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My Interview at WhoHub

August 21, 2010

Interview with: Laura Brown [thatgrrl] WRITING What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? I don’t remember what I first read. The books that haunt me from childhood are ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson and one about a ghost [...]

Stuck for a Post Idea, Tag Yourself

August 15, 2010

I used to edit my tags and even then think I was ending up with far too many useless tags which I would only end up using once and then look silly for having so many tags with so little content. I’ve changed my mind. All those tags (and now I regret deleting so many [...]

Quotes from Robin McKinley

August 14, 2010

I’ve read Robin McKinley‘s book Sunshine, it was the one I liked best. I know I’ve read others but Sunshine sticks in my mind a lot more. “Just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it’ll work itself out. You just keep feeding it your energy, and giving [...]

What About You?

August 11, 2010

“Adorable, in a wicked, modest way that only the ego-maniacal can pull off”, says Gracie. Get friends to write some one sentence descriptions of you. See what they can come up with. There are all kinds of places you can use something like this. In personal bio’s on sites that ask you to sign up. [...]

Write a Witchy Spell

August 1, 2010

First of all, this is a writing exercise, something to try in order to start your flow of words. Although you can write a Witch spell, you should not believe writing and then saying the words will make things happen as you want them to. Real magic comes from inside of yourself. I think using [...]

Much Love, The Possibility Girl

July 30, 2010

Quoted from Andre’s A Beautiful Revolution blog I used to think you needed to see it, to believe it. But now I realize that to see it, you must first believe it. Everything is possible. Everything is possible. Take time to read. The illustrations and the short stories are full of possibilities.

What is Your Writing Process?

July 29, 2010

Quoted from Whatever, in an interview with Kelley Armstrong (Canadian paranormal fiction writer). This is her reply when asked about her writing process and how it may have changed over the years she has been writing her books. After seventeen books and countless pieces of short fiction, my process still changes. I think now, though, [...]

How to Enjoy your Manic Monday

July 19, 2010

Ben Barden: How to Enjoy Mondays. Read Ben’s list. My favourite of his tips was to have a decent breakfast. I love having breakfast out somewhere, especially if I can get going very early in the morning, when it still feels like the world is quietly dreaming. Mondays don’t bother me really. It was halfway [...]

Inventing a New Idea

July 16, 2010

“How do you get new ideas?” “What if you run out of ideas?” These are questions writers and other creative people like inventors, entrepreneurs and advertising types fret over now and then. It’s all good while it’s going OK and you have ideas and yet more thoughts for ideas in the background and jotted down [...]

Do you Want to be a News Writer?

July 14, 2010

This is cut and pasted from a job posted by CTV looking for a news writer out in BC, Canada. Although this isn’t a job for someone just starting out it is great to read, to see what they expect, what a news writer should know and be working with. CTV is a very big [...]

Roald Dahl: In a Different Place with Different People

July 8, 2010

I came across several Roald Dahl books among those we were taking to the second hand bookstore. They had been part of a pile of books at the bottom of a box of toys no one was bothering with for month. I saved them. I might even read them at some point. I don’t like [...]

What is Milk on Cereal?

June 30, 2010

From Jezzikuh Graves on Facebook as posted by Sarah. When poured onto cereal, milk is: A.) a beverage B.) a broth C.) a sauce Present your best argument. Maybe a chef would have the official answer from the official books of cookery. Myself, I guess it would be a broth. A sauce would need to [...]

Fiction Plot Structure

June 25, 2010

I found several ideas for writing fiction plots, plot structures, in an article by Kimberly Appelcline. The article goes into a lot more detail with forms of plot structure. I have taken more from this article than I usually would because the link was tricky, would not load the first few times I tried, though [...]

Mental Squint

June 21, 2010

“When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don’t state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint” – Lewis Carroll Another way of saying “show don’t tell” but I think it goes further than that. It is easy enough [...]

Stop Expecting Family Support

June 12, 2010

It is my brother’s birthday today. Family have been on my mind lately (even more than usual). I don’t get support for my writing work from family and though I try not to let that bother me it does make things difficult. I’d like to not be so easily interrupted. I’d like to not be [...]

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Asides
- Post photos of your favourite Second Hand Bookstore to this Flickr group. I'm in between second hand bookstores in town. But my favourite is still a half hour drive away in another town.
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- "There's an inner logic when somebody can't speak any more, they sing and when they're too filled with emotion they move onto dance."
  
  - Kelly Robinson, choreographer and stage director.
  
  I was watching some old movies last night. In between they talk about the movies, in particular the director. Mostly it was a lot of back patting. Then the topic of making musicals came up and I copied down this quote.
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Time Machine
- 2008: Angel Off the Shoulder
- 2009: Slow Down and Start Talking

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