If there are rules to follow when writing a novel, I’m sure I’m doing them backwards or sideways or completely upside down. I really have given outlines a noble try, but they ARE NOT for me, so I just begin. Last month I started a Year-Long Journey into the novel I’m writing. I mentioned …
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A New Year’s Journey
Happy New Year! I've mentioned before that I get my best story ideas while traveling and just such an opportunity came about three months ago. My husband, his aunt and uncle, and I drove from Boston up the East coast to Acadia Island, stopping along the way at points of interest to each of us. I …
I am a Panster and proud of it! No, wait…
The definition of a panster is someone writing by the seat of their pants. Am I a panter or a plotter? When I write, I generally get a pad of paper, a pencil, and start. I've usually visited a place that inspires the story--a vacation to Spokane became an authors hideout, a trip to southern …