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How to Make Your Characters Come Alive
I love everything about writing. I love words, I love plots, but above all — I love characters. Now, the picture above may be cheating a little bit, because some (or most) of the characters on...
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Female Characters — Why God, Why Is It So Hard?
I am a woman. I have an amazing sister who’s a woman. My mother was one of my biggest influences. I believe woman can do anything and people are a lot more alike than they are different. SO, WHY...
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Warning! You are Living in the Pop Culture Moment of Your Dreams
I just realized this year that we are living in the kind of time and place we are going to annoy those younger than us about for the rest of our lives. Now, I know summer movies haven’t been that...
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“You Can’t Get Firefly by Rebooting Bonanza.”
My sister Sarah said the above quote and I thought it was so true. We live in a swirling media storm of sequels, re-boots, re-imaginings, prequels, adaptations, updates, and spin-offs. Our summer...
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A Writer’s ‘Most Enjoyable’ TV Shows List
I put the question of this ‘top ten’ to my sister, with the stipulation of ‘most enjoyable’. The reason was not to exclude hard-to-watch dramas but rather to alleviate the fears that one would have...
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My Favorite Funny Pins
I love me some Pinterest (check out my boards). Here are 11 of my favorite funnies – from Doctor Who The Office This only works if you loved Ski Free! like I did (by that I mean with the heat of a...
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Ten Things I Want You to do Before the End of the Year
We have a little over a month left in the year. I want you to end 2013 strong, alive, and full of possibility. Here’s how to do it: Ten Tips to Come Alive Pick one event, concert, etc that you’ve...
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10 Tips for Building Believable Love Stories
One of my favorite love stories. For those of you who couldn’t make it to my Athens Writers Association class in Athens last weekend, here’s a taste of what we discussed – Make your characters...
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Awesome Day #3 — Finishing a book
Yesterday was day #3 of my 8 day ‘stay-cation’. Except for going to see X-men (it was great!), I spent the rest of the day working on my novel Fall Street. It’s not done yet, but...
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Summer Movies: What Happened to Happy?
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade I love dark, complex movies. I’m a big fan of cable TV anti heroes. I think hiring Bryan Singer, the director of that clever little drama The Usual Suspects to...
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What Inspires You Most?
When I saw author Rob White‘s list of books that have influenced his writing most (in no particular order), I knew I had to make my own list. And I encourage you to do the same. Whether you’re a...
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2015: 10 Things That Are Inspiring My Writing
Even though the year isn’t over yet, I’m so excited about the things that are exhilarating me and moving my writing forward that I just had to share them (note: no real spoilers here, just a few lines...
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Why I Write Fantasy: A Post About Possibilities, Magic, and He-Man
by John Howe “Why did you pick that genre? Why fantasy?” It is almost a strange question to me, like why do you breathe air. Though of course, sometimes I don’t breathe air — sometimes I hold my breath...
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Warning! You are Living in the Pop Culture Moment of Your Dreams
I just realized this year that we are living in the kind of time and place we are going to annoy those younger than us about for the rest of our lives. Now, I know summer movies haven’t been that...
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