Tag Archives: Thursday Thoughts

Thursday Thoughts: Universal Show

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Silver James

Today’s message from the Big U comes at a time when I’m finally getting some insights into one of the main characters. Aisling has turned out to be almost as big a PITA as Toby. Except she doesn’t chew up … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Woof

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Silver James

Once again, playing around with AI images. It did a decent job on facsimiles of Jake and Toby. If we had grass in the yard, and pretty orange and yellow leave, pumpkins, and ghosts, it might look like this around … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal No Limits

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Silver James

Sometimes, thinks are easy. Sometimes they aren’t. I joke about “The dang book ain’t gonna write itself.” In actuality, sometimes, it seems like the book writes itself. I wrote FAERIE FIRE in two weeks. Seriously. Well, I wrote the screen … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Creativity

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Silver James

I’ve been in the doldrums lately. I know I’m not the only writer fighting what seems like a futile battle. How do we get people to buy our books? How do we not get depressed when we don’t sell our … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Winning

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Silver James

The world is still crazy. I’ve started switching off the news and only glancing at the alerts on my phone. I have a meme that says: When I’ve had too much reality, I read a book. I’ve also been know … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Reasons

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Silver James

One piece of advice that writers–especially romance authors–often hear is “Kill your darlings!” Now that doesn’t mean to actually off them in your book. Well, unless you are writing horor novel. Or a tragedy. Literary. Some women’s fiction. Okay. So … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Ideas

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Silver James

How can it be Thursday already? I mean…I know time doesn’t actually speed up but it darn sure feels like it. I look back at this week and I can’t remember anything I actually did. It’s all a blur. Well, … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Dark Days

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Silver James

Yesterday proved that a certain segment of this world never learned from what happened 24 years ago today. How do people raised with the freedoms and advantages provided by the USA hate that much? They preach tolerance and acceptance and … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Surprises

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Silver James

Every writer has their own process. We’re usually divded into one of two groups–Pantser or Plotters. There are variations within those groups. Someone who knows where the story begins, what happens along the way in a 1-2-3-4-5 way and how … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: I Need a Dirnk

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Silver James

Sweet Baby Jesus, grant me the strength. I can’t even. Yesterday was the day from hell. Today starts round 2. I hate–absolutely HATE!–with eye-stabby fierce hate when $h!t doesn’t work the way it is supposed to, especially when I’ve paid … Continue reading →

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