In a recent post, I got to share some of my favorite kids books that were more like songs or poetry. Recently my kids have moved up to that next mysterious thing that keeps them reading: Interesting topic. In Granny's Dragon, The dragon is one Granny whistles up to help her granddaughter sleep when she is … Continue reading Kids books
Focus Fox: Bird Sings
Focus Fox says: I would like to write the way a bird sings. Inspired by Claude Monet
Future conversations
When I had a difficult conversation I had to have, I used to play out the talk in my head. I would think out words the person might respond with and I would think about my response to their response. I would go through every possibility I could think of, so I would have a … Continue reading Future conversations
Focus Fox: From Courage
Focus Fox says: From caring comes courage, from courage comes typing, from typing comes words, from words comes a novel. Inspired by Lao Tzu
Random questions
I read these questions on a post at inkbiotic months ago and thought it would be interesting to answer them. Would you rather be beautiful, an astronaut or able to walk up any surface (ie up walls and along the ceiling)? Why? I have a fear of low heights. It's weird. Anything say ten feet and less … Continue reading Random questions
Focus Fox: Shows You Who They Are
Focus Fox says: When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Especially when it's the antagonist in your novel. Inspired by Maya Angelou
Revealed: Top 10 Badly Named Story Ideas
On this post, I listed the top ten badly named ideas from my story idea folder. Here are the answers to the question what were the ideas. 10. A scroll for all occasions Space time traveler hoarded slices of space/time in a magical stasis. He could reactive it and spread out the scroll to … Continue reading Revealed: Top 10 Badly Named Story Ideas
Focus Fox: You Can’t Win All the Time
Focus Fox says: Sometimes you have to accept you can't win all the time. Unless you can fix it in the editing process. Inspired by Lionel Messi
Top 10 Badly Named Story Ideas
I've been collecting story ideas for years. I have a folder on my hard drive that has 226 files with little snippets of story ideas. Recently when browsing through them, I started reading some of the older file names. They were hilarious. The fun part was opening the file to see if what I thought … Continue reading Top 10 Badly Named Story Ideas
Focus Fox: behavior
Focus Fox says: Your characters' behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Inspired by Plato
