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What Are Your Felt Needs?
Everywhere I look lately someone is talking about what "felt need" books address. A felt need is something that people are aware that they lack and desire to have. You could say my felt need right now is a publisher! In fiction, a felt need is often some problem or...
Listen to Yourself
I just finished reading "Listen" by Rene Gutteridge. Here's the back copy: "The quaint, close-knit community of Marlo was the ideal place to live . . . until someone started posting private conversations online for everyone to read, word-for-word. Now it's neighbor...
Do You Library?
All of my life the library has been one of my favorite places to go. When we were kids mom would take us and let us check out a certain number of books each visit. I can still remember some of the books I checked out over and over again. My grade school had a tiny...
Recess!
I took a day off on Monday just because I had some vacation time piled up. It turned out to be excellent timing with a gorgeous, 70+ degree day (our seasonal average is 50). So what to do with a whole day to myself? Well, I wrote several scenes in book two. Read...
What is President's Day??
Happy President's Day. Or Presidents' Day or Presidents Day. If you're lucky, you have the day off, but for many folks it's just a Monday without mail. So what is this holiday? Originally, February 22 was celebrated as George Washington's birthday. And then, in 1968...
Hot/Wet/Cold Enough for Ya?
Today we are supposed to climb to a glorious 70 degrees. I'm so pleased by this it's nearly impossible to stop talking about it. It is February after all! We've talked about it work, at church, in e-mails and now here, on my blog. Which makes me wonder, if weather is...
Coffee or Tea as Literary Device
One of the devices I see used over and over again in novels is the cup of coffee/pot of tea. Characters need to have a chat? Let them do it over a cup of tea. Something terrible happen? Coffee or tea is so comforting. Character need a jolt? A hot cup of joe will do...
Love is a Verb
"Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him." -C.S. Lewis Today is the day we tell those...
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