Hallowe’en Seasonal Viewing (Non-scary edition)
I’m building a list of films and TV shows that we can watch this holiday season. I’ll start with the obscure and end with the obvious.
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Author’s Notes: The ‘Why” behind a story
The stories that I’m most proud of are the ones that have been written for a specific reason beyond “hey, here’s an idea.” As part of my writer’s journey, I’ve been gathering my thoughts on what inspired those stories.
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The Deacon Carver Chronicles – Origins of Character Names
I thought it might be time to start sharing a bit of this universe, where it’s going and who’s taking you there. And I thought it’d be fun to start with character names.
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Chitty Chitty Bond Bond (Writers and Genres)
Writers are a worrisome bunch. We can come up with many great story ideas and just as many weird things to worry about (beyond even imposter syndrome).
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Space Opera in 100 Words
Getting back to 100-word drabbles, here are three of mine that all were published a decade ago. Sadly, the venue that published them, SpeckLit, ceased functioning sometime in 2018. I’m forever grateful to Alex Fayle and his crew for being my first paid market.
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Recent Reads I’d Recommend
Writers and authors tend to read a lot, I’ve been slowing down lately. But here are some of the books that I’ve read or re-read recently and would recommend.
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Defying the Gods: A Sneak Peak
This is the first half of a scene in a story I’m developing. I know, that description sounds vague as all get-out. Sorry, I like it that way.
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Character Profile: Rikaine Westmoreland
As part of a writing course I was recently taking, we were asked to develop some character profiles. this is the profile I developed for one of the antagonist.
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Character Profile: Deacon Carver
As part of a writing course I was recently taking, we were asked to develop some character profiles.
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Writing Assignment: The Bear Necessities
One of the interesting weeks we had in my writing course was where we had to deconstruct then rebuild a famous story, in this case, Frankenstein. I decided early on that my version would have Elizabeth Lavenza (Victor von Frankenstein’s fiancé) as the hero, and that the story would involve nanotechnology.