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Category: Writing craft
On reading what you write--or not
I'm once again participating in a Round Robin. This month's topic: Whatever genre you write, do you have a different one that you love to read? Perhaps it started with Desiree. I devoured the 1951 novel by Annemarie [...]
The value of reading aloud
Several weeks ago, my husband suggested that I write a column for our local internet newspaper, the North Texas e-News, about my mother's waffle iron and breakfast with her. I did so, found proper photos, submitted it to the paper's [...]
March Round Robin: Scene and Character
This month’s topic: Are you ever emotionally drained when writing a scene and are your characters real to you? The short answers are yes and yes. But why? I must admit that being emotionally drained for me usually [...]