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Monthly Archives: March 2023
Using Character Portraits
I’ve mentioned my character portraits in passing before, and even displayed a couple, but I haven’t gone into depth about the how and why. That why would include, not just why I like having them, but also why I use … Continue reading
One Time
One time, this time, for herself, she’d let her heart lead her mind, she’d know joy, she’d know love, she’d discover all there was to find. She’d touch, she’d be touched, she’d reach for all life had so long denied, … Continue reading
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Exiting the Wheel
A moment to cherish, time awareness when it’s needed most, the present moment as welcome as what came before. In this future advancing beyond, a step towards falling behind, wondering in our panic why can’t we move a little faster? … Continue reading
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Otherworld Historical Fantasy
Over the years, I’ve written several blog posts about my quest to discover my true genre (Insecure much, Christina?). Good news, I’m not redefining my genre from the last time I raised the topic. It remains otherworld historical fantasy. The … Continue reading
Stones in the Stream
They each meant so much to her, pieces of her heart, stones in the stream that was her life. There came the moment downstream, in the future where she waited, when they didn’t arrive. Upon the rock centered in the … Continue reading
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The Ice Between
A rose, its beauty might thaw her heart, but it was frozen too, trapped beneath the ice, trash another heart had discarded. Crouching, she set her bare hand to the ice, the rose so close. Could it feel the warmth … Continue reading
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The 7 (Flexible) Stages in My Editing Plan
What edits do you do? Do you go through your story a set number of times? Are you addressing specific issues or tackling what strikes you in the moment? Do you consider whether one issue should come before another? As … Continue reading
Kindness Conditional
Wanting what they wanted, not who she was, whispering what they whispered between the lines. Seeing the outside, not the inside, making her pay was the cost to her soul for their kindness conditional. Experiencing loneliness and rejection, experiencing the … Continue reading
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Wrong Question
“What’s happened to you?” he asked, without looking her way, while avoiding the gray. If he knew what she knew about herself he wouldn’t have to ask for the first time. If he’d taken a moment to know the person … Continue reading
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Five Ways to Create a Found Family
Found families. They’re a staple of my writing. Depending on your upbringing you may be nodding in understanding or puzzling. Found families are families of choice, a group of people who accept, comfort, and support when a birth family has … Continue reading
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