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Yesterday’s Reading…
So, handing someone words on a page much less terrifying than reading aloud to people. Even though I’ve been in theatre my whole life, I find reading my own words to be a rather heart-racing sort of experience. Once I got up there and started reading though I dropped into the story and forgot everyone else so that was a good. There were a lot of goods actually. The thing about reading aloud is that you hear the rhythm of the words. I read one Jade section and one Rhea section. I had been told by some published sci-fi/fantasy writers that I needed to make the trilogy into a series…
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A Moment of Insanity…
So, I’ve mentioned my trilogy before very briefly. However, I haven’t really put up much about my writing process or any of that. I frankly think that I may bore you if I do that. However, I thought that I would share my insanity for a moment. The trilogy may turn into 7 books. Yep, you read that right. Personally, I think I may have lost my mind. For many years I was a part of a group online called OWWW and it was amazing. Then, I didn’t have enough time to keep up with everyone’s writing because I was teaching. They cut me some slack because I was an…
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People Who Have Influenced My Writing
So, while I was writing about Professor Dawe in my last post I started thinking about people who have influenced my writing, why they have, and how they have. I thought that I would list some people and explain. Without further ado and in no particular order: Professors Gerald Dawe: As I have said before, this man single-handedly changed the way I write and look at writing through his advice and mentorship in my tiny poetry writing class. Besides the fact that my class was in the Burns Library (which is just amazing) it was a true community of writers, many of whom I am still in contact with. One…