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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Worldbuilding

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Silver James

One of my favorite parts of writing is the worldbuilding. As a kid, I was drawn to the fantastical worlds created by Andre Norton, the European locales featured in Mary Stewart’s mysteries, the rugged western landscapes of Louis L’Amour. Yes. … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Walk on the Wild Side

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Silver James

It’s Friday. How did that happen so fast? Like this week, this video is short. And it sort of made me laugh because the male wolf in it? Yeah, he sort of reminded me–at least personality-wise–of several of the Wolves … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Hindsight

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Silver James

So, the other day on a friend’s blog, she was talking about authors telling potential readers that their books are just like *insert best selling author(s) name here*. Back when I was cold querying agents and editors, one of the … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Places We Go

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Silver James

When you write fiction, your greatest talent is your imagination. Oh, it helps to be a wordsmith–the ability to form sentences that tell your story, but without that all important imagination, there’s not much of a story to tell. See, … Continue reading →

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Sunflower Monday

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Silver James

Yes. It’s Monday. The first Monday in August. I switched out my front door wreath over the weekend, from the red, white, and blue of the 4th of July to the sunflowers and burlap of August. I always think of … Continue reading →

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Is Monday Over Yet?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Silver James

My get up and go got up and went. This is one of those days, and likely one of those weeks, where there won’t be enough coffee in the world to get me jumpstarted. Ah well. Such is life. Of … Continue reading →

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Friday Free-For-All

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Silver James

It’s Friday. Or is that Fri-yay! Anyway, we’ve survived another week. I wanted to share these fun linky-dinks because they all made me smile, or laugh, or go awwwww. I promise if you click through, you’ll end your week on … Continue reading →

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Monday Stretch

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Silver James

Another Monday and July is almost half over. I vote we fire 2020 and start 2021 now! I really don’t have much to say. I have coffee therefore I am. Or something like that. The world is still crazy. Cops … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Exercise

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Silver James

Wow. Today’s message from the Big U could be taken so many ways, given the world right now. I’m seriously looking for a personal avatar icon depicting my head exploding because that’s sort of my natural state at the moment. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Appearances

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Silver James

Whenever I do a “talk” with readers, one consistent question that comes up is about creating characters. Where do I get my characters? How do I develop their personalities, backstories, arc, etc.? When this message from the Universe hit my … Continue reading →

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