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I groan and roll my eyes at puns. So why do I make so many of them? Recently, while editing a manuscript, I realized how many puns I was making. It wasn’t intentional, yet I couldn’t seem to help myself. Whatever I was writing seemed to naturally lend itself to a pun. Every chapter had... Continue Reading →
Expansive horizons call forth clouds and creativity. Source: Michelle Rau Author News
What my great-aunt Llewella's vintage typewriter wrote when I set it up.
"Something in the Water" is a one-act play that tells the story of Jeff and Melissa, who bond over their shared enthusiasm for kayaking.
An Excel spreadsheet that can track multiple timelines running concurrently.
In May 2016, I gave a short presentation on plotting and planning techniques from Hallie Ephron's book Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock ‘Em Dead with Style at the monthly Power of the Pen Meetup in Vancouver, Washington. The techniques we discussed were A "blueprint" for planning a mystery novel The shape... Continue Reading →
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In my enthusiasm to fill up the compost bin a friend gave me, I wondered what else I could throw in: I had an abundance of green biomass, but was running out of browns. Dryer lint, fingernail clippings, cotton fabric, what else? Ah, paper. I had that in abundance too. I turned my attention to... Continue Reading →
Nose hair clipper?
You don't get a body like mine overnight.
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