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Story Idea #5 – Revolutions big and small
Okay, remember last week when I said I wasn’t going to write about what was going on in Egypt because it was too far out of my social comfort zone – ie. I didn’t know enough about the country or … Continue reading
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Story Idea #4 – sled dogs and discarded lovers
I was tempted to go into some different story-generating ideas today, but there’s so much stuff in the paper, it’s just too easy. So I’ll save the other methods for a slow news day. So what’s happening in the news? … Continue reading
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Story Idea #3
Rather than go to the news today, I’ll just look at my own life. Things just happen, you know? If they affect you deeply, there’s a good chance that the emotion will filter into the writing and that’s good! If … Continue reading
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Story Idea #2
From the paper today: A 68-year-old retired tourist is down in Mexico with his wife, in a busy downtown shopping area. A bad guy runs into the crowd with An AK-47 to shoot a 25-year-old gangster in what was presumably … Continue reading
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Story Idea #1
A question every fiction writer gets asked is “Where do you get your ideas?” And while the wittier among us come up with things like, “$5 in an envelope to the grocer down on 7th Ave.,” others sometimes try to … Continue reading
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E-book Christmas gifts
Holidays approaching. Can you say, Yeah! I knew you could. And whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid-al-Adha, Bodhi Day, Winter Solstice, or some other wonderful time, you should know that, along with all those e-readers you’re buying for your … Continue reading
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Popcorn kittens
This might be ominous, starting my first blog post with a kitten. It’s not exactly reflective of the tone of most of my writing. But I feel compelled to borrow the phrase “popcorn kittens” from a writers’ workshop I was … Continue reading
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