To show; or perhaps to tell?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Does ‘show don’t tell’ ever run up against your personal prohibitions? I think … Continued

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When two (or more) genres collide.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. When you’ve read this post, please click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Have you experienced or witnessed genre shaming, where readers/authors degrade … Continued

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I’ve decided on my project for NaNoWriMo 2021

It’s that time of year again. Around this time of year, I decide which of my works-in-progress will become my NaNoWriMo challenge for the year. This year, as I already said, I had a shortlist of three possibles, I Remember … Continued

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It’s the little things that make a difference.

It’s very easy to create a universe, just make up names for a few planets, give them rough characteristics and you’re away. Add a spaceship, a person and a problem and you have a novel. Well, it works for me. … Continued

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Better left unsaid? Inappropriate language.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How do you feel about the use of profanity, either in your stories or in what you read? After forty years at sea, I don’t think there’s a … Continued

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Food, glorious food. The need to feed.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Does food play an important part in your writing? How about sharing a favorite recipe of one of your characters, or maybe one of yours? (We haven’t done … Continued

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Why do I do what I do?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” – Flannery O’Connor. Authors across time have had many reasons to write. Why do … Continued

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