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The made-up mentor
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)
In Ye Olde Days, a young boy destined to become a blacksmith would be set to the bellows, standing beside the grizzled smith, sweating and watching and learning. Eventually, under his master’s critical eye, the apprentice would be allowed to make repairs, and then the simplest of spoons or plates. After years of ( Read more... ) -
Power corrupts; superpowers corrupt… superly?
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)
Currently working on: Redesigning website
Mood: Baffled
I shouldn’t have a superpower. I say this because I am fairly certain I would abuse my superpower. My XY tried to reassure me. “You’d be a benevolent dictator,” he said.
Sure, that’s what all the dictators say.
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Anatomy: Even squishier than you'd think
(Crossposted from Rose City Romance Writers group blog
where the month's topic was Anatomy of a Book)
Posted by: Jessa Slade
Currently working on: Revising Book 2
Mood: Working on revising that too
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Playing the professional writer
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)
Currently working on: More freakin’ revisions!!!
Mood: Dangerous
This week’s topic here at Silk And Shadows is ”Working with editors and agents.” I’m technically a professional writer now and should be qualified to discuss that topic, but even typing the headline makes me laugh. And it’s a nervous laugh.
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TotM: Begin as you mean to go on... and on
Topic of the Month:
"How do you find the beginning of your novels? How do you know where to start them?"
Teh Experts on writing say stories should start in medias res -- in the middle of things -- on the day where circumstances change for the main character. This is exciting, They say, and engages us readers right away, sweeping us up into the tale' ( Read more... ) -
A day in the writing life
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)
Currently working on: The last of my Prism judging
Mood: Studious
Oh noes, I’m paralyzed by indecision. Do I write this blog entry straight and talk about my real writing life, where I go to my day job and come home and eat dinner and walk the dog and drag myself to the computer around 9 pm to write until I fall ( Read more... ) -
Taking a moment... or a trillion
NPR did a story recently to try to help people grasp the numbers being discussed when it comes to the economy these days. I’ve loved whimsical comparisons of apples to oranges ever since my grade school science teacher took us into the gym and laid out a rough, to-scale model of the solar system’s plants using:- The sun: A five-foot tall & wide ( Read more... )
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Sticks and stones
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows
This week: Good and bad reviews)
My XY, a musician, is a champion heckler. His theory is that since the audience shows up with money in one hand, they’re allowed - even obliged - to threateningly heft a proverbial rotten tomato in the other hand. Comic Auggie Smith out of Portland, Oregon, made an equally painful ( Read more... ) -
I would eat Joss Whedon's brains. Just sayin.
(Crossposted from Silk And Shadows)
Currently working on: Judging the 2009 Prism contest
Mood: Happily awash in books
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