Tag: creating
member name: Wendy C.
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May 08, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
Tension is an important part of writing fiction. It adds a layer of suspence which keeps the pages turning.
"The men faced each other." Perhaps they are flexing their fingers . . .
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May 21, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
I was born into a covey of great-aunties. My great-grandmas came from large families. Grandma Belle had three sisters and Grandma May had four when I came along. Grandma Clare had two sisters.
It didn't . . .
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November 04, 2009 07:24 PM EST --
There is nothing quite like having a group of like minded people to congregate with. Some come and then fade away. A few pop in and out while others wander back into the fold and it is as if they . . .
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October 22, 2008 10:27 PM EDT --
Welcome to No Whine Just Champagne for October 23rd 2008.
Thanks for having me host Pat, now let’s see if I’m worthy.
My writing has been described as edgy and gritty. I’m not sure . . .
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August 06, 2009 07:06 PM EDT --
I'm being fingered as a published author, mostly by my friends and family. It creates some interestingly short conversations.
T:What do you write?
M:Romance.
T: Oh. Or squealing, What kind? . . .
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September 17, 2009 05:56 PM EDT --
In a perfect library, the shelves would be lined with beautifully, well crafted tales, free from error and over wrought prose. News reports would be held to a strict code of conduct, and headlines wouldn't . . .
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October 12, 2009 12:41 PM EDT --
Fall is most certainly settling in here in E. WA. We've had two killing frosts, so denial must be set aside. When the weather turns so do my ideas of what sounds good for dinner.
The grill will be abandon, . . .
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November 21, 2009 12:44 AM EST --
The new world of publishing comes with another set of perils, or does it? There's been a lot of chatter the last few days with the whole HH situation.
We all know the options and have opinions on each. . . .
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May 21, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
By now I think most of you know I dropped off the crazy train and enjoy a calmer more pleasant pace, most of the time. Even so, finding time to write is a challenge. Intrusions come at me from every side . . .
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October 16, 2008 10:15 PM EDT --
NaNo is two weeks away. How did that happen? I've decided to toss caution to the wind and give NaNo a whirl this year. Can I pound out 50k in 30 days? Derned if I know, but I guess we're . . .
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February 08, 2009 06:41 PM EST --
We've been going full steam on a number of meaty issues. Many of us are either gearing up or in the throes of marketing. Some of us are in retreat licking wounds getting ready to start the process . . .
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January 08, 2009 01:16 PM EST --
It takes along time for me to see the need to 'redo' parts of my books. I love them so. Each word is a cell of the greater whole.
As most of you know I completely scrapped the beginning of . . .
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October 01, 2009 07:34 PM EDT --
The torture has hopefully ended and not spilled onto this article of congratulations and reveals.
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Escape - Paul
Harry Potter and the Lost Wizard of Oz - Rand 1st . . .
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July 13, 2009 07:11 PM EDT --
I've been editing the same ms for a year now, or at least thinking about it most of the time. The ending wasn't right and damnit my characters weren't talking. Just this huge wall.
It's been, that . . .
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November 04, 2008 12:40 PM EST --
It happens. We're writing along and BAM! one of our characters drops dead. Perhaps you planned for it, or maybe your heroine pulls her gun to save the hero, taking everyone by surprise.
Cassie, . . .
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