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  • Started by Eliza Battin
    10.09.2009 Repost: Ask Beth One of my first posts... My d...ng back and forth and I got into one of my mother modes. Mother mode is when I brainstorm with mys...ng back and forth and I got into one of my mother modes. Mother mode is when I brain...
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  • Interesting comment about "cloudy"--the editor of the mag where this was first urged me to change the fingernail polish to cloudy. It was originally Pearlescent, but h...
  • I prefer to use a different metaphor to think about writing. I start from the Shinto principle I learned when I was a kid, living in Japan, of waiting (with as much pe...

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    Allow me to introduce myself and tell you a little bit of my own story. Why do I write? I believe that moments of pain can be redeemed, that in the right hands they...
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    Deconstructing Dark Romance, (Exploring the darker side of human nature in fiction) What is dark romance? That was a question I was asked recently. For me as a...

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  • Thanks Deborah - finally got round to reading this and it was well worth it! In terms of through-lines, I like that you've brought this up because it's something I st...
  • Thanks for the post, Eileen. These are important reminders for all of us. I use some of the same techniques, even in writing fiction. Using google maps w/images to be...
  • On the topic of men that have been raped:   I know that generally men have a very difficult time talking about being abused, but the last man I dated (I am queer - I'v...