Ingela Bohm's Blog, page 61

What Shakespeare really looked like

Writing tips: how I make my characters real and lovable.
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Where do your ideas come from?

A question many writers dread, but which may have a simple answer.
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Vampires!

Sample the first four chapters of my work-in-progress vampire dystopia on http://www.wattpad.com/45025044-last-...

Gatecrashing celebrity parties and being hijacked by a dead poet

All in a day's work for a writer.
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Why do I feel the need to have so much sex?

In my writing, that is...
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How writing helps me get fit

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Warning: sex!

A blog post about content warnings.
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Teaser

I'm celebrating being 1/2 done with my first draft for the next Pax book by posting a snippet and what could be the cover on my blog, http://slashingpax.wordpress.com/2014...

The magic of word count

I've never worked towards a specific word count before, but I find that it works for me. It helps to have that goal for each chapter. It makes me stop for each paragraph and wonder: have I really told everything there is to tell? Can the character reflect on this in some way that ties in with a theme?

Sometimes I don't reach my word count goal, and that's just fine. It just means that I've milked the story for all its worth, and to add another word would diminish it.

I love to learn, and being a writer ensures that I'll do just that for the rest of my life.

Smashwords sale!

There's a sale on at Smashwords.com throughout July. Just Playing is 75% off and the sequel, The Road Taken, is 25% off.

For your reduced price copy of Just Playing, go to https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... and at check-out, enter the code SSW75.

For The Road Taken, go to https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... and enter the code SSW25.