Writing
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I woke up this morning from a series of two dreams, supposedly interconnected but, really, they were only so in the vaguest sense, feeling incredibly troubled by them and almost not wanting to face the day due to their nature. Those of you who know me personally know that I had a fiancee pass away…
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prologue: [proh-lawg, -log], noun, verb. A preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel. An introductory scene, preceding the first act of a play, opera, etc. So you may ask yourself why I am starting today’s post with a definition, or you may have guessed that today I’m in the…
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Inspired by a few things, I’ve been given some more, serious thought to the idea of keeping the hero in my novel for April entirely nameless. From one standpoint, it makes it a lot easier for me, struggling as I am to find a name that I feel suits her, and, from another, more literary…
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Sometimes I’m absolutely fascinated by the direction my dreams take, especially when they’re inspired by something as simple as the fact that the last thing I saw on television before turning in for the night was the commercial for the new Arthur remake. I haven’t really seen even the first one, though it was a…
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Before we get to the quote we’re going to do today because I couldn’t think of anything else to write about, I’d like to welcome Magic of Ice Cream as my latest subscriber! Thanks for reading, and now I’ll get to look forward to reading your stuff, too! And now, a quote: “The difficulty of…
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As of right now, the heroine of the new novel is nameless. Right now, that’s fine, as I’m still crafting the prologue and she’s intentionally kept nameless. However, I’m eventually going to get to the meat of the story, and I’ll have to think up a name, and I’m faintly worried about finding something satisfactory.…
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I had, briefly, considered trying to make a post filled with April Fool’s Day nonsense and bullshit, but, to be honest, I’ve never been good at doing stuff like that. I’m terrible at lying convincingly, and so this April Fool’s Post is just like any other post. Or is it? I wanted to offer a…
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One of the reviews of one of the books I’m reading right now (follow all that?) praised the main character for being a “feminist ahead of her time,” and that phrase got me thinking a lot. Especially how inaccurate I felt it was and how, in a way, it seems to decide that feminism and…
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In contrast to February, March seems to be a very slowly moving month, and I think that might possibly be because I’m just not getting into the novel for this month as much as I thought I would. I’m still attempting to plod on with it, but I’ll be very glad when it’s April and…
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“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison I haven’t done a writer quote in a while, so I don’t feel too bad doing it today. This one in particular is a favourite; it makes me laugh because it makes a…
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