I had an element in a story I’m writing where a character needed to give blood. There were no sterile needles or medical personal in this story. The story was set in a Merged world where science and magic co-exist, but magic was winning. So I googled around and found this interesting article. https://kotaku.com/the-dramatic-palm-slice-a-fantasy-trope-ive-never-unde-5988457 Uggg,…
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Focus Fox: Perfect
Focus Fox says: In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. The same can be said for your characters, let them be contorted, bent in weird ways and still be beautiful. Inspired by Alice Walker
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
What wonderful marketing. I wished I had been in the area to take the class. Honestly, I’m not into fishing, but I would love to have some survival skills…. if only to be able to write about them in a realistic manner. What classes have you seen that would usually would not be your thing,…
Misplaced modifiers
Misplaced modifiers are when a phrase or clause is placed awkwardly in a sentence so that it appears to modify or refer to an unintended word. They can be hilarious. Here are some of the funny ones I’ve said or read. I tripped down the stairs while pregnant with dogs. My hubby was shocked….. LOL…
Writer’s brain and kids
My brain has a hyper-active ‘what if’ response that I call writer’s brain. It tends to be dark because earning a happy ending is more satisfying. Like today, on the side of the road a crane held up a light post they were fixing. I could picture it slamming down into traffic, smashing a car,…
The Land of Lost Luggage
I read an article about a place that buys the lost luggage from US airlines. They have a brick and mortar thrift store in the south. Part of what I found so interesting, was the strange things that showed up in the store, such as wedding dresses, emeralds, human ashes, and ancient artifacts. The list…
Focus Fox: Life
Focus Fox says: Life is 10% what happens to us, 90% how we react to it, and 50% the stories we can write about it. Inspired by Dennis P. Kimbro
Focus Fox: Life
Focus Fox says: Life is but thought. You too could be in my novel. Inspired by Sara Teasdale
Zero Written
I’m out of blog posts. I try to set-up blog posts in advance. I sit for a day or two and brainstorm what I want to write about and then get as many done as I can. I’ve had as many as a three months of cushion with scheduled posts (24ish), but right now I…
Life went on
I have a group of fellow writers I met on an immersion years ago who meet once a week via Skype. We talk about writing and process and are all in different genres, different locations, and all wired very differently. One of my friends just published her first book. Her gaol was to publish by…