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Man yesterday was SLAMMED at the Evil Day Job. Super duper productive but holy crap busy. I’d scheduled an orientation meeting with our new grad students and the rest of the team to introduce...
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I’ve been thinking about origin stories lately. Some of this is just part and parcel of developing new ideas and new characters. As author, we have to figure out what the origins of our characters...
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Last week I was doing some tweaking to my outline. This often happens when I get into the meat of a book. My initial plotting is very logically laid out from point A to point Z, and sometimes it ends...
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Teaching What I Love: Novellas
A Favorite Format I love novellas. Like, seriously, I love them. I keep a plethora loaded on my phone to keep me entertained while waiting on my work computer to boot, standing in line, waiting at...
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A New Perspective on Lit Analysis
I’m thinking about analysis this morning–literature analysis, as it happens. This all started because Susan and I got into a discussion about reading non-fiction this morning, which spun into how I’ve...
View ArticleWhat Makes You STOP Reading An Otherwise Good Book?
I gave up on Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan this morning. This isn’t the first good book I just haven’t felt compelled to finish, and it got me thinking about WHY that is. What’s turning me off? It’s...
View ArticleHow Plotting Is Like Pantsing…In Fast Forward
I love discussing process with people (and by people, I mean other writers). It’s one of my favorite forms of shop talk. Everybody has their own method, and it’s cool to share those methods and see...
View ArticleMaking It Your Own
Holy MOLY this new project is making me so SO hyper. I’ve got research books out of the library on every horizontal surface, loading my ereader, and I swear, it’s like being a kid in a candy store,...
View ArticleThoughts on Gaining Reader Empathy
A month or two ago, I picked up The Hero’s 2 Journeys by Michael Hague and Christopher Vogler. It was on sale at Audible for $4.95. And looking right now, it’s still only $5.95. I say it’s WORTH...
View ArticleThinking About The No One Is Safe Cast
Today’s lifetrack, Cinderella Man: Turtle. I actually have NO IDEA what this movie is about (something to do with boxing and obviously starring Russell Crowe since he’s on the cover), but I love the...
View ArticleUsing the DISC Personality Assessment at Work and Play (With Characters)
Man yesterday was SLAMMED at the Evil Day Job. Super duper productive but holy crap busy. I’d scheduled an orientation meeting with our new grad students and the rest of the team to introduce...
View ArticleThinking About Origin Stories
I’ve been thinking about origin stories lately. Some of this is just part and parcel of developing new ideas and new characters. As author, we have to figure out what the origins of our characters...
View ArticleHurray For Magical Cookies!
Last week I was doing some tweaking to my outline. This often happens when I get into the meat of a book. My initial plotting is very logically laid out from point A to point Z, and sometimes it ends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Teaching What I Love: Novellas
A Favorite Format I love novellas. Like, seriously, I love them. I keep a plethora loaded on my phone to keep me entertained while waiting on my work computer to boot, standing in line, waiting at...
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