reading and writing a life
Head noise has exhausted me for the past six weeks or so. Incoherency and lack of direction: exhausting. I’m finally burrowing out of the funk, though, swimming to shore [insert other apt metaphors here]. My elderly dog needing extra attention, people in real life suffering loss and obstacles, realizing that I hadn’t gone to an […]
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That writer’s journal thing? Yeah… I’m still doing that. The latest installment: So, February Was Pretty Brilliant … has been posted. It’s true. February was pretty brilliant. And March ain’t too shabby so far.
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“To defend what you’ve written is a sign that you are alive.” ~ William Zinsser Today, I invite all hard laboring writers to defend something you’ve written. No matter if it’s old or new, no matter if it has been published or hides out in the bottom…
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How is your project progressing? Have you decided to go with dark action and suspense, a psychological thriller? Or a poetic peek into a single afternoon of dark thoughts? Feel free to ask writerly questions, to share a tidbit of your writing, or some insight that you’ve discovered…
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Hello Brigit’s Flame [waves] I have a special post for you today! Saturday I attended the Wizard World Comic Convention and sat in on a storyteller’s workshop with Michael Golden. It was only a forty-five-minute seminar, but the venue was intimate, maybe thirty people in all. Mr.…
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Why are we so fascinated by human DARKNESS? When the bad guy’s crooked philosophy suddenly seems made of common sense. When good characters step over that invisible line. When civilized societies go stark raving mad at the prospect of losing the simplest creature comfort. Why do we…
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Some great opening lines chosen at random: Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. —Charles Dickens, David Copperfield (1850) The sky above the port was the color…
The decision to write about writing publicly was made years ago. I opened generationKathy with the intention of regularly taking the opportunity to introduce myself as a writer. I get all warm and fuzzy over the prospect of introducing myself to new acquaintances as a writer. Truthfully, though, I’ve yet to suggest to any of […]
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So, there’s this thing called The Pitch. Somewhat like a query letter, only not. I get the impression that magazines have been requiring The Pitch for quite some time, even if it is a new-to-me phrase. I’ve had my head in the sand a while, apparently. Or, maybe I have spent an inordinately small amount […]
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There are times that success must be measured by how many new things I try in the span of a month, a year. This method of measurement extends beyond writing, but yes, for now I’m speaking of writing. If ever you’ve read my ramblings, you know that I began to write with the goal of […]
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Kathy Boles-Turner 