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Characters Visualized

Posted on February 27, 2012 by maria

How often as writers do we wonder just what our characters look like? They probably are clear as day in our mind as we create them, and often as we describe them the begin to take shape in our mind’s … Continue reading →

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As Soon as the Potatoes Are on I’ll Write…

Posted on February 19, 2012 by maria

That was the response I gave my husband when he said, “write, Baby, write.” Meanwhile, he’s playing his guitar, which I love to hear and I’m writing this blog entry. Writing for me lately has been harder but I have … Continue reading →

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Another Post…

Posted on September 22, 2009 by maria

So, I lost my family tree. I have it on paper but I don’t know where my writing notebooks are. I think they’re in my other computer bag. I’ll look later. The writing is eeking along. I’ve done a revision … Continue reading →

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Reading… Writing… Thoughts…

Posted on September 22, 2009 by maria

Oh so bored. Ever so bored. Someone entertain me. Maybe I’ll read. I just finished reading this book, The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters. Eh… it was ok. I picked it up because it sounded interesting and am curious to see how … Continue reading →

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The Priest’s Hands

Posted on July 6, 2009 by maria

I was working on a scene in one of my stories. It looks like my character Andrew will get his own story someday, but he’s with his sister Isabel as they’re contemplating their lives without each other as they’ve now … Continue reading →

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Musings Ripped from the Headlines

Posted on May 5, 2009 by maria

Oh man… Fr. Cutié… is quite a cutie. I’m not making fun of his alleged scandal, it’s actually quite sad, but with a name like that and a look like that… wow… thud… duh… Apparently he’s a popular priest in … Continue reading →

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Life in My Head…

Posted on March 31, 2009 by maria

After much fun and witty discussion and banter back and forth with an online friend and I‘ve decided that Andrew, my priest character, will have good taste in TV after all. I think he’s going to be an avid Dr. … Continue reading →

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Goodness…

Posted on February 3, 2009 by maria

I’m managing to write. Well, fill in the details but it’s something. Wish I wasn’t so sleepy though.

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Working Through the Details

Posted on November 25, 2008 by maria

While doing some minor story research for my failing attempt to do this year’s NaNoWriMo story, I stumbled upon this article from a Cuban American writer who was a Shabbos Goy back in his youth for the Jewish families in … Continue reading →

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As the Muse Turns

Posted on October 7, 2008 by maria

Thinking about particpiating in NANO this year. Not seriously enough yet to actually sit down and try to come up with a story. I have a start from last year’s attempt, about three pages or so, but I don’t really … Continue reading →

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A Mission Statement… Perhaps?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by maria

I’m going to see if I can get a bit of action going on in here.  I have all these thoughts and ideas about my novel(s) and I never seem to jot them down.  Quite honestly, this is a place … Continue reading →

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Madness

Posted on June 17, 2008 by maria

So, I’m working on the ending of my second novel. I’m writing it from Andrew’s point of view. I figured out that I can end the story where it transitions to part two and start a new story where I … Continue reading →

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Yes, it’s the End…

Posted on May 21, 2008 by maria

Yay… I almost have an ending. It’s probably cheesy… but I think it ties in with the prologue quite nicely. I really think I wrote the ending. I still have some details to fill in, but I think I did … Continue reading →

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Hmmmm….

Posted on March 31, 2008 by maria

I may phase out my Writing LJ in favor of this site. Or maybe it will be a mirror site for all my musings about writing. I’m not quite sure yet.

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