Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Quiet That Descended...
A quiet descended somewhere between the last hours of Christmas Eve and 12 am Christmas morn. My husband with two of our children was away at midnight Mass.
Our middle had been home with me preparing the early Christmas meal. We always eat our Christmas meal in the wee hours of the morn after the return from Christmas Mass.
With the dressing baking in the stove and the meat and vegetables simmering I sat down to take a breather.
And then I heard the silence. Continue reading ‘The Quiet That Descended…’
From: http://ping.fm/CEarN
Our middle had been home with me preparing the early Christmas meal. We always eat our Christmas meal in the wee hours of the morn after the return from Christmas Mass.
With the dressing baking in the stove and the meat and vegetables simmering I sat down to take a breather.
And then I heard the silence. Continue reading ‘The Quiet That Descended…’
From: http://ping.fm/CEarN
The Quiet That Descended...
A quiet descended somewhere between the last hours of Christmas Eve and 12 am Christmas morn. My husband with two of our children was away at midnight Mass.
Our middle had been home with me preparing the early Christmas meal. We always eat our Christmas meal in the wee hours of the morn after the return from Christmas Mass.
With the dressing baking in the stove and the meat and vegetables simmering I sat down to take a breather.
And then I heard the silence. Continue reading ‘The Quiet That Descended…’
From: http://ping.fm/FWAsk
Our middle had been home with me preparing the early Christmas meal. We always eat our Christmas meal in the wee hours of the morn after the return from Christmas Mass.
With the dressing baking in the stove and the meat and vegetables simmering I sat down to take a breather.
And then I heard the silence. Continue reading ‘The Quiet That Descended…’
From: http://ping.fm/FWAsk
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Stories, Technology and Loving Husbands...
For Christmas my husband gave me the Mac Version of Dictate. Data is a program that allows you to type on your computer through voice activation.
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/P9MuB
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/P9MuB
Stories, Technology and Loving Husbands...
For Christmas my husband gave me the Mac Version of Dictate. Data is a program that allows you to type on your computer through voice activation.
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/7MgZT
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/7MgZT
Stories, Technology and Loving Husbands...
For Christmas my husband gave me the Mac Version of Dictate. Data is a program that allows you to type on your computer through voice activation.
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/uzyOd
In short, you speak into the receiver and the computer types what you say. He tells me that the program has to become familiar with our voice, which requires little, if any time. Continue reading ‘Stories, Technology, and Loving Husbands…’
From: http://ping.fm/uzyOd
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sick With a Cold...
I’ve been sick the last five days with a cold. It’s been hard to write. And so I haven’t.
I also feel sicker, worse, for not writing.
It’s always difficult for me to give up my writing, even when it’s temporary and I know I need to rest.
That’s the hard part about being a mother and writer and all that other stuff that we do that is so important.
And then I’m also a wife. Continue reading ‘Sick With a Cold…’
From: http://ping.fm/iQByu
I also feel sicker, worse, for not writing.
It’s always difficult for me to give up my writing, even when it’s temporary and I know I need to rest.
That’s the hard part about being a mother and writer and all that other stuff that we do that is so important.
And then I’m also a wife. Continue reading ‘Sick With a Cold…’
From: http://ping.fm/iQByu
Sick With a Cold...
I’ve been sick the last five days with a cold. It’s been hard to write. And so I haven’t.
I also feel sicker, worse, for not writing.
It’s always difficult for me to give up my writing, even when it’s temporary and I know I need to rest.
That’s the hard part about being a mother and writer and all that other stuff that we do that is so important.
And then I’m also a wife. Continue reading ‘Sick With a Cold…’
From: http://ping.fm/2noyq
I also feel sicker, worse, for not writing.
It’s always difficult for me to give up my writing, even when it’s temporary and I know I need to rest.
That’s the hard part about being a mother and writer and all that other stuff that we do that is so important.
And then I’m also a wife. Continue reading ‘Sick With a Cold…’
From: http://ping.fm/2noyq
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Why I Write…And When I Don’t…
I think the hardest thing about writing is staying with it. Yep, staying with it.
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/Kmg50
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/Kmg50
Why I Write…And When I Don’t…
I think the hardest thing about writing is staying with it. Yep, staying with it.
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/9Sa1m
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/9Sa1m
Why I Write…And When I Don’t…
I think the hardest thing about writing is staying with it. Yep, staying with it.
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/4zHxG
The words, the phrases, the sentences, the paragraphs. It’s all in there–the writing. Continue reading ‘Why I Write…And When I Don’t…’
From: http://ping.fm/4zHxG
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Electa Rome Parks d
Electa Rome Parks discusses her roles as mother and writer, what she hopes to leave her children, and her upcoming and fifth novel, “Diary of a Stalker“.
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/7y79B
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/7y79B
Radio Show
Electa Rome Parks discusses her roles as mother and writer, what she hopes to leave her children, and her upcoming and fifth novel, “Diary of a Stalker“.
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/swMUq
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/swMUq
Radio Show | Author, Electa Rome Parks
Electa Rome Parks discusses her roles as mother and writer, what she hopes to leave her children, and her upcoming and fifth novel, “Diary of a Stalker“.
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
Posted in Radio Show
Tags: author, children, Diary of A Stalker, Electa Rome Parks, Ladies Night Out, mother, My True Confessions, novel, roles, The Ties That Bind
From: http://ping.fm/VddtP
Electa is the author of The Ties that Bind, Loose Ends, Almost Doesn’t Count, and Ladies Night Out.
She is also a contributor to, These Are My Confessions.
So tune in.
Posted in Radio Show
Tags: author, children, Diary of A Stalker, Electa Rome Parks, Ladies Night Out, mother, My True Confessions, novel, roles, The Ties That Bind
From: http://ping.fm/VddtP
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Christmas Gifts...
What would you give a fellow writer for Christmas?
My gift to all writers and authors would be the ability to keep writing, no matter the circumstances.
This is what I wish for myself.
Considering the circumstances of the economy I think many of our fellow comrades, like ourselves, could use a good dose of encouragement. Continue reading ‘Christmas Gifts…’
From: http://ping.fm/b784V
My gift to all writers and authors would be the ability to keep writing, no matter the circumstances.
This is what I wish for myself.
Considering the circumstances of the economy I think many of our fellow comrades, like ourselves, could use a good dose of encouragement. Continue reading ‘Christmas Gifts…’
From: http://ping.fm/b784V
Christmas Gifts...
What would you give a fellow writer for Christmas?
My gift to all writers and authors would be the ability to keep writing, no matter the circumstances.
This is what I wish for myself.
Considering the circumstances of the economy I think many of our fellow comrades, like ourselves, could use a good dose of encouragement. Continue reading ‘Christmas Gifts…’
From: http://ping.fm/ko8E5
My gift to all writers and authors would be the ability to keep writing, no matter the circumstances.
This is what I wish for myself.
Considering the circumstances of the economy I think many of our fellow comrades, like ourselves, could use a good dose of encouragement. Continue reading ‘Christmas Gifts…’
From: http://ping.fm/ko8E5
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…
I find it hard when praying to ask for blessings regarding my writing. perhaps that’s because I feel already gifted in that I am able to write, that my ability to craft stories and that I am doing so is such a wonderful gift.
And then there is the matter of making money from my writing. I’m certainly not doing so well in that area. Still, I love writing. Continue reading ‘Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…’
From: http://ping.fm/Sn62T
And then there is the matter of making money from my writing. I’m certainly not doing so well in that area. Still, I love writing. Continue reading ‘Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…’
From: http://ping.fm/Sn62T
Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold...
I find it hard when praying to ask for blessings regarding my writing. perhaps that’s because I feel already gifted in that I am able to write, that my ability to craft stories and that I am doing so is such a wonderful gift.
And then there is the matter of making money from my writing. I’m certainly not doing so well in that area. Still, I love writing. Continue reading ‘Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…’
From: http://ping.fm/eELm2
And then there is the matter of making money from my writing. I’m certainly not doing so well in that area. Still, I love writing. Continue reading ‘Prayers Enroute to the Pot of Gold…’
From: http://ping.fm/eELm2
Monday, December 21, 2009
Persona, Compassion, and Bravado...
I recently read an article on writing that suggested writers ask ourselves, “Why have I chosen to write this novel at this time in my life?”
This novel at this time.
An interesting question. Continue reading ‘Persona, Compassion and Bravado…’
From: http://ping.fm/5yGmW
This novel at this time.
An interesting question. Continue reading ‘Persona, Compassion and Bravado…’
From: http://ping.fm/5yGmW
Persona, Compassion, and Bravado...
I recently read an article on writing that suggested writers ask ourselves, “Why have I chosen to write this novel at this time in my life?”
This novel at this time.
An interesting question. Continue reading ‘Persona, Compassion and Bravado…’
From: http://ping.fm/Y7QdW
This novel at this time.
An interesting question. Continue reading ‘Persona, Compassion and Bravado…’
From: http://ping.fm/Y7QdW
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Holidays and Traveling Slowly...
December has been an interesting month. Besides the uptick of Holiday events and other matters requiring my attention such as my two older children entering finals and needing support.
And though I have returned to exercising–I walk and climb hills–and my body feels great, I have simultaneously felt a general lag of energy to write.
Most specifically it has been difficult to write on my novel that accomplished a fair amount on during NaNoWriMo. Continue reading ‘The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…’
From: http://ping.fm/9iYTD
And though I have returned to exercising–I walk and climb hills–and my body feels great, I have simultaneously felt a general lag of energy to write.
Most specifically it has been difficult to write on my novel that accomplished a fair amount on during NaNoWriMo. Continue reading ‘The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…’
From: http://ping.fm/9iYTD
The Holidays and Traveling Slowly...
December has been an interesting month. Besides the uptick of Holiday events and other matters requiring my attention such as my two older children entering finals and needing support.
And though I have returned to exercising–I walk and climb hills–and my body feels great, I have simultaneously felt a general lag of energy to write.
Most specifically it has been difficult to write on my novel that accomplished a fair amount on during NaNoWriMo. Continue reading ‘The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…’
From: http://ping.fm/RdnhP
And though I have returned to exercising–I walk and climb hills–and my body feels great, I have simultaneously felt a general lag of energy to write.
Most specifically it has been difficult to write on my novel that accomplished a fair amount on during NaNoWriMo. Continue reading ‘The Holidays and Traveling Slowly…’
From: http://ping.fm/RdnhP
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Writing as a Sacred Path
Author Jill Jepson, discusses her book and the aspect of “Writing As a Sacred Path“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/KCSkD
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/KCSkD
Writing as a Sacred Path
Author Jill Jepson, discusses her book and the aspect of “Writing As a Sacred Path“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/h0t3z
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/h0t3z
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Mind of Mind...
A teacher under whom I studied one said that, “Writing is the mind on the page.”
Now a published author, I often wonder when reading, whose mind does what I am reading reflect, that of the writer/author, or is it that of the characters or the protagonist?
The question may seem moot, since all writing on some level reflects the mind of the writer/author.
Yet the personalities of us authors and writers, like those of other human individuals, hold many aspects.
Whose mind?
Whose personality? Continue reading ‘Mind of Mind…’
From: http://ping.fm/8SYKg
Now a published author, I often wonder when reading, whose mind does what I am reading reflect, that of the writer/author, or is it that of the characters or the protagonist?
The question may seem moot, since all writing on some level reflects the mind of the writer/author.
Yet the personalities of us authors and writers, like those of other human individuals, hold many aspects.
Whose mind?
Whose personality? Continue reading ‘Mind of Mind…’
From: http://ping.fm/8SYKg
Mind of Mind...
A teacher under whom I studied one said that, “Writing is the mind on the page.”
Now a published author, I often wonder when reading, whose mind does what I am reading reflect, that of the writer/author, or is it that of the characters or the protagonist?
The question may seem moot, since all writing on some level reflects the mind of the writer/author.
Yet the personalities of us authors and writers, like those of other human individuals, hold many aspects.
Whose mind?
Whose personality? Continue reading ‘Mind of Mind…’
From: http://ping.fm/w1b6B
Now a published author, I often wonder when reading, whose mind does what I am reading reflect, that of the writer/author, or is it that of the characters or the protagonist?
The question may seem moot, since all writing on some level reflects the mind of the writer/author.
Yet the personalities of us authors and writers, like those of other human individuals, hold many aspects.
Whose mind?
Whose personality? Continue reading ‘Mind of Mind…’
From: http://ping.fm/w1b6B
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Fodder for Our Writing...
I attended a Christmas brunch this past weekend. It was wonderful. These kinds of events challenge me.
With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
The sheer presence of so many human individuals in a single space and during a time that brims with symbols and themes of family, mortality, life meaning and purpose leverages an intensity of spirit and feeling that causes one to stop and pay attention, particularly if their livelihood and mission in life requires observance of human interactions and relationships. Continue reading ‘Fodder for Our Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/4O4dy
With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
The sheer presence of so many human individuals in a single space and during a time that brims with symbols and themes of family, mortality, life meaning and purpose leverages an intensity of spirit and feeling that causes one to stop and pay attention, particularly if their livelihood and mission in life requires observance of human interactions and relationships. Continue reading ‘Fodder for Our Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/4O4dy
Fodder for Our Writing...
I attended a Christmas brunch this past weekend. It was wonderful. These kinds of events challenge me.
With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
The sheer presence of so many human individuals in a single space and during a time that brims with symbols and themes of family, mortality, life meaning and purpose leverages an intensity of spirit and feeling that causes one to stop and pay attention, particularly if their livelihood and mission in life requires observance of human interactions and relationships. Continue reading ‘Fodder for Our Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/3NQ77
With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
The sheer presence of so many human individuals in a single space and during a time that brims with symbols and themes of family, mortality, life meaning and purpose leverages an intensity of spirit and feeling that causes one to stop and pay attention, particularly if their livelihood and mission in life requires observance of human interactions and relationships. Continue reading ‘Fodder for Our Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/3NQ77
Monday, December 14, 2009
Passion and Responsibility...
This week was busy. The children returned to school. Fall semester finals loom ahead for my 11th grader with two paper due in just one class.
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no examinations but has 2 papers due, both averaging 25 pages.
During our conversation on Wednesday afternoon, she stated earlier that day the head of her director of her graduate program in whose class my daughter is a student, assigned a 15-page document outlining the research each student proposes to carry out during their internship.
Alas, my 5th grader loves to sing. This year she auditioned and was accepted in to the school choir. The choir will perform 6 times during this Holiday Season.
I’m very involved in the lives of my children and with their work. An author I feel obligated to use my skills at writing and at persevering when the going gets tight to assist them in helping them in life.
It gets crazy sometimes. I feel pulled in 10 million ways. Continue reading ‘Passion and Responsibility…’
From: http://ping.fm/9km5u
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no examinations but has 2 papers due, both averaging 25 pages.
During our conversation on Wednesday afternoon, she stated earlier that day the head of her director of her graduate program in whose class my daughter is a student, assigned a 15-page document outlining the research each student proposes to carry out during their internship.
Alas, my 5th grader loves to sing. This year she auditioned and was accepted in to the school choir. The choir will perform 6 times during this Holiday Season.
I’m very involved in the lives of my children and with their work. An author I feel obligated to use my skills at writing and at persevering when the going gets tight to assist them in helping them in life.
It gets crazy sometimes. I feel pulled in 10 million ways. Continue reading ‘Passion and Responsibility…’
From: http://ping.fm/9km5u
Passion and Responsibility...
This week was busy. The children returned to school. Fall semester finals loom ahead for my 11th grader with two paper due in just one class.
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no examinations but has 2 papers due, both averaging 25 pages.
During our conversation on Wednesday afternoon, she stated earlier that day the head of her director of her graduate program in whose class my daughter is a student, assigned a 15-page document outlining the research each student proposes to carry out during their internship.
Alas, my 5th grader loves to sing. This year she auditioned and was accepted in to the school choir. The choir will perform 6 times during this Holiday Season.
I’m very involved in the lives of my children and with their work. An author I feel obligated to use my skills at writing and at persevering when the going gets tight to assist them in helping them in life.
It gets crazy sometimes. I feel pulled in 10 million ways. Continue reading ‘Passion and Responsibility…’
From: http://ping.fm/fwK8H
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no examinations but has 2 papers due, both averaging 25 pages.
During our conversation on Wednesday afternoon, she stated earlier that day the head of her director of her graduate program in whose class my daughter is a student, assigned a 15-page document outlining the research each student proposes to carry out during their internship.
Alas, my 5th grader loves to sing. This year she auditioned and was accepted in to the school choir. The choir will perform 6 times during this Holiday Season.
I’m very involved in the lives of my children and with their work. An author I feel obligated to use my skills at writing and at persevering when the going gets tight to assist them in helping them in life.
It gets crazy sometimes. I feel pulled in 10 million ways. Continue reading ‘Passion and Responsibility…’
From: http://ping.fm/fwK8H
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Peaks, Valleys, and Plateaus...
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the ending.
The facilitator of the on-line writing class I am taking gave us two exercises during our meeting this week. One was to list the key scenes we have yet to write of our novel. All of the students participated in NaNoWriMo.
The second exercise was to list all the things concerning our protagonist’s dilemma that we have yet to address or include in our novel. Continue reading ‘Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…’
From: http://ping.fm/WyOX4
The facilitator of the on-line writing class I am taking gave us two exercises during our meeting this week. One was to list the key scenes we have yet to write of our novel. All of the students participated in NaNoWriMo.
The second exercise was to list all the things concerning our protagonist’s dilemma that we have yet to address or include in our novel. Continue reading ‘Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…’
From: http://ping.fm/WyOX4
Peaks, Valleys, and Plateaus...
Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the ending.
The facilitator of the on-line writing class I am taking gave us two exercises during our meeting this week. One was to list the key scenes we have yet to write of our novel. All of the students participated in NaNoWriMo.
The second exercise was to list all the things concerning our protagonist’s dilemma that we have yet to address or include in our novel. Continue reading ‘Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…’
From: http://ping.fm/4gNDn
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the ending.
The facilitator of the on-line writing class I am taking gave us two exercises during our meeting this week. One was to list the key scenes we have yet to write of our novel. All of the students participated in NaNoWriMo.
The second exercise was to list all the things concerning our protagonist’s dilemma that we have yet to address or include in our novel. Continue reading ‘Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…’
From: http://ping.fm/4gNDn
Radio Show | Author, Barry Eva
Radio Show | Author, Barry Eva
•December 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Author, Barry Eva, discusses his novel, “Across the Pond“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/3Kcl2
•December 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment
Author, Barry Eva, discusses his novel, “Across the Pond“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/3Kcl2
Radio Show | Author, Barry Eva
Radio Show | Author, Barry Eva
Author, Barry Eva, discusses his novel, “Across the Pond“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/4uQDU
Author, Barry Eva, discusses his novel, “Across the Pond“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/4uQDU
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Interruptions and Writing with a Plan...
Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…
That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the plot to lose ground.
I want my novel to come alive in then middle like the middle’s of the novels that I have loved reading and have inspired me as both a lover of the written word and a writer. Continue reading ‘Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…’
From: http://ping.fm/UiZg2
That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the plot to lose ground.
I want my novel to come alive in then middle like the middle’s of the novels that I have loved reading and have inspired me as both a lover of the written word and a writer. Continue reading ‘Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…’
From: http://ping.fm/UiZg2
Interruptions and Writing with a Plan...
Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…
That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the plot to lose ground.
I want my novel to come alive in then middle like the middle’s of the novels that I have loved reading and have inspired me as both a lover of the written word and a writer. Continue reading ‘Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…’
From: http://ping.fm/B6PPh
That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the plot to lose ground.
I want my novel to come alive in then middle like the middle’s of the novels that I have loved reading and have inspired me as both a lover of the written word and a writer. Continue reading ‘Interruptions and Writing with a Plan…’
From: http://ping.fm/B6PPh
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Winning, Or Is That What It's About...
I reached the 50,000 word minimum to so-to-speak win NaNoWriMo. But I did not finish my novel.
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the blueprint I laid out for my story, I came nowhere close to completing the first draft of my novel, Lotus Blooming.
One part of me holds a little shame in having boasted so much about the great experience I had as a participant of NaNoWriMo. And yet this other part of me wonders if I have not actually gained the greatest gift NaNoWriMo can provide anyone who participates regardless of whether they reached the 50,000-word mark.
While the rules of NaNoWriMo may consider me a winner of sorts, I do not feel that I won anything, or deserved to. Then again, I did not seek to reach the 50,000-word minimum to win. Continue reading ‘Winning or Is That What It’s About…’
From: http://ping.fm/910BB
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the blueprint I laid out for my story, I came nowhere close to completing the first draft of my novel, Lotus Blooming.
One part of me holds a little shame in having boasted so much about the great experience I had as a participant of NaNoWriMo. And yet this other part of me wonders if I have not actually gained the greatest gift NaNoWriMo can provide anyone who participates regardless of whether they reached the 50,000-word mark.
While the rules of NaNoWriMo may consider me a winner of sorts, I do not feel that I won anything, or deserved to. Then again, I did not seek to reach the 50,000-word minimum to win. Continue reading ‘Winning or Is That What It’s About…’
From: http://ping.fm/910BB
Winning, Or Is That What It's About...
I reached the 50,000 word minimum to so-to-speak win NaNoWriMo. But I did not finish my novel.
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the blueprint I laid out for my story, I came nowhere close to completing the first draft of my novel, Lotus Blooming.
One part of me holds a little shame in having boasted so much about the great experience I had as a participant of NaNoWriMo. And yet this other part of me wonders if I have not actually gained the greatest gift NaNoWriMo can provide anyone who participates regardless of whether they reached the 50,000-word mark.
While the rules of NaNoWriMo may consider me a winner of sorts, I do not feel that I won anything, or deserved to. Then again, I did not seek to reach the 50,000-word minimum to win. Continue reading
From: http://ping.fm/VOMAI
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the blueprint I laid out for my story, I came nowhere close to completing the first draft of my novel, Lotus Blooming.
One part of me holds a little shame in having boasted so much about the great experience I had as a participant of NaNoWriMo. And yet this other part of me wonders if I have not actually gained the greatest gift NaNoWriMo can provide anyone who participates regardless of whether they reached the 50,000-word mark.
While the rules of NaNoWriMo may consider me a winner of sorts, I do not feel that I won anything, or deserved to. Then again, I did not seek to reach the 50,000-word minimum to win. Continue reading
From: http://ping.fm/VOMAI
Joy and Energy While Writing...
Each year I have participated in an online writing class, the goal of which was to write a novel in 2 and half months.
Each of the three years prior to the present I began writing a novel, duration of which crossed over and continued past the month of November during which NaNoWriMo takes place.
And each year I lost the steam and impulse to write long before reaching 20,000 words or drawing near 80 pages. Continue reading ‘Joy and Energy While Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/LblkK
Each of the three years prior to the present I began writing a novel, duration of which crossed over and continued past the month of November during which NaNoWriMo takes place.
And each year I lost the steam and impulse to write long before reaching 20,000 words or drawing near 80 pages. Continue reading ‘Joy and Energy While Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/LblkK
Joy and Energy While Writing...
Each year I have participated in an online writing class, the goal of which was to write a novel in 2 and half months.
Each of the three years prior to the present I began writing a novel, duration of which crossed over and continued past the month of November during which NaNoWriMo takes place.
And each year I lost the steam and impulse to write long before reaching 20,000 words or drawing near 80 pages. Continue reading ‘Joy and Energy While Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/VWZSG
Each of the three years prior to the present I began writing a novel, duration of which crossed over and continued past the month of November during which NaNoWriMo takes place.
And each year I lost the steam and impulse to write long before reaching 20,000 words or drawing near 80 pages. Continue reading ‘Joy and Energy While Writing…’
From: http://ping.fm/VWZSG
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Holiday Season...
Well, it’s the Holidays, and I’m not up to writing.
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/qipAw
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/qipAw
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/the-holiday-season/
The Holiday Season…
•December 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Well, it’s the Holidays, and I’m not up to writing.
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/JUECc
•December 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Well, it’s the Holidays, and I’m not up to writing.
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/JUECc
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/the-holiday-season/
The Holiday Season…
•December 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Well, it’s the Holidays, and I’m not up to writing.
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/3PDHX
•December 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Well, it’s the Holidays, and I’m not up to writing.
Sounds fair enough.
But hold on, not so fast. Continue reading ‘The Holiday Season…’
From: http://ping.fm/3PDHX
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Author, and multimedia consultant, Cheo Tyehimba, discusses his collection of short stories, Like Loving Backward. So tune in. http://ping.fm/3UWkU
Radio Show| Cheo Tyehimba, and “Like Loving Backward”
Author, and multimedia consultant, Cheo Tyehimba, discusses his collection of short stories, Like Loving Backward.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/WyJsE
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/WyJsE
Radio Show| Cheo Tyehimba, and “Like Loving Backward”
Author, and multimedia consultant, Cheo Tyehimba, discusses his collection of short stories, Like Loving Backward.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/N1EpS
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/N1EpS
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/transitions/
Transitions…
Transitions constitute an important part of writing fiction.
There are the ones that allow for dips back in time, memories or flashbacks, as we like to call them. And then there are those that propel us forward; leaps is what my first and second semester MFA advisor called them.
Transitions connect much of the writer’s life pushing and pulling us from one place to another, in and out of one memory then onward to a new project.
So much of what drives us to write, compels us to write our stories are memories of what once was and now is never more. Continue reading ‘Transitions…’
From: http://ping.fm/LDrgt
Transitions constitute an important part of writing fiction.
There are the ones that allow for dips back in time, memories or flashbacks, as we like to call them. And then there are those that propel us forward; leaps is what my first and second semester MFA advisor called them.
Transitions connect much of the writer’s life pushing and pulling us from one place to another, in and out of one memory then onward to a new project.
So much of what drives us to write, compels us to write our stories are memories of what once was and now is never more. Continue reading ‘Transitions…’
From: http://ping.fm/LDrgt
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/transitions/
Transitions…
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Transitions constitute an important part of writing fiction.
There are the ones that allow for dips back in time, memories or flashbacks, as we like to call them. And then there are those that propel us forward; leaps is what my first and second semester MFA advisor called them.
Transitions connect much of the writer’s life pushing and pulling us from one place to another, in and out of one memory then onward to a new project.
So much of what drives us to write, compels us to write our stories are memories of what once was and now is never more. Continue reading ‘Transitions…’
From: http://ping.fm/PgPeO
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
Transitions constitute an important part of writing fiction.
There are the ones that allow for dips back in time, memories or flashbacks, as we like to call them. And then there are those that propel us forward; leaps is what my first and second semester MFA advisor called them.
Transitions connect much of the writer’s life pushing and pulling us from one place to another, in and out of one memory then onward to a new project.
So much of what drives us to write, compels us to write our stories are memories of what once was and now is never more. Continue reading ‘Transitions…’
From: http://ping.fm/PgPeO
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/
Memories of NaNoWriMo…
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
The month of November has ended. And so goes with it the time of NaNoWriMo.
Yet while the month draws to a close the experience does not. It will never leave me. Or shall I say I will never lose sight of it, the writing I accomplished during NaNoWriMo and who I became.
More of a writer.
Terry Brooks distinguishes between authors and writers. While authors writer stories, writers continue to learn, in fact seek out new skills to hone and integrate regarding the craft and artistry of writing simultaneous to the process of writing their stories. Continue reading ‘Memories of NaNoWriMo…’
From: http://ping.fm/ZwY6A
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
The month of November has ended. And so goes with it the time of NaNoWriMo.
Yet while the month draws to a close the experience does not. It will never leave me. Or shall I say I will never lose sight of it, the writing I accomplished during NaNoWriMo and who I became.
More of a writer.
Terry Brooks distinguishes between authors and writers. While authors writer stories, writers continue to learn, in fact seek out new skills to hone and integrate regarding the craft and artistry of writing simultaneous to the process of writing their stories. Continue reading ‘Memories of NaNoWriMo…’
From: http://ping.fm/ZwY6A
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/
Memories of NaNoWriMo…
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
The month of November has ended. And so goes with it the time of NaNoWriMo.
Yet while the month draws to a close the experience does not. It will never leave me. Or shall I say I will never lose sight of it, the writing I accomplished during NaNoWriMo and who I became.
More of a writer.
Terry Brooks distinguishes between authors and writers. While authors writer stories, writers continue to learn, in fact seek out new skills to hone and integrate regarding the craft and artistry of writing simultaneous to the process of writing their stories. Continue reading ‘Memories of NaNoWriMo…’
From: http://ping.fm/w7uFX
•December 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment (Edit)
The month of November has ended. And so goes with it the time of NaNoWriMo.
Yet while the month draws to a close the experience does not. It will never leave me. Or shall I say I will never lose sight of it, the writing I accomplished during NaNoWriMo and who I became.
More of a writer.
Terry Brooks distinguishes between authors and writers. While authors writer stories, writers continue to learn, in fact seek out new skills to hone and integrate regarding the craft and artistry of writing simultaneous to the process of writing their stories. Continue reading ‘Memories of NaNoWriMo…’
From: http://ping.fm/w7uFX
Monday, November 30, 2009
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/
While some are daunted by the daily word count asked of us (1600) during NaNoWriMo, the positive aspect of this entire venture is to simply write.
Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in.
NaNoWriMo is also a great time to learn about my strengths and challenges in writng, the way I write, my process.
From: http://ping.fm/AoEaE
Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in.
NaNoWriMo is also a great time to learn about my strengths and challenges in writng, the way I write, my process.
From: http://ping.fm/AoEaE
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/
While some are daunted by the daily word count asked of us (1600) during NaNoWriMo, the positive aspect of this entire venture is to simply write.
Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in.
NaNoWriMo is also a great time to learn about my strengths and challenges in writng, the way I write, my process.
From: http://ping.fm/KuJte
Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in.
NaNoWriMo is also a great time to learn about my strengths and challenges in writng, the way I write, my process.
From: http://ping.fm/KuJte
Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing.
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/a64Kl
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/a64Kl
Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing.
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/nAGHG
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/nAGHG
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon�
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character.
But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them?
What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel?
Certainly obstacles and a great antagonist stoke the fires of us cheering on the protagonist.
But what brings us even closer to feeling, touching and being moved by the humanity, and vulnerability of a central character? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/4crm9
But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them?
What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel?
Certainly obstacles and a great antagonist stoke the fires of us cheering on the protagonist.
But what brings us even closer to feeling, touching and being moved by the humanity, and vulnerability of a central character? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/4crm9
Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon�
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character.
But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them?
What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel?
Certainly obstacles and a great antagonist stoke the fires of us cheering on the protagonist.
But what brings us even closer to feeling, touching and being moved by the humanity, and vulnerability of a central character? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/A0DaC
But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them?
What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel?
Certainly obstacles and a great antagonist stoke the fires of us cheering on the protagonist.
But what brings us even closer to feeling, touching and being moved by the humanity, and vulnerability of a central character? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/A0DaC
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Talismans/Symbols and Goals
Every good story possesses not only a character, who through the author’s lucid and vibrant descriptions, draws us to root for her or him, but who also reflects aspect of ourselves with whom we have yet to make peace, or accept.
The protagonists of these stories also face a formidable opponent, a living, and breathing antagonist, whose complexities both in action, words and thoughts compel the central character to show both the light and the dark aspects of their personalities. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/SJNRy
The protagonists of these stories also face a formidable opponent, a living, and breathing antagonist, whose complexities both in action, words and thoughts compel the central character to show both the light and the dark aspects of their personalities. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/SJNRy
Talismans/Symbols and Goals
Every good story possesses not only a character, who through the author’s lucid and vibrant descriptions, draws us to root for her or him, but who also reflects aspect of ourselves with whom we have yet to make peace, or accept.
The protagonists of these stories also face a formidable opponent, a living, and breathing antagonist, whose complexities both in action, words and thoughts compel the central character to show both the light and the dark aspects of their personalities. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/aH0Ql
The protagonists of these stories also face a formidable opponent, a living, and breathing antagonist, whose complexities both in action, words and thoughts compel the central character to show both the light and the dark aspects of their personalities. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/aH0Ql
Monday, November 23, 2009
Guest Blog | Anjuelle Floyd
Check out Part II of My Interview, The Inspiration to Write, Author Anjuelle Floyd, at ChickLitGurrl.
From: http://ping.fm/08QoG
From: http://ping.fm/08QoG
Guest Blog | Anjuelle Floyd
Check out Part II of My Interview, The Inspiration to Write, Author Anjuelle Floyd, at ChickLitGurrl.
From: http://ping.fm/M2A91
From: http://ping.fm/M2A91
Showing Up�
Should the protagonist not appear, in court when summoned, the judge renders a default in favor of the opposing character, whether they be defendant or plaintiff.
The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author.
All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists, that is unless the narrative is one of chronicling the central character’s avoidance of what has come to bear. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/5pnu1
The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author.
All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists, that is unless the narrative is one of chronicling the central character’s avoidance of what has come to bear. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/5pnu1
Showing Up�
Should the protagonist not appear, in court when summoned, the judge renders a default in favor of the opposing character, whether they be defendant or plaintiff.
The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author.
All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists, that is unless the narrative is one of chronicling the central character’s avoidance of what has come to bear. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NlmW5
The character has failed to present and/or make her or his case for a story. And so has the author.
All forward motion of plot ceases. No story exists, that is unless the narrative is one of chronicling the central character’s avoidance of what has come to bear. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NlmW5
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Radio Show | Anjuelle Floyd, and �The Bridge�
Author and host of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters, Anjuelle Floyd, reads her short story, The Bridge from her collection, discusses her book, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident“.
From: http://ping.fm/iDaQX
From: http://ping.fm/iDaQX
Radio Show | Anjuelle Floyd, and �The Bridge�
Author and host of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters, Anjuelle Floyd, reads her short story, The Bridge from her collection, discusses her book, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident“.
From: http://ping.fm/aGXyv
From: http://ping.fm/aGXyv
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Journey and Its Calling�
Each story or novel presents the main character with not only an upset in daily activities, but also a quest.
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XK6RF
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XK6RF
The Journey and Its Calling�
Each story or novel presents the main character with not only an upset in daily activities, but also a quest.
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/pLXyL
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/pLXyL
The Journey and Its Calling�
Each story or novel presents the main character with not only an upset in daily activities, but also a quest.
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Tj4Qz
That quest presents itself not unlike a summons to court.
The protagonist, in arriving at court, must plead her or his case. And yet the judge, the bailiff, the jurors, even the attorneys for both the plaintiff and the defense, reflect aspects of the central character. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Tj4Qz
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Of Avataric Moments, Desire, and Change
Symbols link yearning and desire with the change and transformation required for the central character to achieve her or his goal.
To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist working to achieve her or his goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Xcn56
To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist working to achieve her or his goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Xcn56
Of Avataric Moments, Desire, and Change
Symbols link yearning and desire with the change and transformation required for the central character to achieve her or his goal.
To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist working to achieve her or his goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xmGYK
To the extent that you can attach a physical object to the goal your central character fights to attain, the more you solidify, in the mind of the reader, the experience of your protagonist working to achieve her or his goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xmGYK
Monday, November 16, 2009
Guest Blog | Interview
Check out my guest blog interview at All the Blog’s a Page, The Inspiration to Write .
From: http://ping.fm/WVkL8
From: http://ping.fm/WVkL8
Guest Blog | Interview
Check out my guest blog interview at All the Blog’s a Page, The Inspiration to Write .
From: http://ping.fm/awYVx
From: http://ping.fm/awYVx
Setting the Stage
What is your protagonist doing, and or saying when the curtain lifts on the set of that first page of your story, or novel?
Their actions and dialogue relay not only much about who they are while interacting in the world with others, but also their identity within the universe of their own personalities.
They also where the journey of the story demands they grow and change in an effort to survive the chaos and the upheaval every good story bestows. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/fwikV
Their actions and dialogue relay not only much about who they are while interacting in the world with others, but also their identity within the universe of their own personalities.
They also where the journey of the story demands they grow and change in an effort to survive the chaos and the upheaval every good story bestows. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/fwikV
Setting the Stage
What is your protagonist doing, and or saying when the curtain lifts on the set of that first page of your story, or novel?
Their actions and dialogue relay not only much about who they are while interacting in the world with others, but also their identity within the universe of their own personalities.
They also where the journey of the story demands they grow and change in an effort to survive the chaos and the upheaval every good story bestows. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/BemS8
Their actions and dialogue relay not only much about who they are while interacting in the world with others, but also their identity within the universe of their own personalities.
They also where the journey of the story demands they grow and change in an effort to survive the chaos and the upheaval every good story bestows. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/BemS8
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Radio Show | Charles D. Ellison
Author, political analyst, and columnist of The Ellison Report, Charles D. Ellison, discusses the politics of crafting, promoting and marketing his debut novel, “Tantrum“.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/B9S30
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/B9S30
Radio Show | Charles D. Ellison
Author, political analyst, and columnist of The Ellison Report, Charles D. Ellison, discusses the politics of crafting, promoting and marketing his debut novel, “Tantrum“.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/ICJWo
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/ICJWo
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Plot: Stages of Evolution and Revelation
“A hero ventures forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder.”
–Joseph Campbell, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”
Every story is about the extraordinary, the uncommon experience or event that occurs in the constancy of ordinary time. Nearly, if not always, this occurrence upsets the routine of the daily round of life activities in the lives of the major character(s). Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YE6vv
–Joseph Campbell, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”
Every story is about the extraordinary, the uncommon experience or event that occurs in the constancy of ordinary time. Nearly, if not always, this occurrence upsets the routine of the daily round of life activities in the lives of the major character(s). Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YE6vv
Plot: Stages of Evolution and Revelation
“A hero ventures forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder.”
–Joseph Campbell, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”
Every story is about the extraordinary, the uncommon experience or event that occurs in the constancy of ordinary time. Nearly, if not always, this occurrence upsets the routine of the daily round of life activities in the lives of the major character(s). Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/bsJXY
–Joseph Campbell, “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”
Every story is about the extraordinary, the uncommon experience or event that occurs in the constancy of ordinary time. Nearly, if not always, this occurrence upsets the routine of the daily round of life activities in the lives of the major character(s). Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/bsJXY
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Preparing for the Journey
“At heart, despite its infinite variety, the hero’s story is always a journey.”
–Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers”
It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/lNhpl
–Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers”
It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/lNhpl
Preparing for the Journey
“At heart, despite its infinite variety, the hero’s story is always a journey.”
–Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers”
It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/EkScT
–Christopher Vogler, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers”
It helps to have a map, itinerary, or even hotel reservations when setting out on a journey. The writer works with symbols that settle reader in for the journey. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/EkScT
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Yearning for Change
The Trickster archetype wants change. The character who carries this role operates like a court jester.
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/FGI4p
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/FGI4p
Yearning for Change
The Trickster archetype wants change. The character who carries this role operates like a court jester.
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2CUDA
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2CUDA
Yearning for Change
The Trickster archetype wants change. The character who carries this role operates like a court jester.
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/QmgjZ
Seen as a fool whose words were spoken in jest, the court jester of medieval times addressed taboo and controversial issues, topics about which common citizens, lacking freedom of speech would and could not dare speak. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/QmgjZ
Monday, November 9, 2009
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
…on THE HOT SEAT at The Writer’s Box.
November 9-13, 2009
Join The Writer’s Box, leave your questions, and see what happening.
From: http://ping.fm/KssiC
November 9-13, 2009
Join The Writer’s Box, leave your questions, and see what happening.
From: http://ping.fm/KssiC
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
…on THE HOT SEAT at The Writer’s Box.
November 9-13, 2009
Join The Writer’s Box, leave your questions, and see what happening.
From: http://ping.fm/vl8xC
November 9-13, 2009
Join The Writer’s Box, leave your questions, and see what happening.
From: http://ping.fm/vl8xC
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
Much like Paul Revere announced the British were on their way to do battle in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Herald archetype in storytelling announces change and transformation to the major character.
The Herald places the protagonist on a state of alert, tells him or her how to read the signs, “One if by land, two if by see.” They warn the central character to be on guard. New things are coming her or his way. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/dJQBz
The Herald places the protagonist on a state of alert, tells him or her how to read the signs, “One if by land, two if by see.” They warn the central character to be on guard. New things are coming her or his way. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/dJQBz
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!
Much like Paul Revere announced the British were on their way to do battle in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Herald archetype in storytelling announces change and transformation to the major character.
The Herald places the protagonist on a state of alert, tells him or her how to read the signs, “One if by land, two if by see.” They warn the central character to be on guard. New things are coming her or his way. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XEIGh
The Herald places the protagonist on a state of alert, tells him or her how to read the signs, “One if by land, two if by see.” They warn the central character to be on guard. New things are coming her or his way. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XEIGh
Sunday, November 8, 2009
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/i-wrote-today/
It was hard getting up this morning, or I should say, …this afternoon.
But I got my 1600 words for NaNoWriMo, 1667 to be exact.
I think I’m still struggling to adjust to the time change
From: http://ping.fm/BMl0B
But I got my 1600 words for NaNoWriMo, 1667 to be exact.
I think I’m still struggling to adjust to the time change
From: http://ping.fm/BMl0B
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/i-wrote-today/
It was hard getting up this morning, or I should say, …this afternoon.
But I got my 1600 words for NaNoWriMo, 1667 to be exact.
I think I’m still struggling to adjust to the time change
From: http://ping.fm/lOrHW
But I got my 1600 words for NaNoWriMo, 1667 to be exact.
I think I’m still struggling to adjust to the time change
From: http://ping.fm/lOrHW
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Radio | Poet, Husband and Father, George Cook
Husband and father, George Cook, discusses his collection of poems, “Let’s Talk Honestly: One Black Man’s Thoughts“, and what inspired him to pen them.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Fm0lR
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Fm0lR
Radio | Poet, Husband and Father, George Cook
Husband and father, George Cook, discusses his collection of poems, “Let’s Talk Honestly: One Black Man’s Thoughts“, and what inspired him to pen them.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/0748F
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/0748F
1st Week of NaNoWriMo
it was intense, this first week of NaNoWriMo,
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/UxyLS
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/UxyLS
1st Week of NaNoWriMo
it was intense, this first week of NaNoWriMo,
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/wzCBK
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/wzCBK
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/1st-week-of-nanowrimo/?preview=true&preview_id=114&preview_nonce=9cc061e3ee
it was intense, this first week of NaNoWriMo,
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/dhbZl
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
that lull and loss of energy, and not knowing where to go with the story, or what to write next–
it’s not there.
From: http://ping.fm/dhbZl
http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/1st-week-of-nanowrimo/?preview=true&preview_id=114&preview_nonce=9cc061e3ee
it was intense, this first week of NaNoWriMo,
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
From: http://ping.fm/s2qsW
but I got through it.
i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June.
i’m glad I sketched it out.
From: http://ping.fm/s2qsW
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal.
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest in story. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/05Fl0
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest in story. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/05Fl0
Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal.
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest in story. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8HMrI
The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest in story. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/8HMrI
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Illusions, Deceptions, and Various Manifestations of Doubt
The Chameleon or Shapeshifter archetype relates directly to the Jungian archetypes of anima and animus. Anima is the feminine aspect all men hold and animus is the masculine aspect every female carries in her psyche.
Anima and animus reside in the archetypal unconscious that belies the individual unconscious layered by shadow. Anima and animus speak to the residual memories of past lives, ancestral histories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6Yd9Z
Anima and animus reside in the archetypal unconscious that belies the individual unconscious layered by shadow. Anima and animus speak to the residual memories of past lives, ancestral histories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6Yd9Z
Illusions, Deceptions, and Various Manifestations of Doubt
The Chameleon or Shapeshifter archetype relates directly to the Jungian archetypes of anima and animus. Anima is the feminine aspect all men hold and animus is the masculine aspect every female carries in her psyche.
Anima and animus reside in the archetypal unconscious that belies the individual unconscious layered by shadow. Anima and animus speak to the residual memories of past lives, ancestral histories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cAdY8
Anima and animus reside in the archetypal unconscious that belies the individual unconscious layered by shadow. Anima and animus speak to the residual memories of past lives, ancestral histories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cAdY8
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Chameleons and The Evolution of Character
Writers and others in the dramatic arts find it hard to grasp the function of the Shapeshifter archetype due to its strongly psychological nature, and its role in story. Because of the energy it embodies, some term the Shapeshifter a Chameleon.
When viewed as a force, or aspect of personality or character the Shapeshifter operates as a Doubting Thomas or Devil’s Advocate, in its efforts to stir the protagonist towards pursuit, and quest. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DkVAK
When viewed as a force, or aspect of personality or character the Shapeshifter operates as a Doubting Thomas or Devil’s Advocate, in its efforts to stir the protagonist towards pursuit, and quest. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DkVAK
Chameleons and The Evolution of Character
Writers and others in the dramatic arts find it hard to grasp the function of the Shapeshifter archetype due to its strongly psychological nature, and its role in story. Because of the energy it embodies, some term the Shapeshifter a Chameleon.
When viewed as a force, or aspect of personality or character the Shapeshifter operates as a Doubting Thomas or Devil’s Advocate, in its efforts to stir the protagonist towards pursuit, and quest. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Erozr
When viewed as a force, or aspect of personality or character the Shapeshifter operates as a Doubting Thomas or Devil’s Advocate, in its efforts to stir the protagonist towards pursuit, and quest. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Erozr
Monday, November 2, 2009
Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative.
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same way, how to grow, and change as the challenges of life demand. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/U2o9P
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same way, how to grow, and change as the challenges of life demand. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/U2o9P
Transformation: Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary
Just as all good stories contain aspects of redemption, and death, so too transformation forms the engine propelling the narrative.
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same way, how to grow, and change as the challenges of life demand. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/el7G8
A major character or protagonist is like the Prophet Ezekiel in the Old Testament. God used Ezekiel to teach the Children of Israel how to suffer. Protagonists of our stories show readers, in much the same way, how to grow, and change as the challenges of life demand. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/el7G8
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Karen Dabney
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MVgtm
Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/MVgtm
Radio Show | Author, Karen Dabney
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/3dpxL
Author, Karen E. Dabney, discusses her debut children’s novel, “The Magic Pencil“.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/3dpxL
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Enemy at the Gates�Guardians of the Threshold
Guardians of the Threshold, which Christopher Vogler discusses in The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structure for Writers, may present as enemies.
Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.
The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/VDeIV
Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.
The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/VDeIV
The Enemy at the Gates�Guardians of the Threshold
Guardians of the Threshold, which Christopher Vogler discusses in The Writer’s Journey, Mythic Structure for Writers, may present as enemies.
Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.
The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XTJAI
Yet instead they seek to test the protagonist or central character of a story, to ensure that she or he has integrated the wisdom and information provided by the Mentor.
The best protagonists earn success by seeking to understand the experience of the Guardian of the Threshold. Working in tandem with the Threshold Guardians the protagonist gains access to dimensions of her or himself they had yet to tap. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/XTJAI
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mentor and Story
Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest.
Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/GpZH4
Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/GpZH4
Mentor and Story
Mentors are the wisdom-carriers in stories. They infect the protagonist or major character with knowledge and information needed to complete their quest.
Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/GUzlt
Mentors encourage the heroine or hero to believe, and have faith in her or his ability to meet the challenge standing before them. On a psycho-spiritual level mentors represent the Imago Dei, the god-image that all humans carry. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/GUzlt
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story
The heroine or hero provides the reader with perspective and focus on the story, point of view.
She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Q2YFY
She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Q2YFY
The Heroine/Hero and Their Function in Story
The heroine or hero provides the reader with perspective and focus on the story, point of view.
She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9gskZ
She or he also serves as the point of identification allowing the reader to invest her or his feelings towards care and concern for not simply the major character but also remaining with the story to see its outcome. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/9gskZ
Monday, October 26, 2009
Civility and Order
The word, hero, in Greek means, “to protect and to serve“. We often find these words on the side of police cars. Thus we think of law enforcement.
And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?
What or who needs and desires safety of survival?
What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.
The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xEE2h
And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?
What or who needs and desires safety of survival?
What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.
The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/xEE2h
Civility and Order
The word, hero, in Greek means, “to protect and to serve“. We often find these words on the side of police cars. Thus we think of law enforcement.
And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?
What or who needs and desires safety of survival?
What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.
The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cV5EJ
And yet, from the etymological perspective rooted in Greek, what is to be protected?
What or who needs and desires safety of survival?
What is ultimately at stake with any story? Life; the protagonist’s survival.
The survival at stake or being risked, as with all humans, exists on at least two levels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cV5EJ
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and �Lady Julia Grey�
Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, “Silent in Grave,” “Silent in the Sanctuary,” and “Silent on the Moor“.
So tune in
From: http://ping.fm/YEFeH
So tune in
From: http://ping.fm/YEFeH
Radio Show | Deanna Raybourn and �Lady Julia Grey�
Novelist, Deanna Raybourn discusses Lady Julia Grey, the heroine of her novels, “Silent in Grave,” “Silent in the Sanctuary,” and “Silent on the Moor“.
So tune in
From: http://ping.fm/W0ywV
So tune in
From: http://ping.fm/W0ywV
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Archetypes and Story
Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/n45oI
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/n45oI
Archetypes and Story
Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality.
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LKCwh
They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LKCwh
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fuel for Change
“Summoned or not, the god will come.”
–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.
Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/5tT5M
–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.
Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/5tT5M
Fuel for Change
“Summoned or not, the god will come.”
–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.
Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/TiRa9
–motto on the door of Carl Jung’s home.
Archetypes help writers clarify a character’s function and role in the way of plot development and the evolution of personality regarding the protagonist. Stories are about growth and change. And archetypes carry energies. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/TiRa9
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Archetypes and Human Needs
Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/q219F
From: http://ping.fm/q219F
Archetypes and Human Needs
Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/64QjH
From: http://ping.fm/64QjH
Archetypes and Human Needs
Characters viewed as archetypes can be seen as facets of the protagonist’s personality come to greet her or him in the journey towards achieving a goal. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/bPyTW
From: http://ping.fm/bPyTW
Monday, October 19, 2009
Mythic Structure and Story
All stories consist of a few common elements. These elements constitute all stories, fairy tales, dreams, movies, and myths. These elements also form what Christopher Vogler describes in The Writer’s Journey–Mythic Structure for Writers, as The Hero’s Journey.
The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/rcNbE
The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/rcNbE
Mythic Structure and Story
All stories consist of a few common elements. These elements constitute all stories, fairy tales, dreams, movies, and myths. These elements also form what Christopher Vogler describes in The Writer’s Journey–Mythic Structure for Writers, as The Hero’s Journey.
The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YAiTh
The Hero’s Journey becomes not only a universal myth for human kind, but also offers a blueprint for writers in constructing our stories. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YAiTh
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Laura Brodie
Author, Laura Brodie, discusses her debut novel, The Widow’s Season. Laura is also the author of Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of VMI.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/SpaDt
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/SpaDt
Radio Show | Author, Laura Brodie
Author, Laura Brodie, discusses her debut novel, The Widow’s Season. Laura is also the author of Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of VMI.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/ov3bz
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/ov3bz
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Writer and The Temple
–Green my life and remove my sorrows.
The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.
Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/AGJGN
The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.
Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/AGJGN
The Writer and The Temple
–Green my life and remove my sorrows.
The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.
Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6Mucf
The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.
Yet one need only think of their surroundings or perhaps the setting of a novel or one’s own life to grasp the reason why writers by our very nature are concerned about saving our earthly environment from the clear and present dangers facing our planet. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6Mucf
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Conflict and Desire
Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way.
Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.
It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.
But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/qgFva
Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.
It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.
But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/qgFva
Conflict and Desire
Conflict arises from a character seeking to achieve a goal and encountering an obstacle along the way.
Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.
It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.
But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cWAS6
Another way of looking at this is CHARACTER + GOAL = CONFLICT.
It is most helpful, when writing a story, if you can define the character’s goal in physical terms.
But what if your protagonist desires love? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/cWAS6
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Character, Goals and Obstacles
A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
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Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/am5V0
Character, Goals and Obstacles
A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/A0LAK
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/A0LAK
Character, Goals and Obstacles
A writer has three questions she or he must answer before or when beginning a story.
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LB9BM
Who is my protagonist? What does she or he want? And what is getting in her or his way?
Each of these aspects delivers an important component of story. Together they create a force that propels plot.
A story shows what happens when a character sets out to achieve a goal, and or solve a problem. In the best of stories and usually in life, we encounter obstacles in the process of seeking to achieve our goals. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/LB9BM
Monday, October 12, 2009
Change for the Sake of Change
I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.
Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.
Read the rest of this entry…
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Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2WhtS
Change for the Sake of Change
I recently attended a book clubs summit where, for a weekend, participants gathered to meet and greet writers from around the country.
Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.
Read the rest of this entry…
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Authors signed books and thanked readers for support of our work and artistry between giving individual talks, and participating in panel discussions with other writers.
Read the rest of this entry…
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Radio Show | Catherine VanWetter and Family Healing
Holistic family healing Practitioner, Ritual Facilitator, and author, Catherine VanWetter will discuss her book, The Soul of the Heart, and Family Healing within the context of Systemic Constellations and the Soul of a Family.
So tune in.
To the Heart of the Matter
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So tune in.
To the Heart of the Matter
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Radio Show | Catherine VanWetter and Family Healing
Holistic family healing Practitioner, Ritual Facilitator, and author, Catherine VanWetter will discuss her book, The Soul of the Heart, and Family Healing within the context of Systemic Constellations and the Soul of a Family.
So tune in.
To the Heart of the Matter
From: http://ping.fm/B0ChB
So tune in.
To the Heart of the Matter
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Loves and Hates
What a character hates or despises says much about what she or he loves, adores, and that for which she or he yearns.
The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.
A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…
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The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.
A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/dwSGf
Loves and Hates
What a character hates or despises says much about what she or he loves, adores, and that for which she or he yearns.
The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.
A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DDkpE
The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us.
A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for acceptance and love from that parent they so loathe, and whom they fear does not approve of them. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DDkpE
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Picture and Story
The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.”
–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger
Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/wggks
–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger
Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/wggks
Picture and Story
The face is an organic mask. It can’t hold falsehood forever. Eventually there is an unguarded moment when the muscles relax. And you see the true face of the person.”
–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger
Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/92upI
–Lisa Book, sister of Isabel Raine in Die for Me, by Lisa Unger
Isabel Raine, the protagonist in Unger’s latest suspense thriller, Die for You, experiences the dark or shadow side of life when her husband, Marcus Raine, leaves for work one morning, and never returns. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/92upI
Shadow, Self, and The Other
“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”
–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.
All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YIqzT
–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.
All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/YIqzT
Shadow, Self, and The Other
“A vast majority of our [violent] crimes [that take place within the United States] occur within the home. Chances are the greatest threat to [your] life comes from family. My novels explore what it means to be family, how each [family] member defines family, and what happens when someone decides to re-write the script.”
–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.
All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Q1mcr
–Lisa Unger speaking on the statistics of domestic crime and that influence her novels.
All novels are about change. Lisa Unger’s literary thrillers, explore the dark side of families, those like yours and mine, which makes for tight suspense, and eventful reading. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Q1mcr
Monday, October 5, 2009
Calamity, Crime and Suspense
My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.”
Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…
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Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/IdTwV
Calamity, Crime and Suspense
My interview with Lisa Unger renewed within me the desire to just write, and see what happens. During my interview of her on Saturday, September 26, 2009, she talked about how her novels hold, “…a strong thread of domestic danger.”
Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vhHuj
Lisa then discussed a concept: “We don’t truly know the people we love an trust,” that spirals within her novels. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vhHuj
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Radio Show | Author Druzelle Cederquist on Authors Growing A Brain
A dash of science easily relates to writer practices, creativity as a learning process, and the qualities–like patience and perseverance–we need to develop in acquiring the craft of writing.
–Druzelle Cederquist
Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.
From: http://ping.fm/TgHpF
–Druzelle Cederquist
Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.
From: http://ping.fm/TgHpF
Radio Show | Author Druzelle Cederquist on Authors Growing A Brain
A dash of science easily relates to writer practices, creativity as a learning process, and the qualities–like patience and perseverance–we need to develop in acquiring the craft of writing.
–Druzelle Cederquist
Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.
From: http://ping.fm/umRr6
–Druzelle Cederquist
Author Druzelle Cederquist discusses her book, The Story of Baha’u'llah: Promised One of All Religions and the process of …growing a writer’s brain.
From: http://ping.fm/umRr6
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Writer/Mother
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/gnpqZ
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/gnpqZ
The Writer/Mother
“I’m a better writer and certainly a better person because I am a mother,” says author, Lisa Unger. “My best times for writing and creativity are between 5 am to noon. Afternoons are devoted to my daughter when she returns home from school.”
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/UNebS
The role of mother and writer is a taxing one for those of us who have chosen to give ourselves to the two paths of writing and mothering in whatever order they came to us. For Lisa Unger, who has penned 8 literary thrillers, nothing has rivaled her commitment and love of writing, more than her love and adoration for her daughter. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/UNebS
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Business of Writing
“It’s way harder to establish a career as a working writer than to get published by a traditional New York publishing house.”
–Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing
Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting, and marketing of her or his work.
In that Lisa Unger had worked in publishing for over a decade before gaining publication of her first novel, she held no preconceived notions of glory or fame on becoming a published author. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3yj0i
–Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing
Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting, and marketing of her or his work.
In that Lisa Unger had worked in publishing for over a decade before gaining publication of her first novel, she held no preconceived notions of glory or fame on becoming a published author. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3yj0i
The Business of Writing
“It’s way harder to establish a career as a working writer than to get published by a traditional New York publishing house.”
–Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing
Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting, and marketing of her or his work.
In that Lisa Unger had worked in publishing for over a decade before gaining publication of her first novel, she held no preconceived notions of glory or fame on becoming a published author. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7dW1k
–Lisa Unger on the Business of Writing
Whether the author achieves publication of their work through traditional means, or chooses to self-publish, she or he must play an active role in the promoting, and marketing of her or his work.
In that Lisa Unger had worked in publishing for over a decade before gaining publication of her first novel, she held no preconceived notions of glory or fame on becoming a published author. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7dW1k
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
On Writing, and Exploring the Human Heart
“I didn’t pick my area of writing anymore than I chose to become a writer. …I love classic literature. And I’ve always had this dark imagination. I was the weird kid who was interested in that form in the window, or what lay under the stairs. I also have this ferocious curiosity about the human [...]
From: http://ping.fm/OHytN
From: http://ping.fm/OHytN
On Writing, and Exploring the Human Heart
“I didn’t pick my area of writing anymore than I chose to become a writer. …I love classic literature. And I’ve always had this dark imagination. I was the weird kid who was interested in that form in the window, or what lay under the stairs. I also have this ferocious curiosity about the human [...]
From: http://ping.fm/vd8Du
From: http://ping.fm/vd8Du
Monday, September 28, 2009
Magic and Craft
Author of literary thrillers,” Lisa Unger, was my guest on Saturday’s broadcast (September 26, 2009) of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters.
“Die for You,” her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a career author, mother and wife. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/krCTD
“Die for You,” her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a career author, mother and wife. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/krCTD
Magic and Craft
Author of literary thrillers,” Lisa Unger, was my guest on Saturday’s broadcast (September 26, 2009) of Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters.
“Die for You,” her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a career author, mother and wife. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/mgfUN
“Die for You,” her latest release, and the other books she has penned (8 total), were among the many things we discussed, along with working to find balance between her work as a career author, mother and wife. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/mgfUN
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Lisa Unger, and Writing the Literary Thriller
Author, Lisa Unger, discusses her new release, “Die for You,” and the complexities of writing the literary thriller. Lisa is the author of “Sliver of Truth,” Black Out,” and “Beautiful Lies“.
So tune in.
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So tune in.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Adrienna Turner
Adrienna Turner discusses her latest book, “The Day Begins with Christ“. Adrienna is the author of “Half of the Battle is to Surrender All I Have,” “From the Depths of My Soul: Collection of Poetry and Songs,” and “The Mystery Lies Within“. Adrienna reviews books for the African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC), and Dream 4 More Book Reviews. She is also writes a column for Heavenly Magazine .
From: http://ping.fm/7e7m3
From: http://ping.fm/7e7m3
Radio Show | Author, Adrienna Turner
Adrienna Turner discusses her latest book, “The Day Begins with Christ“. Adrienna is the author of “Half of the Battle is to Surrender All I Have,” “From the Depths of My Soul: Collection of Poetry and Songs,” and “The Mystery Lies Within“. Adrienna reviews books for the African Americans on the Move Book Club (AAMBC), and Dream 4 More Book Reviews. She is also writes a column for Heavenly Magazine .
From: http://ping.fm/NlvEM
From: http://ping.fm/NlvEM
Questions
Every novel seeks to answer a question. The question could arise from the premise, What if______meets_____, to which the plot of your story delivers the answer in showing what ensues when X meets Y. On another level your novel could raise a question that plumbs the depths of human personality and consciousness. Why is it that [...]
From: http://ping.fm/Eg7vc
From: http://ping.fm/Eg7vc
Questions
Every novel seeks to answer a question. The question could arise from the premise, What if______meets_____, to which the plot of your story delivers the answer in showing what ensues when X meets Y. On another level your novel could raise a question that plumbs the depths of human personality and consciousness. Why is it that [...]
From: http://ping.fm/Hd9iy
From: http://ping.fm/Hd9iy
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Writing and Cyberspace
As the economy languishes in limbo and many of us wonder what comes next, I have made several observations as an author, one of which is that the Internet has become an important meeting ground for both industry and consumers.
That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers a matrix wherein for me to connect with readers. Read the rest of this entry…
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That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers a matrix wherein for me to connect with readers. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Qhc0h
Writing and Cyberspace
As the economy languishes in limbo and many of us wonder what comes next, I have made several observations as an author, one of which is that the Internet has become an important meeting ground for both industry and consumers.
That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers a matrix wherein for me to connect with readers. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vsUv8
That I am an author makes me part of the publishing industry. The Internet offers a matrix wherein for me to connect with readers. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vsUv8
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
A Writer�s Voice
Hearing the words you’ve written and read in your own voice develops voice. It also awakens you, the writer, to your style of putting words together.
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can and in so doing are made able to recognize when due to awkward phrasing the sounds clash from dissonance.
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Wt5Hv
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can and in so doing are made able to recognize when due to awkward phrasing the sounds clash from dissonance.
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Wt5Hv
A Writer�s Voice
Hearing the words you’ve written and read in your own voice develops voice. It also awakens you, the writer, to your style of putting words together.
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can and in so doing are made able to recognize when due to awkward phrasing the sounds clash from dissonance.
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/O7j6y
You hear when your words fall away from that established cadence and rhythm, and when they come together. You come to see the endless possibilities of music your words can and in so doing are made able to recognize when due to awkward phrasing the sounds clash from dissonance.
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/O7j6y
Monday, September 21, 2009
Loving Our Characters
American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in “Comfortable with Uncertainty” that, “…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve [ourselves], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about trying to befriend who we are.”
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2r0MG
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2r0MG
Loving Our Characters
American Buddhist nun, Pema Chödrön, writes in “Comfortable with Uncertainty” that, “…When we start to meditate or work with any kind of spiritual discipline, we often think that somehow we’re going to improve [ourselves], which is a subtle kind of aggression against who we are…Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about trying to befriend who we are.”
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3u3GC
Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3u3GC
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers
Authors, Kathy Briccetti, Jasmine Dawson, and Meilan Carter, discuss their contributions to the anthology, “Who’s Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers“.
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/FIWMf
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/FIWMf
The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers
Authors, Kathy Briccetti, Jasmine Dawson, and Meilan Carter, discuss their contributions to the anthology, “Who’s Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers“.
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Biv36
Kathy, Jasmine and Meilan will be reading from their contributions to the anthology at 3pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009, at Diesel Book Story, Oakland, CA.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Biv36
Friday, September 18, 2009
An Idea for a Story�
I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel.
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vST4w
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/vST4w
An Idea for a Story�
I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel.
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/fm5D0
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/fm5D0
Thursday, September 17, 2009
An Idea for a Story…
I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel.
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/suHOy
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/suHOy
An Idea for a Story…
I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel.
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NBpVX
For now it opens with, “...The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to the surface. As his brothers obeyed the command, the Hawaiian island, Maui, surfaced.” Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/NBpVX
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Families OnLine Magazine| My New Monthly Column
Check out the first in article in my new monthly column at Families OnLine Magazine Take Your Time Tillie .
From: http://ping.fm/6FMaS
From: http://ping.fm/6FMaS
Families OnLine Magazine| My New Monthly Column
Check out the first in article in my new monthly column at Families OnLine Magazine Take Your Time Tillie .
From: http://ping.fm/qWjER
From: http://ping.fm/qWjER
Loosening Up
I tried many exercises in the various writing groups in which I participated before entering graduate school, and working towards earning my MFA. None left an impression, or stuck with me.
This is not to say the exercises held no merit.
Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent scene filled with round and interesting characters. Read the rest of this entry…
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This is not to say the exercises held no merit.
Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent scene filled with round and interesting characters. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3Zp23
Loosening Up
I tried many exercises in the various writing groups in which I participated before entering graduate school, and working towards earning my MFA. None left an impression, or stuck with me.
This is not to say the exercises held no merit.
Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent scene filled with round and interesting characters. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/88dBs
This is not to say the exercises held no merit.
Instead my focus lay severely on learning to write, as in craft a decent scene filled with round and interesting characters. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/88dBs
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Twists
The best stories often have a twist at the end. But what is a twist? Is it the result of having led the reader in one direction, only to surprise them with action rising from another? Not quite. The best way to understand twists in literature is to envision every story or novel as a mystery, or that
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From: http://ping.fm/GBAje
Twists
The best stories often have a twist at the end. But what is a twist? Is it the result of having led the reader in one direction, only to surprise them with action rising from another? Not quite. The best way to understand twists in literature is to envision every story or novel as a mystery, or that
From: http://ping.fm/qzJQz
From: http://ping.fm/qzJQz
Writing Challenges? | Questions About Your Story?
Do you have any questions about writing?
Are you stuck with a story?
Don’t know where your novel is headed?
Or simply need a boost to get writing?
Send me your questions and I’ll address it it in a blog, with picture and everything.
Just for you.
From: http://ping.fm/6mwzb
Are you stuck with a story?
Don’t know where your novel is headed?
Or simply need a boost to get writing?
Send me your questions and I’ll address it it in a blog, with picture and everything.
Just for you.
From: http://ping.fm/6mwzb
Writing Challenges? | Questions About Your Story?
Do you have any questions about writing?
Are you stuck with a story?
Don’t know where your novel is headed?
Or simply need a boost to get writing?
Send me your questions and I’ll address it it in a blog, with picture and everything.
Just for you.
From: http://ping.fm/i2gJW
Are you stuck with a story?
Don’t know where your novel is headed?
Or simply need a boost to get writing?
Send me your questions and I’ll address it it in a blog, with picture and everything.
Just for you.
From: http://ping.fm/i2gJW
Premise
What’s the premise of your novel? Do you need one? Why would you not?
Premise is the combination of character and situation.
What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F? Read the rest of this entry…
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Premise is the combination of character and situation.
What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/4glLh
Premise
What’s the premise of your novel? Do you need one? Why would you not?
Premise is the combination of character and situation.
What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/MyUTa
Premise is the combination of character and situation.
What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/MyUTa
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Our Words Are But Children at Play
Like an old man watching children at play, we need to see through our own seriousness. No matter how seriously the children go about their games, the old man is amused and never for a moment takes them to be real. We can watch our own thoughts and emotions in the same way. Without taking them so seriously, we can see them as children at play and give them lots of space.
–Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
(excerpted from–Wisdom for Difficult, Times, Shambhala Sun Magazine/May 2009, p. 41) Read the rest of this entry…
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–Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
(excerpted from–Wisdom for Difficult, Times, Shambhala Sun Magazine/May 2009, p. 41) Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/c9Qjg
Our Words Are But Children at Play
Like an old man watching children at play, we need to see through our own seriousness. No matter how seriously the children go about their games, the old man is amused and never for a moment takes them to be real. We can watch our own thoughts and emotions in the same way. Without taking them so seriously, we can see them as children at play and give them lots of space.
–Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
(excerpted from–Wisdom for Difficult, Times, Shambhala Sun Magazine/May 2009, p. 41) Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ei1ny
–Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
(excerpted from–Wisdom for Difficult, Times, Shambhala Sun Magazine/May 2009, p. 41) Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Ei1ny
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Change, Suffering and Digging Deeper
Buddhism teaches that all things change, and that suffering is inherent to life.
As humans we add to this suffering, or rather amplify it, by trying to hold onto the narrative line that we have fed ourselves.
We resist the reality of change the various truths evidenced by its existence. Read the rest of this entry…
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As humans we add to this suffering, or rather amplify it, by trying to hold onto the narrative line that we have fed ourselves.
We resist the reality of change the various truths evidenced by its existence. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/2UH3D
Change, Suffering and Digging Deeper
Buddhism teaches that all things change, and that suffering is inherent to life.
As humans we add to this suffering, or rather amplify it, by trying to hold onto the narrative line that we have fed ourselves.
We resist the reality of change the various truths evidenced by its existence. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/eXw2j
As humans we add to this suffering, or rather amplify it, by trying to hold onto the narrative line that we have fed ourselves.
We resist the reality of change the various truths evidenced by its existence. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/eXw2j
The High Cost of Agents
I have read many articles this year stating that one of the major economic struggles of the publishing world are rooted in the high cost of publishers garnering books.
And who determines the cost of an author’s publishing or book contract? Read the rest of this entry…
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And who determines the cost of an author’s publishing or book contract? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DG97O
The High Cost of Agents
I have read many articles this year stating that one of the major economic struggles of the publishing world are rooted in the high cost of publishers garnering books.
And who determines the cost of an author’s publishing or book contract? Read the rest of this entry…
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And who determines the cost of an author’s publishing or book contract? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/7ZcGG
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
My Love for Things Victorian and Historical
As an author of modern-day Women’s Fiction, I find that reading Historical Fiction and of the Victorian era gives me room to breathe and imagine, or re-imagine, if you will, new twists on possibilities for plots in the modern era.
The modern era in wiping away the constrictions and hesitancies of the individual, and family have left little with which to struggle. Read the rest of this entry…
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The modern era in wiping away the constrictions and hesitancies of the individual, and family have left little with which to struggle. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/0QXek
My Love for Things Victorian and Historical
As an author of modern-day Women’s Fiction, I find that reading Historical Fiction and of the Victorian era gives me room to breathe and imagine, or re-imagine, if you will, new twists on possibilities for plots in the modern era.
The modern era in wiping away the constrictions and hesitancies of the individual, and family have left little with which to struggle. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3cTEn
The modern era in wiping away the constrictions and hesitancies of the individual, and family have left little with which to struggle. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/3cTEn
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Radio Show | Sigrid Williams
Sigrid Williams discusses the 1st California Book Summit that will take place in San Ramon, CA , September 10-13, 2009.
Tune in.
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Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/bJbmD
Radio Show | Sigrid Williams
Sigrid Williams discusses the 1st California Book Summit that will take place in San Ramon, CA , September 10-13, 2009.
Tune in.
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Tune in.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Radio Show | Musician, Donovan Crown aka ViceGripp
When Sigrid Williams was unable to call in and tell about the upcoming California Book Summit, musician and peace activist, Donovan Crown aka ViceGripp called in discussed the need for individuals around the world to come together and create harmony and justice.
Tune in.
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Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/ZHxzp
Radio Show | Musician, Donovan Crown aka ViceGripp
When Sigrid Williams was unable to call in and tell about the upcoming California Book Summit, musician and peace activist, Donovan Crown aka ViceGripp called in discussed the need for individuals around the world to come together and create harmony and justice.
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/vxE1X
Tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/vxE1X
Friday, September 4, 2009
Radio Show | Author, Vincent Alexandria
Author Vincent Alexandria discusses his mystery novels, “Postal Blues,” “If Walls Could Talk,” and “Black Rain,” and his upcoming children’s book, “Marvelous Marvin. He will also share his plans for participating in the California Book Summit, September 10-13, 2009 in San Ramon California.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/jQK4z
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/jQK4z
Radio Show | Author, Vincent Alexandria
Author Vincent Alexandria discusses his mystery novels, “Postal Blues,” “If Walls Could Talk,” and “Black Rain,” and his upcoming children’s book, “Marvelous Marvin. He will also share his plans for participating in the California Book Summit, September 10-13, 2009 in San Ramon California.
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Qgfbu
So tune in.
From: http://ping.fm/Qgfbu
Radio Show | Author, Vincent Alexandria
Author Vincent Alexandria discusses his mystery novels, “Postal Blues,” “If Walls Could Talk,” and “Black Rain,” and his upcoming children’s book, “Marvelous Marvin. He will also share his plans for participating in the California Book Summit, September 10-13, 2009 in San Ramon California.
So tune in.
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So tune in.
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