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Category Archives: writing
Why I’m So Much More Productive Writing this Year (and how you can be too)!
5 tips to increase writing productivity Continue reading
Speed-Dating with My Characters: Results
So you’re probably wondering, how did speed-dating with my characters go? Fascinating, weird, fun, and very very informative. Continue reading
First-Time Author Can’t Open Her Own Box of Books
At last! I’ve slaved over the writing, editing, and publishing of my first novel, Waking Beauty. Now my books have arrived in the mail! If only I could work up the courage to open them. Anyone relate? Continue reading
Movie Review: Authors Anonymous
Are you in a critique group? What kind of member are you? This movie tells the funny, poignant, sometimes awkward truth. Continue reading
Horses: Fresh Takes on Old Standards
Everybody ride horses in fantasy! Here are the ones I find most original. What about you? Continue reading
My Kingdom For Any Mode of Transportation But a Horse
Back in college I spent several years writing a draft of a fantasy/sci fi novel. I was never able to finish it, mainly because the plot started out cute and Mogli-sized, then grew to gremlin-sized and started causing havoc. But it was one of my best attempts at world-building. One of the details I was … Continue reading
