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Category Archives: Characters based on real people
Clever Sleight of Hand
Author Uses One Illusion to Distract Me From Questioning the Larger Illusion My Review of W.P. Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe”By Jeff Salter I should begin this review by stating that (as a kid, and even older) I enjoyed playing SOFTball — … Continue reading
Many Characters Are Totally From Inside My Noggin
But Some Are Considerably Inspired by Real People I Know By Jeff Salter Topic: Have you ever based a character on a real person? Have you ever used a TV or movie character as inspiration for a character in your … Continue reading
Posted in Books, characters, Characters based on real people, Jeff Salter
Tagged Greatest Generation
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He Reminds Me of Someone…
This week’s prompt is one I suggested. I asked, “Have you ever based a character on a real person? Have you ever used a TV or movie character as inspiration for a character in your stories?” Fortunately, I came up … Continue reading
Despair and Hope: Hope Always Wins
Our Wednesday Fox asked, “What book changed how you see the world and why?” We’ve discussed favorite childhood books, compared books to their on-screen version, and even listed our all-time favorites, but this question really threw me for a loop. … Continue reading
Well, Hello Dahl
A quick review this week for two books, but one story, and only about the first quarter of the whole story. I’m talking about a life, the life of Roald Dahl. I still don’t know everything about the man, but … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, author's life, autobiographies, big plans, biographies, Books, careers, characters, Characters based on real people, childhood, decisions, experiences, Family, foreign publications, free week, helping others, historical, history, honors, inspiration, jobs, Life, memories, non-fiction, reading, reading preferences, The Author Life, Tonette Joyce, using talents, villains, writers, writing
Tagged "Going Solo" Roald Dahl, Africa, Greece, Norway, Rafael, Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl memoirs, WWII
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My Literary Legacy
Our resident hound asked, “If you could be remembered (as an author) for only ONE of your books… which book would you choose? Why that one?” In the past ten years, I’ve been fortunate to have sixteen stories published through … Continue reading
Posted in author's life, Books, characters, Characters based on real people, experiences, Family, history, inspiration, Patricia Kiyono, romance, What if
Tagged Bushido, family, goals, plans, The Samurai's Garden
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Guest Author: Gayle M. Irwin and Rescue Road
Gayle M. Irwin is fellow member of the author support group called Marketing for Romance Writers. When she discovered that our blog features mainly sweet and clean authors and their books, she contacted me about her new release featuring pet … Continue reading