Category: Confessions of a Writing Freak

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What are Your Pet Peeves about Writing?

I don’t have that many, honestly. Though I admit I hold myself to a higher standard than others when it comes to my writing.  Sometimes I write in a mix of America English and British English. I admit it’s due to how many people I converse with across the pond and the fact that I’ve…
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What is the Craziest Thing You’ve Done for Research?

What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research… Usually most of my research is done on Google. However, if you asked Mr. V… I’ve been known to ask him for help at times. Especially when writing any action scene, be it a fight, dance, or even… sex. I want to…
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What is Inspiration and what Inspires You?

People often ask me how I stay inspired. It made me curious because I understand the feeling of being inspired. But I’ve never really put that feeling into words. So off to the Oxford dictionary I went. Inspiration: The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially something creative. Great job Oxford,…
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My Writing Process (an unofficial account)

I remember mentioning that I should probably do a blog post on my writing process. How do I start a story? I usually hear or see something that does a spin off in my mind. Sometimes it’s a song or someone tells me a story about themselves. That is actually my favorite type of story.…
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Legacy- The Beginning Book Review

The first thing I realized about this book was that it was a different type of book. We’ve had books where you go back in time, recalling memories or a character dreaming of the past. Both of these things happen here but also there are new characters brought in which live in… different time periods.…
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A Day in the Life of a Writer

What my days really look like vs what I want my days to look like. In an ideal world my morning would never ever start late. I tried not to snicker as I wrote that but I couldn’t help it. Quite frankly every morning has started late recently. My own fault really for staying up…
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What Inspires Me

I’ve found two things that inspire me to create a story. Music and pictures. I don’t have a whole lot of interest in photography in the sense that, I don’t want to be the person with the camera in my hand very often. That said I love looking at beautifully taken photography as evidenced by…
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Did I really Google that?

As a writer, I often have to do research. It’s fun, and thankfully I have an inexhaustible curiosity. Sometimes it’s for writing for a certain time period. Other times it’s learning about something that I have no experience with or other times to add knowledge to my own experiences. One thing that seems to be…
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Fun Times

One thing I find fun to do in my spare time is graphics. I know it has nothing to do with writing. In fact I never thought about it until Dragon Age Inquisition came out. I love the Dragon Age Series.There is such a great story with that game. In fact that was what brought…
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More Changes

The last few months have proved to be a learning experience in how adaptable I can be. Miss Sally’s death and then Covid 19 beginning have tested my ability to chameleon in new situations. I’m still adapting to a new schedule that allows me more writing time and quite frankly I let my previous schedule…
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