Tag: writing
group name: hromantics
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March 23, 2008 12:57 AM EDT --
The examples are taken from Nora Roberts, but the technique applies to all fiction writing. All writing, period.
In Second Nature, one of two long novellas published in Nora Roberts 2003 re-issue . . . more
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September 01, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
In the original First Chapters contest I did several reviews in stream-of-consciousness style. I just opened NotePad in a window and read the entry, writing down whatever reaction I had as I was . . . more
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March 19, 2007 10:09 PM EDT --
i love you
it scares you half to death
and makes you want to peel your skin off
i want to barge into you
a silent dock
while the ocean laps itself
against
on and with
the cloth of your flesh,
the barrier . . . more
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April 15, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
When people hear of my book and its topic, the question I'm most commonly asked is about my own wedding experiences. This makes sense. The heroine in The Best Day of Someone Else's . . . more
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April 22, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
When I was young I was equally interested in writing and watching Perry Mason re-runs. A great day would be when I was sick and could stay home from school to watch a marathon of old black and white . . . more
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September 26, 2007 12:09 PM EDT --
Trust me
Support me
Fight for me
Protect my precious soul.
Cherish me
Run to me
provide for me
Let your love fill my every hole.
Look me in the eyes
Know me
Love . . . more
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August 25, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
This has always been a hot topic whenever I bring it up between a bunch of writers.
When writing a story do you write everything in past tense agreement or do you try to mix it up? I've been . . . more
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September 17, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
You hear them in front of you or close behind you. Steady. Confident. Like a machine.
Step, step. “I can do this forever. Can you?”
Step, step. “I’m . . . more
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April 10, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
Skeptics chuckled when I announced I was leaving my job as a lawyer to write a novel. Having never taken a writing class, it was a little unhinged to think I could. Today, I'm often asked "how . . . more
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December 23, 2006 04:27 AM EST --
I should be happy, it is Christmas, I tell myself every year but the truth of the matter is since my grandmother’s passing in 1981, I have lost the true spirit of Christmas. This is not something . . . more
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October 08, 2007 06:57 PM EDT --
Julia Quinn did a list like this once, so I thought it would be fun to make my own and find out why others write romance :) So, here goes...and these are in no particular order...
1) There is always a . . . more
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November 30, 2006 06:41 PM EST --
Ive been really sad lately for a bunch of reasons, and i think doing these lists will at least brighten my day a little or make me realize more what is important to me. I hope/wonder it does the same for . . . more
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April 13, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
There’s nothing like that giddy, lighter-than-air, we’ve-totally-clicked feeling of finding a new partner. But how do you know if that head-over-heels sensation is for real… or if you’re . . . more
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July 07, 2007 09:18 PM EDT --
Storytime Tapestry Newsletter
The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.
Carol’s Corner
March 28, 2007
An Interview with Carol Roach
By . . . more
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April 20, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
I am shy. I blush easily. I shuffle in my shoes. I like to be one-on-one but am nervous as spring's first lily when put in a crowd. I hide behind a pair of giant RayBans. I am the pale girl in the . . . more
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September 14, 2006 11:38 AM EDT --
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow-moving trains, and rain . . . Just kidding. None of those things are on my list of favorites. For those who don't know, that list came from an old . . . more
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December 12, 2007 02:16 AM EST --
Welcome to Wednesday Writing Essentials. Today, December 12: is OPEN .
For the next two weeks, I thought it would be fun to look at Holidays Around the World.
Do you have . . . more
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October 02, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
When I began to write Matrimony, I was thirty-three and living in Ann Arbor, where I had gone to graduate school; my first novel, Swimming . . . more
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December 02, 2006 12:22 PM EST --
I listened to your voice
it was soothing
I numbed myself with its tone,
and rocked in it.
I could have stayed forever, there...
I clicked the left arrow
ten times
then one more time
for eleven
Cause it's . . . more
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January 21, 2007 02:33 PM EST --
I had an experience this past weekend that I felt the need to communicate to the Gather public. I was hasty in responding to an ad I found ON GATHER and was almost burned by a shady company. I mass . . . more
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