Writing is a solitary affair, as many have noted before. And, ironically, filmmaking is a highly collaborative effort, although often screenwriters are excluded from the process once the screenplay has received its final edits. This past weekend I participated in an innovative, collaborative INTENSE workshop for screenwriters that involved a talented group of actors as […]
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Recently I realized there’s a definite pattern to the books that I’ve been writing. In some ways I suppose it’s obvious, but since it’s quite unintentional, it kind of caught me by surprise. The female protagonists, and often the males as well, in at least two of my novels, and probably another three that I’ve
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See how good I’m being? I said I was going to write, and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. I’m up to about 88,000 words on my WIP Coming About. I’m smack in the middle of writing my climactic scene, in which… no wait. I can’t tell you that. That would ruin the surprise. At
Women’s Fiction vs. Books Read More »
Well I see it’s quite a while since I added anything new to my site. I have a good excuse, honest. I mentioned in What’s New back in April that I’d been taking a few courses. Well, I sure did. I don’t know what came over me. I seem to have discovered a multitude of
Exploding Brain Syndrome Read More »
Last Friday I was invited to guest post on Blame it on The Muse. Below is a copy of that post. God Shuffled His Feet (with a bow to the Crash Test Dummies) Story ideas come from many places, but often they are stillborn, or lie stagnant, waiting to be infused with inspiration by you,
At the moment I’m still learning to use WordPress and create a website, but haven’t had much time to add to it lately, what with all my other commitments. What you see here is an ongoing WIP. I want to share some of the terrific tidbits of information I’ve learned as part of the research
Canadian Fiction Writers in Banff Read More »
