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December 15, 2009 09:59 PM EST --
I have often referred to my trip to Paris as “planes, trains, and automobiles—and buses and metros and boats.” So many ways to get from point A to point B!
I write historical fiction, . . .
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October 03, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
It’s that time of year again. For those of us in colder climes, winterizing has begun. We’ve dug out our sweaters, put pots of soup simmering on the stove, and are thinking that hot, spiced . . .
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August 15, 2009 10:48 AM EDT --
I recently read this article, What’s in a Word?, on how our native language impacts how we see our world. It uses two examples for describing a bridge. In German, the word “bridge” . . .
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June 17, 2009 02:49 AM EDT --
Recently I've been reading a book called Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas A. Basbanes. This book deals with libraries, -repositories of knowledge. It also discusses that mad breed, the book collector, . . .
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May 20, 2009 08:23 PM EDT --
This wombat thread begins with a bit of work: 19 minutes of your time to go watch the video posted below. It's by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love". In it, she . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:31 PM EST --
Welcome to WoNoWriMo, the Wombat's Novel Writing Month!
Many of us participated in the internationally recognized NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. Four people who started actually met . . .
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August 28, 2008 07:45 PM EDT --
Grief. Sorrow. Pain. Loss. Anguish. Lots of folks are going through lots of changes right now. While some of them are happy changes, some of them are not . . .
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August 16, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
A recent article on Yahoo! News named London as the top "literary" destination. What is described by the article is that some tourists to London are looking for a taste . . .
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July 25, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
T his weekend is the great Wombat-together (or Wombatalooza) in California. Wombats from all over the country will be converging on San Francisco for an evening . . .
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July 02, 2008 08:23 PM EDT --
Sex and love. Most folks will agree they are best when one accompanies the other. But each, by itself, can be entertaining as well.
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June 24, 2008 09:13 PM EDT --
You've just had a fabulous idea for a great, new story! Characters are springing to mind full blown! You've got a plot point or two in . . .
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May 30, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
How do you feel about change? Some people embrace it, always looking for the next new adventure, excited about new vistas, can't wait to see what wonderful new thing . . .
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May 02, 2008 10:44 PM EDT --
Their some words ewe simply have two no. Know amount of help from you're favorite word processor or spell checker is going to help you. You can right a sentence that the spell checker . . .
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April 20, 2008 07:10 PM EDT --
Which is not the same as picking your nose (EWWWW!)
No, I'm talking about editing here. And rewriting. And revisions. How much is too much? How much . . .
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April 13, 2008 12:38 AM EDT --
We all make excuses sometimes to get out of doing something we're not in the mood to do. We're distracted, overworked, tired, and simply not in the mood.
I'm talking about . . .
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April 05, 2008 11:13 AM EDT --
Most folks remember the old television show "Cheers", which portrayed that friendly neighborhood bar, where "everybody knows your name". . . .
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February 22, 2008 10:13 PM EST --
We've talked about how we create our characters, how we give them voice, how we keep them safe, and how we do the research to get them, and their worlds, just right. But when we speak . . .
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January 25, 2008 11:36 PM EST --
Scars. We all have them. But do our characters?
Not long ago, we were discussing character quirks. Some of our characters tug on their ears. Or bite their lips. . . .
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December 15, 2007 09:29 PM EST --
Hurry! Hurry! It's almost the holidays! Have you finished shopping? Have you sent out your cards? Are your travel plans in place? Relatives visiting? . . .
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September 24, 2007 07:38 PM EDT --
The race for romance, round 2 has officially begun! On Monday, September 24th, Gather.com announced the 25 finalist who will now move on to round 2 of the First Chapters Romance contest. . . .
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