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Feb.09.2013
Received a rejection from one agent about the previous novel, continued editing and revising the other work in progress, covering another 68 pages. The whole thing is only 68,000 words, less than 220 pages, so I can finish the revising and ending in two more sessions, knock on wood.
Sunny,...
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Jan.18.2013
“All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.”
―Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hmmm. What do I write? I have nothing to write. Everything has already been said. Every story has been told. Every new character has been created. There is not a romance or a mystery that hasn't...
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Dec.06.2012
Everyone knows that a bad girl is more interesting than a good girl because they stir up trouble by oversteping social boundaries. They either refuse to or are incapable of inhibiting their behavior to suit others. They want what they want when they want it.
Bad behavior is a way of attracting...
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Nov.03.2012
I have always found characters, real and fictional, to be tremendously fascinating. Their nuances, beliefs, movements, thoughts, emotions, all that make them the character they are. This interest has become heightened since my children have come along and have chosen favorite characters...
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Oct.31.2012
"He wants to see the actor's mind in a shot." Actress Tabu said this about Ang Lee who has directed her in 'Life of Pi'.
It was so beautifully put, but what does it really mean? Is the actor's mind reflecting the character or her/himself? Or, is one superimposed on the other?
Can one see...
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Oct.14.2012
Another excellent writing day, devoted to the short story. It keeps surprising me. After light editing of the beginning and middle, I added another fifteen hundred words today, taking the total to 7500. I thought I'd be done - or the story would be finished - but the characters realized...
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Sep.07.2012
The recent death of actor, Michael Clarke Duncan at such an early age made me stop, and remember all the memorable roles he played during his short time on the silver screen. For instance, I loved him as accused murderer, John Coffey in The Green Mile. He was a huge, extremely powerful-looking man...
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Sep.03.2012
I’m thrilled by the response so far to Cheer: A Novel. Thank you all! I thought I’d give a little background on some of the characters in the book.
Early in the story, one of the main characters, Ella, talks about how she loves her daily early morning walks with her best friend and...
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Sep.01.2012
Writers are often asked, "Where do you get your ideas?"
I believe most writers would answer the same as I do -- it's not a matter of coming up with ideas, it's a matter of weeding out the ideas and deciding which ones I really want to develop in a short story, a novel, or maybe even a series....
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Aug.29.2012
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A writer doesn't solve problems. He allows them to emerge. ~ Friedrich Dürrenmatt ~
I really like this quote, about a sensibility you learn in writing classes, but I think it tells only half the story. Not ony must the problem...
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