Tag: random musings
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October 2019 IWSG
October 2 question – It’s been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does not read is that all your ideas are new and original. Everything you do is an extension of yourself, instead of a mixture of you and another author. On the other hand, how can you expect other people to…
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IWSG September 2019
If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be and why? Somewhere remote. Somewhere that it takes a few hours to get to the nearest neighbor. Lots of trees, but maybe something with a tower above so I can stargaze without having my view…
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IWSG August 2019
Has your writing ever taken you by surprise? For example, a positive and belated response to a submission you’d forgotten about or an ending you never saw coming? Oh, if only my writing took me by surprise. Just kidding. That’s one of the joys of being a pantser – there’s always a surprise lurking…
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Time Enough?
How does one make time? Is there a spell for that? Do you pray to Chronos while sacrificing a rubber chicken to the black hole at the center of our galaxy? A recipe, maybe? Blend 2 cups anti-matter, 5 fairy wings with the tongue of a ladybug, then cook for 8 plank times on high?…
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IWSG July 2019
What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Umm… I think the list would be shorter if we asked what personal traits I didn’t write into my characters. I’ve used so many things – my personal faith, my outlooks on what a relationship should and shouldn’t be, my mule-headed tendency to try and do…
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Pain and Stress, Vol. 1
I’d had it. I’d lost my damn mind. My children each have their own rooms. My husband has a 12×20 cave that barely holds all of his stuff. He also has a 2×6 table and associated space in the front room for his small medical things because there’s no room in his Superfund site to…
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