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Recap of a busy weekend, along with musings about organize time as a writer to optimize creativity. Also thoughts on Jacqueline Susann and how our partners in life enable us to do extraordinary things.
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Low wordcount day yesterday, so I'm musing on that - and various assorted ideas like language drift, holidays in the Southwest, and the prospect of snow.
Here's the article from The Mary Sue that I mention.
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We have an adobe kiva-style fireplace which doesn’t adapt well to stocking-hanging, so I’ve hung them with care on the wall instead.
Talking today about XKCD and watching creator's work evolve - how it's akin to a writer producing a million words to refine voice. Also dealing with fragmented days, catching up wordcount, Sorcerous Moons being translated into French, and the delights of nail polish.
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A morning conversation with a career-author friend has me thinking and talking about agents, agencies, and how to choose what's best for you. Introducing my restaurant-analogy of literary agencies. Also random mentions of bobcats, Neil Gaiman and how writing novels is like laying bricks in a road.
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Talking today about why it's good to stop writing while the flow is going well - why that honors the subconscious creative self. Also dreaming about the book, picking titles, and progress on Sorcerous Moons #5.
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Talking today about time management - is it true that "the more you do, the more you can do? - and also why authors might need to let go of that one book and move on to another.
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Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is “Sex in Your Novels: When Do You Use It, How Graphic Do You Get, How Does It Change Your Character(s)?”
I answered the question in my post title, so I guess I’m done and go finish trimming the tree!
All right, seriously, I suspect I’m fairly well known for writing the sexytimes into my stories. I sometimes teach classes in Sexual Tension and Sex as a Tool for Character Transformation. I think I’ve written maybe one or two fiction works with zero sex. Some of this is because my readers expect the sexytimes from me, sure, but it’s also because sex just always works its way into my stories. Come on over for a breakdown of how I use sex in a story like THE SNOWS OF WINDROVEN.