Tag: writing
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P is for Perfection (or lack thereof) #atozchallenge
Are you a perfectionist? It can be both a good and a bad thing. Do you struggle with needing everything you do to be absolutely perfect, just so? Is it a driving force in your work, or does it keep you from writing? Do you keep endlessly tweaking your WIP, and not letting anyone read…
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Twenty questions for JR Vincente (#AtoZChallenge)
The team decided our theme for this month’s posts here would be a take “2020 visions of blogging.” This set of weekday posts focuses on: A 2020 Look at the A to Z Team Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to one of our shining team members, JR Vincente! I asked twenty questions,…
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Putting the "muse" in "music" – What's your writing jam?
The more I talk to other writers, the more I realize how great a source of inspiration music provides for all of us. Every year during A to Z, many people use their daily posts to share some of their favorite, most nostalgic, most deserving pieces of music, and it is always a treat to…
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Writing Through the Holidaze
Even the Cat Can Go Bonkers with Holidaze Stress Nothing’s busier than a person who writes, unless it’s a person who writes during the Thanksgiving holiday. I prefer to call it “holidaze” for the obvious reason. The only way I get through this time and still remain sane is to have a schedule. I schedule…
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5 tips for authors who work with folktales
Fairy tale adaptations are all the rage these days. Some of them are stellar, some of them are decent, and some of them are… boring, I guess. But whatever the case, here is something that not many people talk about: Adapting fairy tales (especially if they are also folktales – not all of them are!)…
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The A-Z Process
Since I’m a procrastinator, I still haven’t settled on my theme for the 2016 Challenge. Not good (although I still have time). There are just so many good themes that I’m running off in a different direction every time a shiny new idea hits. The thing is though, no matter what I decide on, I…
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How Do You Find Your Ideas?
How do you find your ideas? Authors are often asked this question in interviews. Or perhaps; Do you have trouble finding ideas to write about? My problem is the opposite. I have too many ideas. What I’ve found is that having an idea and getting the idea down in words that actually say what I…
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What Do You Read? Is It What You Write?
I don’t think that I write what I read. I LOVE to read Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mysteries, Spy Thrillers, Romance, women’s fiction, historical fiction, and some non-fiction, like true stories about amazing people or biographies/memoirs. I tend to read a lot. I like to read authors I’m familiar with, but also new ones, to help with…
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Holiday season is upon us
If you haven’t noticed, it’s not long to Christmas, Hanukkah and many other festivities relating to the middle of winter or the solstice. It’s even closer to Thanksgiving. If you like being bombarded with things you can buy and throw away again when you’re bored with them you are probably enjoying life to the full. …
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Does Weather Affect Your Stories?
Being a California native, I’ve always had to take trips to experience “weather” in the sense of really hot and humid (Southeast Asia) or really cold (Alaska). Most of the weather we get is of the medium variety (50-70 degrees) with a rare freeze and sometimes a few days in the hundreds during August. And…