Thursday, August 31, 2023

On Character Growth

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There's an essay on the WRITER'S DIGEST website called "The Importance of Character Growth in Fiction," by bestselling aut...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Wrack and UAIN

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There's "wrack and ruin", which means destruction and is somewhat tautologous (it says the same thing twice), and there is ...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Stop and Smell the Roses by Karen Wiesner

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Stop and Smell the Roses by Karen Wiesner A memorial for a dear friend who passed away recently, including some of my colored pencil flo...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Posthumous Unfinished Writings and Whether Characters Have a Life of Their Own

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Last week I read TERRY PRATCHETT: A LIFE WITH FOOTNOTES, by Rob Wilkins, who worked as the Discworld creator's personal assistant for ma...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Right Buzz

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One really should not exploit someone's name for the joy of word play. But, I just did, so I apologize.  It's four months until the ...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Pros and Cons of Taking Break from Writing, Part 2 by Karen S Wiesner

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Pros and Cons of Taking Break from Writing, Part 2 by Karen S. Wiesner In the final of a two-part article, I evaluate aging, progres...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Ideal Writing Day

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The e-mail list for authors of one of my publishers had a fun discussion thread last week: What would your ideal writing day be like? I en...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

How Long Is A Piece Of String?

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Or for that matter, and this is my point, what is the price of a cup of coffee? If one is staying at a Best Western, or a Hampton Inn, the c...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Pros and Cons of Taking Break from Writing, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner

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Pros and Cons of Taking Break from Writing, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner   In this two-part article, I evaluate aging, progress, and momen...
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Thursday, August 10, 2023

He, She, It , or They Said

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Nowadays a widely accepted piece of advice about writing fiction sternly rebukes any use of dialogue tags other than the simple, almost invi...
Sunday, August 06, 2023

I Never Make Big Misteaks

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When I was a Lower Sixth Former ( penultimate year of school), I had an enormous pink rubber (by which I mean an eraser) bearing the printe...
Friday, August 04, 2023

Medieval Art Celebration by Karen Wiesner

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Art by Karen Wiesner In celebration of all things Medieval, a simplified black and white sketch I did in 2022 of the painting The Accolade b...
Thursday, August 03, 2023

Retro Futures

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Watching the first few episodes of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, which takes place during Captain Christopher Pike's command of the Ent...