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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 – Family

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Silver James

Still behind so still not doing the official #1LineWed on Twitter. Today’s theme, though, is family, so here’s a snippet from THE DEVIL’S CUT. From the chapter Death is a Dialog: There wasn’t much wind to speak of and heat … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Environment #1lineWed

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Silver James

How can it be Wednesday again? *looks at watch* … *looks out window* … *checks calendar* Time is just crazy lately! But it is indeed Wednesday so time for #1lineWed. I may even get to play a bit with it … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Target Acquired for #1lineWed

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Silver James

Yes. I virtually typed THE END last evening. Today, I’m editing and doing some formatting and then I’ll get the draft up on Amazon for the pre-order. 🙂 In the meantime, here’s a longer snippet from DOUBLE CROSS, from which … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Crossing Targets for #1lineWed

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Silver James

It’s time for #1lineWed once again. I won’t actually be participating in the Twitter event today. Part of the fun is reading everyone else’s tweets and retweeting them. I don’t have time today. I’m pushing toward the end of DOUBLE … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Pages and Hard Target

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed is all about the page number. The lines are to come from page 15, 55, or 155 of an unpublished work in progress. That would be DOUBLE CROSS, the first book in the Hard Target series. However, as … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – A Kiss Is Just A Kiss

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Silver James

Yes, exactly! I’m working on my plan for WORD domination one snippet at a time. 😀 Guess what day it is? Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike! Guess. What. Day. It. Is! It’s time for #1lineWed on Twitter and the longer snippets … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Hair

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Silver James

See me? I get to play on social media today! Or I will once I go to Office Depot and WallyWorld. I’m finished with the stupid Excel Hell™ and have printed out the judging sheets. Now all I have to … Continue reading →

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