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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Plans

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Silver James

I’m not giving up on getting this dang book out into the wild by Christmas but realistically? As long as it is and how long it will take to edit and revise simply because it’s over 100K words, I’m not … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Decisions

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Silver James

Decisions, decisions. Who else hates to make them. 🙋🏼‍♀️ Today’s musing is not so much about craft as it is about the business of writing–and publishing. At some point, all writers have to make some decisions about their careers. Waaaay … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Tools

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Silver James

Building your life is like building a world. Or maybe that should be the other way around. When a writer builds a world, they also build their life around that world. We craft all sorts of things from history to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Bounce

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Silver James

Today is the second day of National Novel Writing Month 2023. I first “competed” back in 2006. For those not familiar, the impetus is to write 50K words (mostly equivalent to a novel) during the month of November. Since way … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Words

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Silver James

Thursday snuck up on me. Actually, I knew it was coming but yesterday afternoon, when I normally think about setting up the next day’s blog post, I was elbow deep in a rabbit hole grabbing for the time line. I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Choices

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Silver James

Crafting a story isn’t easy. There are characters and settings. There are backstories and possible futures. There’s action, and there is conflict–inner and outer. I remember a romance author once telling a group of us in a seminar class that … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Getting From Here to There

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Silver James

So, as a writer, how do you get from there to here? As discussed yesterday in Wednesday Words, it depends on the “style” of writing you’re most comfortable with. Since I’m weird and something of an outlier when it comes … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Never Been There

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Silver James

Yay! I won last week’s Thursday Threads using the prompt: **She had never been there.** I thought I’d do something a little different this week. The flash fiction challenge is limited to 250 words and those scenes always get expanded … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Needs

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Silver James

I am learning the various blocks available to me on WordPress and it’s not easy because I’m so used to their classic version where everything is just there, handy, and I know how to add the coding needed to make … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Criticism

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Silver James

National Novel Writing Month is a month and a half away. I’d like to think that I’ll be done with the Boston Wolves but yeah…probably not. I bring this up because I got an email from the local coordinator with … Continue reading →

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