Tag: writing
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Writing as a Calling?
Thinking up what to write about here today brought to mind an odd analogy. When I was in labor with my second child, my labor went so fast that I was forced to do it “naturally”. With my first child I had an epidural and never felt that “urge to push” that I’d heard of.…
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The Bare-Bones Outline
I’ve been doing a lot of editing and publishing research and all that less-fun stuff a writer has to do in order to become an author. I’ve started to feel desperate to write something, but with all the stuff I’m trying to push out the door I don’t think I should attempt another novel until…
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A Failure with Potential
Last November I failed at NaNoWriMo. I had a seed of an idea that very grudgingly allowed me to create an outline, but when I started to write, it turned wrong. I was writing in the first person and my narrator’s kid was kidnapped. It was awful. Not bad writing; it was awful to write.…
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Excerpt (Un-named) Sequel to The Sunshine Line
From late in the July 2, 1992, chapter Angelina introduced her companion, “This is Amanda, my half sister. She came along because she wanted to meet you.” My face must have shown how puzzled I felt, because Angelina said, “we are both Leo’s daughters, so we know a little about you already. Amanda is very…
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Introducing Bixel
Excerpt from the second Sunshine Line book, several pages into the first chapter: He was remarkably ugly, and I’m not really one to care what another person – being – looks like. But in his case it was so marked that if I just looked away and looked right back I was startled again by how…
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Progress Report: Help Wanted
As I’ve mentioned before, Help Wanted is a fictionalized account of a true story. When the woman whose story it is — who I call “Amy” in the book — read it, she suggested two more scenes that might help illustrate some of the points the story was trying to make. I wrote the two…
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I’ve Got to Write *Something*!
As many of you know, I’m working on a lot of things right now. I got Silver Linings published about six weeks ago and hope to have The Sunshine Line published within the month. In addition to those, I’m working on editing the sequels to The Sunshine Line as well as editing Help Wanted. With…
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My Kingdom for a Title!
If I push my brain way back into the fall of 2009 I can recall that at first the title for The Sunshine Line didn’t come easily. I had a couple of ideas pass through my head, but they all seemed flip and/or lame. When it came to me, it seemed perfect, working as a metaphor…
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Excerpt: (As yet un-named) Sequel
I haven’t even published The Sunshine Line yet and I’ve already written two sequels! Well, for what it’s worth, I’ve been a busy little bee this year and hope to get The Sunshine Line and it’s first sequel both out this year. For now, here’s a little teaser: From: the July 28th 1992 chapter Maybe she hadn’t…
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Quick Excerpt: Sequel to The Sunshine Line
I love Nyhus. He’s a cowardly little worm, but he brings teh funnay. It’s not that he’s funny, but that he makes my other character say funny things. I brought him back in the third book, without having planned to. And I was so glad I had, Nyhus scenes are a blast to write. So: Quick…