by marciadmin | Dec 18, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
How do your family experiences translate into writing scenes? Robin asked a difficult question this month. Honestly, I don’t think my family experiences have entered into any of my writing scenes. At least, not consciously. When I think about it, though, in my...
by marciadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Flawed or evil characters, Round Robin, November 20, 2021 Flawed or evil characters inhabit a number of my books. Although I don’t depend on such characters to move the plot forward for every story, they are required for some of them. It all depends on the story, what...
by marciadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
This month, Robin wants to know what other genres I write besides novels and why. When Robin first posed this subject, I wondered what other genres there were besides nonfiction and, of course, memoirs, which are, technically, nonfiction, as well, depending on how...
by marciadmin | Jul 17, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Deleted Scenes Apparently, baking chocolate chip cookies occupied my mind last night instead of writing this post. LOL Well, to be fair, I’ve been thinking about those cookies for days now, and, even though my constant discussion of deleted scenes is what prompted...
by marciadmin | Jun 18, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Round Robin—Plot problems and failures, June 2021 It’s that time of the month again where I actually talk about writing. And you can thank Robin for that. I know my blog has been taken over with swimming, but I really do write and edit. LOL The swimming ones are...
by marciadmin | May 21, 2021 | Round Robin, Writerly Talk
Does writing change the author? Do you think your writing has changed you in any significant way? I believe it’s a mutual change. Writing does change me, but, as I change, so does my writing. (Hopefully, for the better. LOL) Most of the stories I write require...
