Monthly Archives: February 2015

Steamroller by Mary Calmes

I’ve wanted to start a series of posts of my favorite m/m stories for some time now. Of course, I’ve already posted a few of them, but now I’m going to purposely search them out and show you the gems.

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Writerly Reads: GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict by Debra Dixon – Part 1

This book was one of the suggested texts in an online writing course I took last year. The course was offered through Ed2Go, an online adult and continuing education school, whose courses my library offers free of cost to patrons.

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Seasons

Tucked incongruously amongst hotels, service stations and fast food restaurants, an impoverished memorial park waits in patient resignation as it falls slow victim to neglect and decay. In spring, it wears a hopeful look, not so different from the rest

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Writerly Reads: How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript by James Scott Bell – Part 2

Yesterday I posted notes from Chapters 1 – 6 of “How to Write Dazzling Dialogue” by James Scott Bell. Here, today, is Chapter 7. Chapter 7 Top 10 Dialogue Issues This chapter is meant to be used as a reference,

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Writerly Reads: How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript by James Scott Bell – Part 1

I have a handful of books in my writer’s library and am making an effort to read them. Here are notes on this book by James Scott Bell. It is concise, clear, relevant and contains numerous suggested exercises. This post

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Indignation!

If you feel squeamish at gory photographs, you may want to skip this post. I don’t do this lightly, but I believe the photograph is important to the message. I had a doctor appointment this afternoon. (That went fine…some treatment

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