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Quick Bites: To
As I am editing ‘Sword’s Blessings’, the sequel to ‘Pandora’s Ring’, I am thanking my editors for teaching as well as editing. ‘Pandora’s Ring’ was easily edited at first flush, but when you looked...
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Hotel Transylvania, Plot, and Storytelling
Michael and I watched Hotel Transylvania last night. I’d been seeing it off and on since it came out on DVD in various tester screens in the stores, and what I saw looked interesting and funny. I was...
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Pandora’s Ring
Hi guys! It’s me! Work has gotten a little insane lately, but I got some great news! Pandora’s ring, while originally coming out May 6th, is actually early! Hurray! Want to help a fledgling...
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Losing Sight of the Dream
I quit my job last week. This has been a long time in coming, all the way back in May is when I started to make noises and sort of poke at other jobs. But it only got important and imminent in the...
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How to Start Over (in 1939348573948 easy steps.)
So you’re writing along in your manuscript and something just isn’t quite right. There’s a plot twist missing, or someone is just giving too much information too quickly, but sadly, it takes you a few...
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Lazy Character Development
A week or so ago, Michael and I saw Riddick. I wasn’t expecting a lot – it’s a Riddick film after all. He kicks some ass, survives the odds, maybe trades witty banter if we’re lucky. I mean, I love...
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Reviews and How to Handle Them…
So, Pandora’s Ring got a 2 star review. My first reaction was “WAAAAAAAAAAH. WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?” and lots of other mewling, moaning and otherwise carrying on. It wasn’t particularly...
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Oz the Great and Powerful
UUUuuuuUUUUuugh. You all know something? I would really like to get back to the happy rainbows of “this is how you can write better!” stuff. And I still do that occasionally, and I will do it more...
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Oz, Part 2
In Part one we discussed how Oz fails at making anything not about it’s protagonist. It’s not just that everything the women do is focused or affected by Oscar though. The worst part for me was the...
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Why We Must Deconstruct Our Own Work
In Part 1 and Part 2 we took a look at what happened in Oz and why it’s just so dratted sad. Essentailly, Oz suffers from a fourth wall blindness. Everything takes place solely in the story, and it...
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