Author Archives: TerryH

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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Free short story – The Girl Who Invented Peanut Butter

Hi, everyone. Back from a wonderful Christmas back east where the extended family got together in the lovely Chateau Montebello, kind of the Canadian equivalent of Camp David but more open to the public.  And racing into 2011, I’m excited … 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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