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Apr.28.2013 - 12:05 pm
FINDING INSPIRATION FROM STORY CHARACTERS
Lady Lynnet, the Anglo-Saxon heroine of my medieval romantic suspense novel, OUT OF THE DARK, is an inspiration or so readers tell me. Why? What they find inspirational is that...
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Mar.27.2013 - 9:02 am
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
The older I get, the more I believe we live a life of self-fulfilling prophecies.  I grew up with grandparents who used to quote from the old version of the King James Bible...
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Mar.07.2013 - 8:36 am
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
The older I get, the more I believe we live a life of self-fulfilling prophecies.  I grew up with grandparents who used to quote from the old version of the King James Bible...
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Feb.07.2013 - 11:39 am
Knees Tremble When Speaking in Public?
Public speaking—long called the number one fear—seems to be losing ground with the younger generation. Put a microphone and a TV camera on a young person and she seems to relish...
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Comments from JoAnn

Dec.06.2012 - 9:08 am
In response to: Which Pitch Do You Like Best?
easily understood / be more direct
Thanks, Leslie. I'm starting another look at these pitches. I'm lying in bed with lower back pain. I can sit up at the...
Dec.06.2012 - 8:57 am
In response to: My Writing Style
...writers of historical fiction can make history!
I agree, Rosy. Research can bring whole new, in-depth slants. I came up with fresh insights unexpectedly while going...
Dec.06.2012 - 8:45 am
In response to: HEALTH AND THE WRITER
more productive to not stew about something you can't control
Did I learn the truth in your word these last two weeks, Dolores. I'm going through setbacks regarding my health. No...
Dec.06.2012 - 8:32 am
In response to: The Discipline of Diligence
I learned that my inner guide was telling me to take a break.
I couldn't agree more, Annette. I just went through a couple of weeks of setbacks regarding my health. No writing at...
Sep.01.2010 - 9:32 am
In response to: Voice Training for Public Speaking
Voice
Glad to share, Huntington.

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About JoAnn

When author JoAnn Smith Ainsworth carried wood as a pre-teen so her Great Aunt Martha could stoke up the iron stove to prepare dinner, she wasn’t thinking, “I could use this in a novel someday.” Yet, the skills she learned from her horse-and-buggy ancestors...
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