Tag Archives: #1lineWed

Wednesday Words: Sounds (and the S’mores)

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed theme is SOUNDS. And as always, I’m cheating by posting a snippet. Since I’m not really working on a project currently–I’m still deciding what comes next–I went back and pulled this snippet from my files. It will appear … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words–Action and Veterans

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Silver James

First, a heartfelt thank-you to all who serve or have served, to the families of those who made the supreme sacrifice in service to their country. Today’s #1LineWed is all about the action. And with my rowdy bunch of vets, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Brrrrr

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Silver James

Hump Day once again, which means #1LineWed on Twitter and snippets here. Today’s theme is cold. 😉 Have I mentioned that THE DEVIL’S CUT is live on Amazon? You know, in case the faithful here haven’t indulged yet. 😛 So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – It’s About Time

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Silver James

Today, #1lineWed is all about time. I never have enough it and as I’m on the downhill slide of final edits and formatting, I’m way past any hope of coffee salvation. So…from THE DEVIL’S CUT, two quick snippets about good … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Last Line Standing

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed theme is to post the last line of the chapter. Since I’m such a rule-breaker, I’ll give you the last paragraph of a few of the chapters (remember this is draft mode still, kay?). Chapter 1 – Standing … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – First Lines

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Silver James

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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Wednesday Words: Something to Talk About

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Silver James

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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Wednesday Words: Alliteration Always Appears

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Silver James

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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Wednesday Words: Questions

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Silver James

To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether tis nobler to suffer… Oh. Hi. Yeah, in case you didn’t guess, today’s #1LineWed theme is questions. So, here. Enjoy this scene from THE DEVIL’S CUT where Caleb and … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Short and Sweet

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed theme is basically, “Short and to the point.” Technically, “Short lines: convey your message in as few words as possible.” This should be an easy assignment for me. While I tend to bloviate upon occasion, my characters can … Continue reading →

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