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Apr.16.2011
I took a day off from writing on the new novel yesterday to enjoy a beautiful morning hiking Ventana Canyon just outside of Tucson. Perfect day, incredible views, great hike. I figured, though away from the computer, I'd plot as I plod, but my mind even took the day off from the novel. Can...
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Apr.12.2011
Stumbled on a "Pitch & 250" contest for writers. Entering it requires an interesting exercise in summing up a novel. The pitch must be tweetable, 140 characters max.
http://keithpyeatt.blogspot.com/2011/04/pitch-250-novel-contest-at-ebyss...
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Apr.06.2011
The hardest time for me to blog is when I'm writing first draft. Go figure. It's all writing, right? I'm already cranking out words. Why not spend a few of them here? But when I sit down to type, guess what document I open? Yep, the work in progress (WIP).
Complicating matters, I'm one of those...
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Mar.20.2011
Vernal translates from Latin to Spring, Equinox translates from the Latin words aequus, which means equal, and nox, which means night.
Welcome to spring and the day when the hours of daylight and nighttime are nearly equal. I love the equinoxes, which won't surprise anyone who has read Struck...
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Mar.11.2011
What do you do with an unplanned character who decides he wants a bigger role?
I'm only in chapter 2 of my work-in-progress, and I've already got one of those. This happens a lot to me, probably to many fiction writers, so I'm not surprised. Many times this situation has worked out well for...
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Mar.03.2011
I'm in a phase of my novel writing process that's launched by desire and excitement but becomes something I want to complete quickly so I can get to the good stuff. Plotting, outlining, planning, scheming, researching, brainstorming... whatever you want to call it, that's where I am. It's fun at...
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Feb.16.2011
I'm such a dog person, always have been. I had a special bond with Nicky, a German Shepherd mix, who was my primary companion during my hermit years in Vermont. I've blogged about her several times over the years -- when she was alive (Dogs, Spot the Dog), after she died (A Year Later), and...
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Feb.08.2011
All subscribers to my Horror With Heart Newsletter should now have a horror story and a half in their in-boxes. I hope you all enjoy "Finger Food" with the original and alternate Valentine endings.
I don't plan to post this issue online like I have other newsletters, but it's not too...
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Feb.03.2011
I'm working on a seasonal surprise for the subscribers of my Horror with Heart Newsletter. It's a horror story, because if you're like me, nothing says Happy Valentine's Day like a horror story.
I think my story "Finger Food" is just about perfect for the season. It's about a...
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Jan.26.2011
Starting over, two words that can make a novelist wince. But that's what I'm doing with my latest endeavor. It's not all bad news. I'm not scrapping the concept or outline. It'll remain the same dark plot with ample opportunity to be creative. I sense the same potential, there for me to unlock and...
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Jan.14.2011
It's fun being a simple man. Little things can make my day, like yesterday. A friend from Albuquerque emailed with a Struck sighting. She'd entered the Juan Tabo Library and was greeted by this:
Struck was perched to show off its striking cover on a shelf in the main foyer that the librarians...
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Dec.31.2010
Okay, it's coming up on noon on December 31st. Now where did I put that list of things I need to get done in 2010?
I could look for it, but I think maybe I'll take my last nap of the year and make a resolution tomorrow to find my 2010 list in 2011.
I'm not much of a list and resolution kind of guy...
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Dec.29.2010
I had an ooh wee ooh moment last evening. For Christmas, my partner Jack got me an electronic picture frame. I loaded it up with photographs stored on my computer, and we let it cycle through all those the photos. After dinner, the frame displayed this photo.
It's the log home I built and...
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Dec.26.2010
I'm an early-to-bed, early-to-rise kind of guy. I've been this way since I was too young to be this way, but that's who I am, so that's who I've been. But while waiting up recently, staring out the windows in the wee hours waiting for Santa (he came but I missed him...again!), I got to...
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Dec.17.2010
We treat ourselves to a cruise every other year. Last week, we took our 5th, cruising the Caribbean on a huge ship, the biggest we've been aboard, that's no longer considered a huge ship. It holds nearly 3000 passengers in addition to crew, measures over 1000 feet long, and boasts a 1/2 acre of...
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About Keith
HORROR WITH HEART
Paranormal thrills, real emotion
I'm a mechanical engineer turned novelist. My novels blend different genres in different proportions, but they all have a paranormal element, psychological and physical tension, and lots...
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