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  • The things you learn when researching!

    The things you learn when researching! My current WIP involved shapeshifters, and Michelle brought up a good question: Why doesn’t a shapeshifter just pick up the protagonist and fly her off, Hobbit-style, to where he needs to go? I considered it a simple issue of physics: in order to pick up and carry an adult… Read more

  • A can of tomato seeds

    The other day I was writing up a blogpost and at a loss for words. In comes my husband, and I immediately proceeded to pick his brain: Me: “Boxy, what’s a good phrase for when you go out into the world, and it’s not what you expected– not entirely in a bad way, but it… Read more

  • The case for creativity

    Next weekend I’ll be going to Chicago to see Team Starkid’s Twisted with my husband. For those who didn’t know, Starkid Productions started off as a student group in the University of Michigan, who created the Very Potter Musical just to goof off– and now they’re touring nationwide, and the star of their first production… Read more

  • 31 Days of Blogging: What do YOU think about protagonists?

    More than a month ago, I asked people what they thought makes for a good or likable protagonist (and, on the other side of the coin, what makes a bad or unlikable one). The responses I got were pretty phenomenal. And because it’s such a subjective question, here’s the responses I found. Do you agree… Read more

  • 31 Day Blogging Challenge: The devil in the details

    Last night, my cat George ran off into the house next to mine and wouldn’t come back, so I grabbed my flip-flops and umbrella, went over there, and got him.  Boring, isn’t it? Technically the above is a story, but it’s a skeleton. There’s nothing to grab onto. So let’s add some detail– or rather,… Read more

  • 31 Day Blogging Challenge: Why do I write?

    On the first day of the 31 Day Blogging Challenge, Lisa told me “I’d be interested to know what you write about and why…?” Read more