writing
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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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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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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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Last night, I had the chance to see Rango; I have no intention to start using this blog as a platform for movie reviews, as I want to keep the focus entirely on writing and reading, but I did enjoy the film an awful lot. More importantly for what we’re here for today, however, is…
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First things first: my numbers for views in March is completely blowing January and February right out of the water! So I want to make sure I thank all the weary wanderer and a regular readers for stopping by and reading my babblings. It’s encouraging to know that maybe my attempts to keep my creativity…
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Some people who follow this blog and a lot of people who know me in real life know that I set a lot of odd and arbitrary goals for myself to get things done. Often, they’re almost OCD in nature: this has to be done first for this to happen, and if this happens this…
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