Category Archives: editing

“Come With Me if You Want to Die”

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

Your heart or your writing, anyway, because this week we were asked: “Do you have any fear(s) that AI (artificial intelligence) will take over the production of poetry, scripts, short stories, novels, articles, reference works?” Oh, the takeover of the … Continue reading →

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HELP, I Need Somebody

Posted on February 16, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

 The Hound posed this week’s question: “If you were independently wealthy, would it change anything in what type of material you write… or in what manner you would write?”  The quick answer would be no.  I write what comes to … Continue reading →

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ANGST

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s question by the Hound: “How do you feel about the “tortured artist” stereotype, as often applied to writers/authors?”  I had not given it any thought until Patty, the Monday Fox, opened the week. I realized that this was … Continue reading →

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Enough, Already!

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

Out of necessity, this is going to be quite short, but it’s been playing on my reading and listening nerves.  I friend via YouTube put me onto a BookTuber, a very interesting fellow. I by no means agree with him … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Put a Square…

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

What kinds of activities do you engage in while mulling over your storylines? Have they ever helped you get over a stumbling block?  When I finally sit myself down, keys to the board, I fly away writing.  If I get … Continue reading →

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Family, Friends, Fiction

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

This week we were asked if we wrote any characters based on real people. I know we have touched on this at one time in the past, but as I was running through my head about characters that I had … Continue reading →

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Guest Author/Editor: Ally Robertson/Alicia Dean

Posted on January 16, 2023 by Patricia Kiyono

This year, for my author interview weeks, I decided I’d shine a spotlight on authors who also perform other writing related tasks. I posed this proposition in one of my author support groups, and the first to respond was Ally … Continue reading →

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The Dickens, I Say!

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

This is not a ‘review’ week, but this one won’t wait. It’s about a story that all of you know, one that I thought that I did in its entirety. I also thought that I had read the complete story, … Continue reading →

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Stringing Along

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

THIS WEEK:Do you enjoy reading SERIES fiction? Is there a “magic” number of titles in that series that you find most agreeable? Moreover, do you WRITE series fiction? How many titles do YOU plan in your series? I most definitely … Continue reading →

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Went With the Wind

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Tonette Joyce

“Went With the Wind” was the title of the hilarious Carol Burnett lampoon of the famous Civil War saga, but Margaret Mitchell or her editors would probably would have named the book that today. Why? Because “gone” seems to be … Continue reading →

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