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How is time organized in a novel? We were discussing the organizing principle(s) for a novel recently in one of my writing groups. Today I thought about a few books that I read recently and how they were […]
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When Valentine’s Day comes around, I think about Ophelia’s madness and a particular song she sings in Act 4, Scene 5 of Hamlet. At a surface level, the song is Ophelia’s sly, defiant blast at Hamlet’s rejection. Most […]
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2025 was an amazing year for writing. In January, I finished the first draft of the novel I’ve been working on since 2021. In March, I dove into a ten-month class on novel revision. A second draft was […]
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Genre in fiction can be a slippery beast. Sometimes I don’t know what to say when people ask me in what genre I write. I usually say that I am broadly writing in the fantasy genre. Sometimes I […]
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Several years ago, one of my writing buddies asked me if I had a playlist for the novel-in-progress. “A what?” I asked. “Is that a thing?” Turns out it was a thing. Inspired by my friend Jeff, who […]
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Writing and reviewing happened this week. I had three pieces to review for writing groups that meet this weekend. I enjoy providing feedback on others’ work. It’s like a puzzle to solve, trying to figure out what the […]
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After last week’s focus on research—timetables, maps, photographs—I was ready to write this week. Notes on the next scene in the WIP had been drafted months ago. This week I worked on finishing this scene, which opens the […]
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Much of this week’s writing time was consumed with research. For the current WIP novel, I needed certain physical locations for key parts of the action. For example: a summer house on a lake in northern New England […]
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For my first foray into chatty AI, I asked Bard (Google’s Chatbot): Write a short, humorous story about a detective who is also a talking parrot. A woman comes to the parrot to ask him to find her […]
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Stories leak into my head…and I collect them for you. I’ve shared my head with stories for so long, that I don’t remember when it all started. The first time I sat down to write a story, I […]
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