Look at this! How did this happen??? You are no doubt reading along enjoying today’s post, “20 Questions With Author Barbara Tarn” – as well you should be – and LOOK what’s also happening today (more or less). LOOK! What, you don’t see? Step closer to the glass, Clarice. Closer, please. Closer… What????? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? We are almost […]
Also known as the Lady with the Unicorns, Barbara G.Tarn prefers to add a touch of fantasy to all her stories, past and present. She’s a writer, artist, world-creator and prolific storyteller with over 100 titles on Amazon. Her novella “The Hooded Man” received an Honorable Mention at the Writers of the Future contest. Used […]
Blog traffic is always different on a holiday weekend I made what I thought was a great post on a Sunday, and I tweeted about it because I wanted it to be read. I can usually expect a high volume of retweets on Twitter and a subsequent high volume of traffic to my blog. Nope. […]
A Quick Dialog Exercise Periodically, I take an example from my critique group, change the names of the characters to avoid making the author uncomfortable, and use it as a demonstration of stuff we don’t see ourselves that others might. Here is an example of something I have accidentally done a LOT of, and how […]
I got a new phone that has yet to be reinstalled with my backup data, so I’m using the opportunity to lay low and get some editing done. Hey, you try launching a newsletter and editing and posting and blogging and critiquing and BSing on Facebook and see how much you get done. It can […]
This is our last emotion one for a while, and this one is difficult – but not for the reason you think. Making a character vulnerable tends to endear them to the reader. Embarrassing them does that BIG TIME. Empathy works wonders. It’s how I got through grad school. But that’s a different story… EMBARRASSMENT. […]
Have you been interviewed? Post the link! Consider it a chance to show off without showing off – I asked, after all. Meanwhile, if you’ve never been interviewed, read the replies and you’ll see a lot of places to go ask for an interview, and a lot of questions and answers that will help you […]
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What book are you reading right now? Not what did you buy that you intend open and start reading or what’s on your list. but what, if anything, are you actually started and/or in the middle of? List it here regardless of how embarrassing. (For me, what I have sitting here waiting to be […]
We’ve talked about writing emotions lately, and here’s a blog post I found (I read a LOT of blogs) from somebody who is sad and depressed/fighting depression. He/she has good days and bad days but I did not reprint the name here only because I don’t know the writer well and I certainly don’t want to […]
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