A side benefit of hosting a writer’s class

May 6, 2012

I’ve been holding monthly writing group meetings since February, on the assumption that there are other writers like me who want to connect with like-minded creative types. But last month, I really wasn’t in the mood to do it. I was frustrated over the lack of progress with the second novel and the rejections on [...]

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Weekend writing prompt

April 14, 2012

In the spirit of Ernest Hemingway (or Twitter’s 140-character limitation!), use six words to tell your story. Then share it here! My story: Life changes but I’m always writing.  

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Coincidence? Or not…

April 7, 2012

So in the Finding Fran story line, my character is beginning to understand not only the mistakes she made in the choices of the men she became involved with but also the inherent philosophy by which she lived her life: that she needed to be in a relationship to feel fulfilled. (Notice I said “feel” [...]

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Weekend Writing Prompt

April 7, 2012

What is your idea of a perfect writing day? Spend 15 minutes describing your perfect writing day: where you are (in your home office, by the ocean, in the woods) and what you would be writing about: the project or type of writing or genre. Then share it here!

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Weekend Writing Prompt

April 1, 2012

Use the spring weather to inspire your writing. Sit outdoors for 10 minutes with your eyes closed. Use your sense of hearing and smell to focus on your environment. Then open your eyes and use that sensory experience as a trigger, writing about whatever those smells and sounds inspired. Then share it here!

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Weekend Writing Prompt

March 24, 2012

Write for 15 minutes (narrative or dialogue) using this line as the opening: “First, you’ll need a large, very sharp knife. Myself, I prefer a cleaver.” Then post the results here!

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I am too a fiction writer! (So there, Self-doubt Demon!)

February 29, 2012

One of my fantasies is to have a house large enough for a separate area where I could not only do my own writing (instead of in this converted bedroom I currently use) but also hold writing workshops or invite visiting authors and writers to give presentations.

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Layers upon layers

February 15, 2012

What I’m finding as I work on Reinventing Rita is that sometimes the multiple storylines just present themselves and I have to respect that. 

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Backstory surprises

January 3, 2012

Since I got behind working on my latest novel, I had to go back to the beginning to put myself in the right place, so to speak. But that turned out to be good for the book because I “learned” some interesting facts about Rita (the main character) in the process.

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In the end, what else is there but writing…

December 11, 2011

Words of inspiration from Alec Baldwin… Early this morning (6 AM to be exact), I watched a rerun of Inside the Actors Studio. It’s one of my favorite shows, in part because James Lipton is such a great interviewer — I pick up pointers from watching him that I use when I interview people for [...]

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