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Novel Update: Nine of Wands
1:30 a.m. A few moments ago, I shut my eyes and pulled out one card from my tarot: The Nine of Wands. A woman stands alone, holding two crossed wands. Behind her, seven wands stand upright. She...
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Novel Update: The Star (tarot)
music playing: Maria Callas, Casta Diva For the second time, I shut my eyes and drew a tarot card to write about in relation to my novel and the writing process itself. I opened my eyes and looked...
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Novel Update: Finished!
music playing: Dvorak’s New World Symphony The last few days I’ve been mostly offline as I revised (again!) and edited the last fifty-odd pages of my novel. Now I can officially announce that on...
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Portraits of the Living: A Ghost Tale- characters
music playing: Stevie Nicks, Nightbird Things are very exciting right now. I have a full out on POTL (whispers this as not to upset the Fates), and have started researching and taking notes on my...
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Writing Update: Steampunk Ahead
music playing: Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” After brainstorming for my Victorian murder mystery, “INSIDE THE LANCHESTER HOUSE” for the last few weeks, I’ve decided to put it aside...
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Meme: Thirty Days of Writing: Day One- Favorite Writing Project
The preeminent Ralfast (waves hello) has tagged me for a meme in which I am to answer 30 questions related to writing. If I suppose correctly, I am to answer a question a day. Well, there goes my...
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Writing Meme: Day 7: Writing and Music
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters? Not so long ago, the answer would have been, “no”. I worked in utter silence or...
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Writing Meme: Day 11- Favorite Characters
11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite? These questions are almost impossible to answer! Presently, I would have to choose my mysterious witch, Beth. The dark sphinx. She was...
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Character Interview from PORTRAITS OF THE LIVING: A GHOST TALE
Thanks to Ralfast, for suggesting a character interview challenge. *Pours two cups of coffee. One black, and one with lots of cream and sugar. Authoress knows by now that this particular character...
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Horror Novel Soundtrack
While writing, my internet is usually turned to the wonderful allclassical.org (thank you DD!) But then there is the specific music I seek out, or discover, that is divinely perfect for the story. The...
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