Following a Kite
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Early Influences
In 1968, to save my already failing marriage, I moved with my husband to Atlanta, Georgia. He felt that my closeness with my family was a problem so he wanted to move closer to his father, who lived just outside Atlanta at the time. Don’t worry, this is not going to be the story of [...]
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What I learned from NaNoWriMo 2012
I made it! I finished my NaNoWriMo novel for this year and I did it before the deadline. It’s ugly…it’s messy and it certainly isn’t fit for prime time. But at least this year I was able to overcome my natural inclination to edit as I go, put my head down and just write. I [...]
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NaNoWriMo Update
One of the bad things about works created for NaNoWriMo is that, buy their very nature, they are unfinished….veeerrryyy…unfinished. In other words, usually in such a form that you don’t want anyone to see them. Because the entire structure of NaNoWriMo is word count, the manuscript is poorly constructed, full of spelling errors, half finished [...]
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Gingerbread Coffee Syrup
“Molasses and spices are stirred into hot coffee and topped off with a generous dollop of whipped cream and sprinkled with cloves.” INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup molasses 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Have you thought….
of using RPG settings to add a spark to your creativity? Looking at RPG sourcebooks can be a great way to get an idea for a new setting or premise for your story, particularly if you write Science Fiction or Fantasy. They can also give you a ‘leg up’ so to speak, on ideas for [...]
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Pinecone Research
One of the difficulties of being an independent author is income. We don’t receive publication advances for our work, like ‘hard copy’ authors receive from ‘brick and mortar’ publishing houses do. Most of us (not all but most) still have nine to five jobs to finance our writing. Some of us (more than we wish) [...]
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