Tag: characters
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Of Books, Tension, and The Mind on the Page…
Presently I am reading Anuradha Roy’s novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing . As with any good novel, interactions between the main characters are strained. Tension abounds, but not in a melodramatic way. The story moves with a nice speed for an opening. I look forward each evening–a hallmark that I have found a jewel…
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Protected: Of Intimacy, Revelation and Redemption…
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Characters of “The House”
One of the questions asked me on this blog tour, by Yasmin Coleman of APOOO, was which actresses and actors might I see playing the roles of the various characters in my novel, The House. I found this question interesting. I tend not to think of movie or television characters when creating those in my…
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Of Writing, Integrity and The Company We Keep…
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.” —-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers We are known by the company we keep. In the case of…
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Of Plot, Authenticity, and Knowing Who We Are…
“A story should generate it’s own actions and emotions organically…A story should be authentic…made of stuff that has never been appropriated from other forms of narrative art…other stories…movies or television. Or it has it should be sufficiently re-processed through the author’s unique sensibilities so the resulting work has its own authenticity.” –Peter Selgin, 179 Ways…
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Of Blogging, “Motherwit Four,” and Generosity…
Of the mother wit and wisdom in her writing Angelia Menchan says, “My mother was 30 years old before she decided to have children. I had these old women around me. My grandmother and then godmother lived to be 102. I was one of those old souls at a very young age. You know that…