Monthly Archives: December 2011

Darling Dorothy

Posted on December 20, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“Be bigger than your fears.” Dorothy I sat down to write about something else, but my mom Dorothy had other plans for me. You see, tomorrow — December 20 — is her birthday; she passed away of pancreatic cancer in … Continue reading →

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Adding Color

Posted on December 19, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.” H.L. Mencken “My task, which I am trying to achieve, is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel — it is before … Continue reading →

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Slow Start

Posted on December 17, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“He has that gift – the first and most important in a novelist – of creating for the reader a world as real as the one in which he lives, a world which the reader enters on the first page … Continue reading →

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Artistic Voyager

Posted on December 16, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

What a surprise! While leafing through Sea History, a glossy magazine that my husband David received as a gift, I came across an article called “Virginia Woolf’s Maiden Voyage.” One of the authors, Richard King, teaches a college course called … Continue reading →

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Strange Story

Posted on December 15, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

It’s amazing how much we can learn about the craft of writing from watching films. A great movie is about visual impact, but it’s also about storytelling, atmosphere, dialogue, action, and most of all, silence: what is left unsaid or … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Boom

Posted on December 14, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

Defying expectations — isn’t that part of what makes life exciting? Well that’s probably the best way to describe what’s happening in bookstores over this holiday season. While many independent store owners expected a lackluster season, quite a number of … Continue reading →

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Wide Open

Posted on December 13, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

Truth be told, I’m not a huge fan of lists so the idea of The New York Times Book Review choosing “100 Notable Books” published in the past year didn’t exactly float my boat. But to my mind, there is … Continue reading →

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“Rewrite Formula”

Posted on December 12, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

Don’t you just love it when you come across a piece of writing advice that’s really specific and has some practical application to exactly what you’re working on? This just happened to me. I was wandering through Stephen King’s handbook … Continue reading →

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Faithful Friend

Posted on December 10, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

It’s my good fortune to have many wonderfully faithful friends of the two legged and four-legged kind. But I also have faithful friends of paginated persuasion. Among these, I am especially attached to my Roget’s Thesaurus. It was given to … Continue reading →

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Big Moments

Posted on December 9, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

Wow! I’m a bit behind schedule, but I did it! Tonight at about eleven, I emailed the full draft of my YA novel to my crackerjack editor and sister Steph. Break out the champagne! I still have a long way … Continue reading →

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