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Category Archives: writing
A bookstore, supply and demand, and reality check for readers and writers
“Seventy-five dollars?” said Imp. “Just to play music?” “That’s twenty-five dollars registration fee, thirty-five dollars up front against fees, and fifteen dollars voluntary compulsory annual subscription to the Pension Fund,” said Mr. Clete, secretary of the Guild. From Soul Music … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, literature, self-publishing, writing
Tagged books, bookstores, readers and writers, supply and demand, Terry Pratchett
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The Choice and what comes after that
“Breen awakened. Breen became. Breen chose. THAT was the story. Mission accomplished. I cannot give each individual reader all they want. And I won’t. I will tell you the story that comes to me, and work hard to make it … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, fiction, literature, writing
Tagged Dragon Heart Legacy, Nora Roberts, The Choice, The Dragon Heart
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Book review: Ascension
This is a book review for Ascension: A Story of Mental Illness by Daniel Trump, which I posted on Goodreads. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mental illness is a scary topic, especially when it comes out of the blue … Continue reading
Posted in biography, fiction, literary fiction, literature, self-publishing, writing
Tagged mental illness
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A woman who believed she was a muse
“I’m a muse, not a NASA engineer.” Lisa to Jack, in Muse Delusion by T.K. Flor Finally, the long anticipated novel, Muse Delusion, is published!!! (OK, long-anticipated, and written, by me). The initial idea for the novel emerged during a … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary romance, fiction, literature, magical realism, self-publishing, writing
Tagged greek mythology, lost manuscript, love story, muse
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Becoming Superman
“Style was the clothes; voice was the body. The instant I hit that realization I felt a circuit close inside me, switching on an engine in my brain. Suddenly all the little unrelated things I knew about writing (or brashly … Continue reading
Posted in science fiction, writing
Tagged autobiography, genre fiction, inspiration, overcoming child-abuse, superman, writing advice
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Sophomore novel: to publish or not to publish
“Whether I’ll publish the story depends on whether others like it.” Myself, January 2019. I ended my last post prophesying that the decision about publishing the nearly complete manuscript would be based on my readers’ reaction to the story. This … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, self-publishing, writing
Tagged aspiring writer, indie publishing, indie writers, publishing advice, Sophomore novel
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January is this time of the year…
It has been four years since I (self-)published my novel, Initial Conditions, in January 2015. I began writing a second, unrelated story, in the spring of that year. It progressed very little until NaNoWriMo in November. In January 2016, I … Continue reading
Posted in self-publishing, writing
Tagged aspiring writer, indie writers, novel, writing advice
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Lighthearted takes on fiction and physics
Two comics by John Atkinson, thirst-editions and simplified-physics.
Story Elements: Core, World, Setting
C-3PO tells the story of the Rebellion to the Ewoks After trying to get to the root of readers’ satisfaction with a story, I found that a better understanding of what a story is might be in order. On its … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, literature, writing
Tagged story elements, story world, storyteller, storytellers, theme
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What makes a good book?
“What do you think makes for a ‘good’ book?… Is it too subjective to define or are there specific and universal elements that make up a ‘good’ book? How can you pull the reader in rather than push them away?” … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, self-publishing, writing
Tagged escapism, genre fiction, good story, reader expectations, storytelling, writing advice
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