Cutting out the Deadwood.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Let’s talk about book descriptions. Do you write yours before or after you write the story? I’d rather we didn’t mention book descriptions. They are the bane of … Continued

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It’s time, for action.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. They’re making an action figure of you. Describe the toy and accessories. (Do you have a catch phrase? Favorite items, clothes, hair style?) Now there’s an idea. In … Continued

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We’re all a little bit crazy here.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research? Possibly, that would be my choice of career? Without it, even though I didn’t know at … Continued

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What I do when I’m not writing.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. If you weren’t an author, what other art would you likely pursue? My father was an accomplished watercolour artist, he was also a superb woodworker and spent the … Continued

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Looking at it from both Sides

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Whose perspective do you like to write from best, the hero (protagonist) or the villain (antagonist)? And why? Since I get all my words from the voices in … Continued

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We’re all going on a road trip.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. You’re going on a road trip: where are you headed? With who? What are your snacks? Music? Plans? A road trip. Now there’s something that hasn’t been a … Continued

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The things that people say. When they think you can’t hear them.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How often do you overhear an awesome one-liner or witty comeback, and tell yourself you need to write that down to use for one of your characters? I’m … Continued

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Bending the rules, is that one genre, or several?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Is ‘genre-bending’ and ‘genre hybrid’ a reality or a fallacy? Has plot changed since Shakespeare or the Bible? I think that stories, if they’re good enough, transcend genre. … Continued

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