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That Old Rascal, Time
It’s been almost a year since I posted. Not quite, but close enough for government work. I’ll admit that writing life, coupled with work life, tangled up with family life sucked the blogging life right out of me.
But it’s a new dawn, a new day, and I’m ready to poke at all those topics that once drifted to the top of mind like sweet smoke ( Read more... ) -
Update Me
It's been forever since I posted in LJ alone. A few lines in Facebook, maybe a blog entry shared across boundaries, but LJ? Not so much. Not out of dislike. No, it's nothing more than seasonal blahs and neglect. Oh and less time caused by increased commute and a new puppy ( Read more... ) -
Writers Police Academy, Pt 1
Beginning of autumn, not that you could tell by how warm it was. Central North Carolina. Eight o’clock in the morning. Running on not much coffee. Simone and I at the Writers Police Academy: Day 1.
Kath says warm; Simone says, “The reason I would never live in North Carolina ever again.” It was only about 85 degrees. It felt like 95. ( Read more... ) -
The Worst We Can Do
I don’t know why it took me so long, but I’ve discovered a kind of dark storytelling magic that occurs in conflict. Bad things happening to (sometimes) good people? Yeah, that’s where the juiciness of story is created. That’s where character arcs are born and raised. That’s where it all happens.
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The Balance of All Things
Cross-posted from www.inkintheveins.com
All right, so it’s not the balance of all things, merely certain aspects of my life ( Read more... )
