that first appeared at the Mslexia Blog!

The theme of my blog residency is The Love of Writing Compared to The Love of Cooking. Now what do these two things...

Writing Decisions I Make #mondayblogs

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The Decisions I Make While Writing
Or: Why the heck did that character just do what he did?

Everyone knows this moment while watching a B-rated horror flick on TV. The heroine hears spooky sounds coming out of the basement. The music rises and her footsteps slow as she walks towards the basement door. Her hand reaches for the knob and everyone in the room shouts, “Don’t do it!”

We wonder how she could be so foolish. We know evil lurks down there. But somewhere a scr...

Teen Noir #FlashFiction

“Hey, Carolyn! I passed!” Carolyn heard the screen door slam and heavy boots stomping up the carpeted stairway. She jumped up and down, jiggling herself into skin-tight jeans and flopped back on the bed. Gut sucked in, she pulled the zipper up and secured the button. “Carolyn! I passed my driver’s test!” Jeremy said, filling out the doorway. He slammed both hands against the door jamb. “My brother gave me the Camaro, the dumb ass. Let’s go for a ride.” A devilish grin spread...

Spotlight on Germany

Cologne around 1411 Cologne

The best thing about living in central Europe is the availability of public transportation. Don’t even have to fly. From where I’m sitting, I can be in Nuremberg in thirty minutes, I can be in Munich two hours, Prague in four hours, Vienna in five, Brussels in, say, seven hours, and London in twelve.

High-speed trains. The railway expansion is causing chaos on Bavarian streets at the moment. Everywhere you turn, and I mean everywhere, bridges are shut an...

The Moravian Book Shop #booksigning

FRIDAY, JUNE 10th from 5 pm to 7 pm

Please join me this afternoon at the oldest book store in the world, The Moravian Book Shop, in beautiful downtown Bethlehem, PA. Hope to see you there!

Picture courtesy ofPoets & Writers.org

The Artistic Crime of the Century

…or Le Coup

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#FlashFiction: Just Say No to Writer’s Block

Powered by:http://www.writingexercises.co.uk I used the random first line generator but I didn’t use it as a first line: He had waited twenty years to return it.Writers: you never need suffer writer’s block. Not when we have toys like these random generators to play with!

TWENTY YEARS by Laura Libricz

A light snow fell and covered the street with a hush. The sky was the same dirty grey and darkened so early on this December afternoon. His muffled footsteps crunched along the unshoveled sidew...