Category: Writing
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The Inspiration
Or the Origin Story. Whichever. Characters have origin stories. Bob was born in a rail car outside Tampa during a rainstorm, his mother being attended to by three bears and an alien from the Crab Nebula, also named Bob, but pronounced “Jerome.” My origin story is not quite so awesome. I’ve run across people as…
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Technology and Writing
I lurk in dark and sordid places on the internet where I find writers are wont to gather. Sometimes I say something. Most times I do not. A while back, someone posted a request for information. Apparently, this person had sent out their manuscript to a few readers, and they’d come back with the critique…
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It’s Still Writing….
I’m taking time away from fiction writing for a bit (Relax, it’s just the next 2-3 weeks.) to work on a small paper and accompanying construction notes for a speculative medieval European style devil mask creation for an SCA Arts and Sciences display in the beginning of March. You look at me weird. “Huh?” I’m…
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A mosey or a sprint?
Sometimes I sprint when I write. I emphasize “sometimes.” My sprints look something like this: I’m puttering along, minding my own business, scribbling ideas, nit-noiding over word choices, plot ideas, whatever for manuscript X when suddenly, in walks the muse. My muse and I have a … Well, I don’t know what we have, exactly.…
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Unexpected Issues
I was going to spout off about EIN’s today, but my daughter is sick. She woke at 3am with a cough and fever. That means she’s staying home today. And my in-laws have hooked her on an insipid show involving singing vegetables. It’s already difficult writing when I have childroon chirping and demanding something every…
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Copyright
Today I’m going to jibber about copyright, and why you, as an artist or writer, should consider shelling out for it, especially if you are self-publishing. *Note – I’m not a lawyer, so when you read this post, keep that in mind. “But Katty,” you say, “We don’t have to worry about copyright. United States…
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