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Character Frolics

Posted in Book Reviews, Research, tagged , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just finished packing for a weekend trip to my parents’ house. My brother and his family got the chance to fly home for “Christmas” (only a month late! The holiday that never ends!). So tomorrow we’ll drive five hours south to converge upon my parents, eat obscene amounts of food, and watch the kids [...]

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Novel-Planning: Part 2

Posted in Writing, tagged , on January 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This week I continue my wild and crazy adventures with the Story Plan Checklist. Go here if you missed Part 1 of Novel-Planning. Another disclaimer: The method, steps, and ideas belong to Karen Wiesner (the sarcastic comments belong to me). You can learn more by buying her book, From First Draft to Finished Novel, or [...]

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Research Frolics

Posted in Research, tagged , , on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I didn’t realize until noon today that it was Friday. That’s what I call a crazy week. Sometime this evening, eight college students will converge upon my house and stay until Sunday. It’s a weekend retreat for the Wildlife Society, which my husband is part of, so we volunteered to host it. I’ve never had [...]

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Novel-Planning: Part 1

Posted in Writing, tagged on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Last week I talked about the origin of novel ideas. Once you’ve had an idea in your head long enough to know it’s a good one, eventually you get to the point where you’re tempted to turn the idea into a novel. Or try to, anyway. This process of starting a novel is different for [...]

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Cold Frolics

Posted in Book Reviews, Editing, tagged , , , on January 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I updated the “Books” page with 2009 entries. Six books (all audiobooks) in two weeks. If I kept up this rate, I could read 132 books this year. Not to fear though; the numbers will eventually slack off, for various reasons (longer books, lack of audiobooks, no time).  Still, I’ve been very pleased with the [...]

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The Origin of Novels

Posted in Research, tagged on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This is the first in a series of topics about starting a novel. The series will correspond with my own plans to write a new novel. You’re welcome to follow along with me as I ramble, brainstorm, research, plot, and outline. I hope to attempt a quick first draft in February and March, and I’d [...]

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Life Frolics

Posted in Editing, tagged , on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This, for me, was a week of personal obligations and upheavals. Apart from posts and emails, I wrote zero words; but I feel as worn out as if I wrote a novel. The children’s program at church. The death of a friend’s mother. The critiquing of Husband’s thesis. The book release of a friend. A [...]

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Spreading the Words

Posted in Writing, tagged , , on January 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I try not to preach very often, especially not on my blog. But today’s topic has been tickling me for quite awhile, so I’d like to get rid of it. It started out as a “teach the next generation” idea… until I realized that it could apply to adults as well as children. So now [...]

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New Year Frolics

Posted in Editing, Writing, tagged , on January 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

What a busy week! Hope everyone is enjoying the new year so far. We stayed home on New Year’s Eve, but we spent New Year’s Day playing cards and board games at Pat’s house. So much fun, but now I’m falling behind on everything (including this post!). My biggest accomplishment of the week:  finally finishing [...]

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