Researching as Recreation or If I could get paid to follow historical rabbit trails? I totally would. by Sandi Layne While I sit here, still without a personal laptop computer (mine died a quick, undignified death back in September), I have found it hard to write. Ironic, I know. Please note, I have not said I have...
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There is something almost biological about rhythm. Maybe it has something to do with our heartbeat and breathing; the unconsious mechanisms of our body that allow us to live. They have very distinct rhythms. Maybe it has something to do with the rhythms of nature: the phases of the moon, the ebb and flow of the tides,...
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Word Prompts idee fixe: a fixed idea; an obsession. succor: aid; help; also, to help or relieve. piebald: mottled; also, mixed. mollify: to reduce in intensity; to soothe; to soften. staid: steady or sedate in character. Image...
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Well, I’m cheating. It’s a funny thing, how the first Tuesday of the month always sneaks up on me, despite the fact that my column has been on the first Tuesday of the month for 2 years and it’s highlighted in the master schedule. Nevertheless, it snuck up on me again this month, and I really didn’t know...
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Who here has written Fan Fiction of any sort? I’ll pretend I can see a bunch of you raising your hand. Who here has fallen in love with the art of writing and has decided to branch away and try writing something of your own making? Who here has been calling it “Original Fiction”? Yeah, me too. But, apparently,...
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Time Management or I’m a Writer! Watch Me Do the Laundry! by Sandi Layne After writing my previous column on why writers don’t…well…write, I was struck by those who said that “real life got in the way” or “real life was a problem” or that they just didn’t have time, what with everything real life was...
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Know thyself. Socrates wasn’t playing around with those two words. That’s some deep stuff right there if you really stop to think about it. In fact, many scholars around the world will happily state that those two words mark the beginning of wisdom. Sound silly or pretentious? Well, maybe it is. However, without...
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Vampire in Denial, by Dale Mayer Book One – Blood Ties series Reviewed by Lisa Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn’t hard enough, Tessa’s throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can’t get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all...
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I’ve been working on my novel in some incarnation or another for about a year now. After I bowed out of fan fiction and decided I wanted to write something that was my own creation, I was really excited. And I still am excited, it’s just not an easy task! One of the most difficult things for me to do is write an...
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