by marciadmin | Apr 22, 2023 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Breathing Life into Your Characters A Round Robin Blog, 4-22-23 Lila poked at the sword. Nearly the length of her legs, it was impressive, but why would Jen think this was a good birthday gift? She raised an eyebrow at her best friend. Jen grinned, her brown eyes...
by marciadmin | Jan 20, 2023 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Finding your writing mojo It’s a new year with possibilities to start anew–although I’ve never really subscribed to this thought process. Every day is a new beginning with the potential to start over, change directions, etc. Even with that mentality,...
by marciadmin | Mar 18, 2022 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
What messages do your books give your readers? When I write books, I don’t start out thinking they’ll have a message. Honestly, it’s the character’s story. Any message that ends up in the book comes directly from the character/characters. And I’m usually just as...
by marciadmin | Feb 20, 2022 | Hour Swim Workouts, SCAQ Swim Workouts, Swim Workout
Bill likes to push a some. This was a push. After the warmup, a swimmer in the lane next to me said, “If only we could do this entire workout as 25s.” I laughed and said, “Yeah, but you know Bill would make that hurt.” He laughed and agreed....
by marciadmin | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog Hops, Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed Characters Describe a flawed character you might use in a story. How did they become so flawed? What part will they play in the story and what will happen to them? All of my characters are flawed. A perfect character would be boring. There would be no character...
