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Category Archives: Thoughts
You Never Know Who Is Suffering
There is a constant scream It is in silence Though there are signs Awkward movements Eyes of others Hold daggers of poison Itches and coughs Heartbeat rushing Even when at rest Tears welling up But only flowing in solitude Cracks … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Thoughts
Tagged 2020, agony, caring, family, friends, mental health, mental illness, poem, poet, poetry, positive thoughts, suffering
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Is Weather Important to Stories?
Many of us remember Snoopy starting a book with ‘It was a dark and stormy’ night. In fact, I’ve seen this get used as a ‘what not to do’ lesson. I believe it’s that you never start with the weather, … Continue reading
Crossing Genres: #Fantasy & #Romance
I guess I’ll call this first in a series, but I don’t know how long it will go for. Maybe only this month or I might carry it over to January if I can think of more comparisons. The reason … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged adventure, author, crossing over, fantasy, genres, guidelines, love, romance, rules, similarities, writing
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When Kindness Change the Villain
Above, you will see a picture from the anime called ‘One Piece’. Don’t go running away yet because there’s a point. In the scene, you have one of the heroes named Sanji (blonde) with a villain named Ghin (guy on … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged author, change of heart, fiction, heroes, kindness, manners, villains, writing
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Returning the Favor in Fiction and Reality
I was watching anime with my son when I noticed that there was a theme that popped up a bunch. Not in one episode, but in various series. It isn’t one that I’ve ever considered or seen much about, so … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged authors, characters, fiction, helping, kindness, returning the favor, writing
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The Overlapping of Genres and Styles
This is kind of carrying over from the ‘rules’ of writing posts from last week. It got me thinking about this blog and how people perceive it. Not the promotional stuff or the comedic things like Ye Olde Shoppe. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged advice, author, comedies, drama, fantasy, genres, horror, nonfiction, overlapping, romance, science fiction, westerns, writer, writing
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The ‘Rules’ of Writing: Real or Choose Your Own Adventure?
“Kill your darlings!” “No prologues!” “Show, don’t tell!” “Only use ‘say/says/said’!” “You must eliminate 80% of your first draft!” I’m sure we’ve all heard these or variations over the course of our writing careers. Some of us have used these … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged gatekeeping, guidelines, loose, opinions, rules, strict, writing
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Wizard, Magician, Magic-User, Sorceress, Witch, Warlock, Caster, Etc.
It seems there are so many words out there to denote practitioners of magic. That’s only the arcane side of things and not the holy ones too. Imagine if we add priests, priestesses, paladins, druids, and the rest of those … Continue reading
Posted in Legends of Windemere, Thoughts
Tagged author, caster, enchantress, fantasy, fiction, Legends of Windemere, magic-user, magician, sorcerer, sorceress, spellcaster, warlock, witch, wizard, writing
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Writing Addiction in Fiction
This might be simplifying up above, but it does come off that way at times. As I said on Friday, War of Nytefall: Ravenous has a very serious subplot that deals with addiction. You might be wondering how I could add that … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts, War of Nytefall
Tagged action adventure, addiction, Dawn Fangs, family, fantasy, fiction, friends, pain, Ravenous, suffering, thoughts, vampires, War of Nytefall
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Mourning in Fiction: Accessing the Shadows
I was wrestling with the idea of this topic since this year has been horrible. Writing this on July 2nd too, so I don’t know what will happy leading up to today. Many people have lost loved ones, so mourning … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged choices, Dawn Fangs, decisions, emotions, fantasy, grief, loss, mourning, Ravenous, sword & sorcery, vampires, War of Nytefall, Windemere
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