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Meg Langslow, Unlikely Romantic Heroine
This week we’re supposed to expound about a favorite romance hero/heroine. I suppose I could say that it’s the heroine of the book I’m currently reading – but that would be a cop-out. So I thought back to the female … Continue reading
A Picture is Worth … Less Writing Time!
This week one of our foxes asked a question about our writing process – specifically, whether or not we use visuals when writing. I think this is a very logical thing to do – but then, no one has ever … Continue reading
Posted in Patricia Kiyono, Preparing for writing, Visuals
Tagged characters, consistency, Pinterest, Preparation, Scrapbooks, setting, visuals, writing
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Sharing Books & Stories
By Jeff Salter As sometimes happens, my take on this 4F1H weekly topic may veer a bit. In discussing books (and stories) I’ve shared with friends or family, I’m not taking the “share” part too literally. In other words, with … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Books, childhood, favorite books
Tagged All Creatures Great and Small, Anna and the King of Siam, authors, Band of Brothers, Batman, books, Bugs Bunny, characters, comic books, Dean Martin, Deliverance, Donald Duck, Donald Hamilson, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Dickey, James Herriot, Jaws, Love in the Ruins, Matt Helm, Miss Minerva on the Old Plantation, Nathaniel Benchley, Peter Benchley, Stephen Ambrose, Superman, The King and I, The Off-Islanders, The Russians Are Coming, Uncle Scrooge, Walker Percy
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Reader Interview: Advice for Romance Authors
This week’s task: find a friend or family member – or anyone we know who read something we wrote, or just reads romance in general – and interview them to see what kinds of things they want to see more … Continue reading
Posted in Patricia Kiyono, reader interview
Tagged advice, characters, interview, memoirs, reader, reading tastes, recommendations, Robyn, Romance
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The Shadow Knows
By Jeff Salter This week, we’re all about Ground Hog Day. But since today is already three days past GH Day, I’m shifting the focus from the shadowy activities of that prognosticating rodent… to the larger matter — when will … Continue reading
They Captured My Childhood Imagination
Characters and books I enjoyed as a child By Jeff Salter This week, we revisit characters and books which captured our imaginations when we were kids. I had many characters I adored — some real people and some fictional. It … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged biographies, Bobbs-Merrill, books, characters, Childhood of Famous Americans, Superman, Tarzan, Westerns
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Star Trek
Capt. Kirk: You’d make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock. Spock: [taken aback] That is very kind of you, Captain! ~ Return of the Archons ~~~~~ Kirk: My friend is obviously Chinese. I see you’ve noticed the ears. They’re … … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Books
Tagged books, Books To Go Now!, characters, fantasy, Janette Harjo, love, movies, paranormal, paranormal romance, Romance, Star Trek, television, writers, writing
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“Ekam Eveileb”
“Children are the ones that know exactly what’s going on in the world, you know. They ‘see’ more than adults, ‘believe’ in more, are honest, and will always, ‘always’ let you know where you stand.” ― Cecelia Ahern, If You … Continue reading
Posted in authors, Life, Miscellaneous, writing
Tagged Anne Frank, Anne Frank exhibition, believe, Cecelia Ahern, characters, children, Diary, ekam eveileb, Elizabeth Egan, Happiness, If you could see me now, Iris Blobel, Ivan, love, make-believe, Romance, writing
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Character Cooking
No, I haven’t thrown any characters into a vat of boiling water or acid trying to turn them into superheroes. I mean how much my characters cook in my novels. Which is to say very little. My characters are mostly … Continue reading
Analyze This
… Character By Jeff Salter Some of my favorite things to discuss are characters and poetry, so it’s logical that I’d want to combine the two — since our topic this week is a ‘free space’. Vivid … Continue reading
Posted in Jeff Salter, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, protagonists, writing
Tagged analysis, analyze this, characters, GMC, Poem, poetry, Shillelagh
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