Category: Anjuelle Floyd Author Blog
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Of Queens, Personalities, Wishes and Desires…
In chess, the Queen stands to the right of the King. Her major job is that of protecting the King. The dilemma of preventing the King’s capture rests upon the Queen’s head. As such the Queen’s movements are central to winning the game of chess. Establishing the major dilemma or problem in a story is…
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Of Queens, Personalities, Wishes and Desires…
In chess, the Queen stands to the right of the King. Her major job is that of protecting the King. The dilemma of preventing the King’s capture rests upon the Queen’s head. As such the Queen’s movements are central to winning the game of chess. Establishing the major dilemma or problem in a story is…
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Radio Show | Myne Whitman
Author, Myne Whitman, discusses her debut romance novel, “A Heart to Mend”. So tune in.
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Anne Lamott, Bit by Bit, and Microwaved Water…
Our middle child sat for the SAT, at the outset of this week, but not before giving the completed term papers to the respective teachers who had assigned them. Having read them several times when helping with the editing I learned much about the Gulf of Tonkin. In editing the second paper I learned how…
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Of Bishops, Kindreds Spirits and the Dawning of Awareness…
The Bishop in chess moves diagonally along the squares of the chessboard until it encounters another playing piece. The various directions in which the Bishop can move create a cross upon the chess board. Less powerful than the Queen or Rook, one Bishop equals the strength of a Knight or 3 Pawns. Like the Rook,…
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Manuscripts, Editing, and the Chaos of Writing…
Last week was an absolute blur. It was crazy. My middle child, a junior in high school, was approaching taking her SAT for the first time. Two semester term papers, each between 12 and 15 pages lay in wait to be edited. As a writer I had to assist in my child in this process.…