Film Friday

Since it's a holiday weekend (for us Yanks at least), I thought I'd wait to pick up the overwriting series next week.There's nothing like a long weekend to lounge about watching...

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Overwriting (part 2): Diction

Overly elaborate diction is what most think of when they hear the term "overwriting." I'd argue it's just one facet of a tendency to go thick, lush and heavy-handed when drafting....

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Overwriting (part 1): What is it?

If you've participated in critique groups, writing workshops or online forums, you may have seen or heard someone's piece criticized for being "overwritten." But what does that...

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Logline/Hook line blogfest

Today's Logline/Hook line blogfest is hosted by Bryan of The Time Guardian Blog. Check out the other entries HERE.Bryan challegened participants to post one-sentence descriptions...

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Sharing some love

I've fallen a bit behind with acknowledging and passing along blog awards, so today I play catch up.Janet of It Is What It Is... gave me the elegant-looking Beautiful Blogger...

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Let's Talk Blogfest

Thanks to Roni of Fiction Groupie for hosting today's Let's Talk Blogfest. Stop on by her site to see the listing of all participants.My offering for today's fest is from WIP-2,...

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Französisch: writing what you don't know

Französisch is French auf Deutsch. Can you guess which language I studied and which one wants a role in WIP-2? Um, yeah, the German speaker is going to wrangle with French. (Whether...

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Ebb and flow

It's a curious thing how my energy and enthusiasm for just about anything is not consistent. And even more curious is that it surprises me every time I hit low ebb. My low ebb...

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Internal Conflict Blogfest

Today's fest is hosted by the Alliterative Allomorph and our fun, fun theme is internal conflict!This piece is from my second book in progress, so it's basically a cleaned-up...

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Tuesday tag: five questions, five answers

Crystal at Write Because You Must tagged me some time ago to complete the following blog meme.Where were you five years ago?-In year five of living in our three-story row here...

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"It will make a good story later": A Mother's Day tribute

Happy Mother's Day to all moms, and a special reminder to love well your sisters and friends suffering infertility, miscarriage and loss of a child. Today is ten times more painful...

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Film fest: indies with teen boy protagonists

Looking for a few good rentals for the upcoming weekend? (Is it bad that I'm thinking weekend already?) Something to stimulate your writerly brain a bit, instead of the usual...

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Write it slant*

The fiction experts tell us time and again to "show, not tell." It's a useful enough guideline, as far as it goes. But how should one go about showing? Describing physical sensations...

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What's in a name game results (part 2)

It's day two of results from Friday's name game. Here is the second batch of names I looked up for you in one of the books in my name library, The Baby Name Personality Survey...

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What's in a name game results (part 1)

Results time, friends! Thanks to everyone who posted their name requests on Friday.Below are descriptions from The Baby Name Personality Survey by Bruce Lansky and Barry Sinrod...

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Cooking and baking blogfest

Charity at My Writing Journey is hosting today's blogfest of scenes with cooking or baking. I hope to include some funny cooking moments in my next book, because domestic tasks...

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