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WIP Wednesday
"Paranormal romance: is a sub-genre of the romance novel. A type of speculative fiction, paranormal romance focuses on romance and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror... " ---Wikipedia ( Read more... ) -
WIP Wednesday: A happy rehash of info.
Today’s WIP Wednesday is a bit of a retread from my Focus on Fiction meeting this last Sunday. First, I have three lovely, informational and creativity inspiring links for you to peruse ( Read more... ) -
Belated WIP Wednesday...SORRY!
"There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and craft."
~Jessamyn West, Saturday Review, 21 September 1957
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WIP Wednesday: Start of Chap. 1?
The first chapter. You go back to it over and over. You tweek it, change it and then rearrange it once more. You are told and understand its importance, this first contact with the reader. You want it to work, to be good-real good. It has to be because it is the beginning of your story and you want the reader to believe in it as much as you do ( Read more... ) -
WIP Wednesday: A few things I've taken from LOST.
There are a few things I’ve learned while watching ‘LOST’ the TV series-things I can only hope my fiction can achieve ( Read more... ) -
WIP Wednesday: In the Process Prt.2 ...
Two weeks ago I was messing around with a Prologue for Ghost Mountain. Something that sets a tone, a personal moment for my MC, but gives a bit of cryptic bread crumb to be better understood later on in the story. After going onto other scenes for a little while I came back and did a second rough draft. Of course I will not call it structurally or ( Read more... ) -
WIP Wednesday: 3 R this...
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle ( Read more... ) -
WIP Wednesday: In the Process...
Yesterday, I was contemplating a Prologue for Ghost Mountain. Something that sets a tone, a personal moment for my MC, but gives a bit of cryptic bread crumb to be better understood later on in the story. Yesterday I wrote the below, unedited but will be today. It's my MC Wyatt Paxton as a child, at a pivotal moment in his life. Wyatt is an ( Read more... ) -
Salvaged Beauty on Etsy's Treasury!
One of my earings made it to Etsy's Treasury list! Take a peek and find many other wonderful upcylced and recycled items!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=94806
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