Monthly Archives: January 2011

• Creating unique Characters the Enneagram way

  Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized.

  Well rounded characters not only have a distinctive speech pattern, but they also carry themselves certain ways and have specific mannerisms that make them unique.  So what happens when, in your head, you run into a character that you know is special, yet, on paper, they seem as interesting as toast? I recently ran across [...]

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• Flashbacks … To use or not to use, that is the question.

  Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized.

  I am always on the look out for new articles that add insight to the elusive craft of writing. After all, writing  needs to be honed and studied. And so, every Sunday I take a break from working on the novel to try and improve my skills. That’s when life gets confusing. The problem is [...]

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  Knowing When to Take a Break from Your WIP

  Posted on January 10, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized.

  As you know, I’ve been working like a dog on “The Secret of the Keepers”. My goal is to get it ready for beta readers in a few months so that we can have it out by September/October of 2011. It’s during these times that writers must persevere and push through, but it isn’t easy. [...]

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• Dreamboard 2011

  Posted on January 5, 2011 by admin in Opinion, time management, Uncategorized, writing.

  I’ve posted before about dreamboards. I have one above my computer, and as I realize one goal I pin another up.  I like the idea of a dream board much more than resolutions. Dreams are constantly changing, ever growing, and, to me, resolutions seem to be unfunded mandates that must be completed in twelve months. To restrictive [...]

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• Looking Back

  Posted on January 1, 2011 by admin in Uncategorized.

  The year 2010 will go down in my book as one of the biggest years of my life. It honestly would take novella to write down everything that happened, so I’ve tried to just hit the highlights ! :- ) January and February–Trimmed Asteria from 188,600 words to a svelte 118, 544.  It is during [...]

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