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Wednesday Words – First Lines
Argh! And FLAIL! And all that angsty writerly stuff. I really thought I get THE DEVIL’S CUT finished yesterday–first draft anyway. Then I hit chapter 26. Which is the big battle between good and evil. And I discovered that I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged #1lineWed, Penumbra, quotes, snippet, The Devil's Cut, Wednesday Words, writing
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Monday Shuffle
Monday. Again. I don’t know why it surprises me that this day pops up every seven days. Weird how that works, huh? *rolls eyes* I’ve got a bad case of the “Don’t Wanna’s.” Don’t wanna write. Don’t wanna market. Don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Life
Tagged books, coffee, herding cats, Monday, musing, Penumbra, reading, Red Dirt Royalty, stuff, writing
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Friday Sinema: Get ‘Em Up
I watched a lot of videos trying to pick one for today. I went through almost the whole playlist for THE DEVIL’S CUT but man…while the songs fit the mood and scenes at various points in the book, the videos? … Continue reading
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Tagged Friday, fun stuff, music, Penumbra, sinema, The Devil's Cut, video, writing
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Thursday Thoughts – Universal Awareness
At first, I laughed. I mean, seriously? Me act normal? That’s like inviting a wolf to dinner and expecting him to sit at the table, linen napkin in his lap, cutting his meat and eating with a fork. Just ain’t … Continue reading
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Tagged inspiration, musing, quotes, Thursday Thoughts, Universe, writing
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Wednesday Words: Something to Talk About
Today’s #1LineWed is all about dialogue. Characters talking means telling rather than showing. That’s a good thing, as opposed to that whole show is better than tell thing. Info dumps (telling) is not good. Bringing out info/back story via conversation? … Continue reading
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Tagged #1lineWed, Penumbra, snippet, The Devil's Cut, Wednesday Words, writing
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Tuesday Treats: Pumpkin Pull-Apart
Found this recipe and video in the Country Outfitters newsletter. I love pumpkin pie but I’m not big on other stuff pumpkin, like lattes. But this? Yeah…definitely want to try this! Recipe: 3/4 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 cup brown sugar … Continue reading
The First Monday of October
Doesn’t the Supreme Court come back into session today? Or something. Yes, it’s Monday. Again. Why do they keep plaguing us? Of course, I worked most of the weekend so this could be Wednesday for all my brain knows. Let’s … Continue reading
Friday Sinema and a Contest
For those of you who don’t hang out on my FB author page, I’m going to share this again. Harlequin is running a big contest this month, the #WhateverYoureInto Sweepstakes! Click over to the Contest Page on Harlequin.com for rules … Continue reading
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Tagged #WhateverYoureInto, contest, Friday, fun stuff, Harlequin, Penumbra, sinema, video, writing
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Thursday Thoughts: Universal World Creation
You know, I’m really starting to suspect that the Universe is a writer at heart. So many of it’s messages apply so well to the mind (and world) of a writer. The joy of writing fiction–for me, at least–is creating … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, fun travel and adventure, inspiration, musing, quotes, Thursday Thoughts, Universe, writing
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Wednesday Words: Alliteration Always Appears
KOD’s theme for #1lineWed over on Twitter today is “Alliteration.” Yeah…I don’t really do that. At least not back-to-back words. There might be a spread-out version in some of my sentences. As an update to THE DEVIL’S CUT, I think … Continue reading
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Tagged #1lineWed, coffee, Penumbra, series, snippet, The Devil's Cut, Wednesday Words, writing
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