Monthly Archives: June 2007

Do the blog hop

I’m linking today! Hopping from blog to blog. We’ll get to the senseless but fun stuff at the end, but first up is something sensible and informative–agent Nephele Tempest’s Romancing the Blog post on the Perfect Pitch. I’m giving myself … Continue reading

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Loaded Guns

The inspiration for this blog came from Lynne’s Simpson’s recent blog on Chekhov’s Loaded Gun dictum, and how that relates to Doing Something Meaningful With Your Hero’s Penis. Lynne mentioned this would be a good RWA workshop, and I look … Continue reading

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What would you say? What would you choose?

I got a call from a frustrated writer friend this weekend. And she asked me the question. The question that every single one of us has been asked, at one time or another. What do you say to someone who … Continue reading

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Fantasy

I guess that’s pretty much the business we’re in. We write stories in which a woman’s (or man’s) dreams can come true. Whether it’s a romantic suspense in the South of France, discovering the existence of shapeshifters, or making love … Continue reading

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The week ahead

Magical is happy to announce Tracey O’Hara will be our guest blogger next week. Tracey lives in Canberra, Australia with her hero husband, two sons and two cats–so is surrounded by plenty of testosterone which is probably why she prefers … Continue reading

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Review – Undead and Uneasy

By: Mary Janice Davidson Berkley Sensation ISBN 978-0-425-21376-6 The on-going saga of Betsy Taylor, the Queen of the Vampires. Things are not going well for poor Betsy. An argument with her fiancé, Eric Sinclair, unable to find a suitable wedding … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger: Amy Atwell

Goals, Motivation and the Conflicted Writer Thanks to the ladies here at Magical Musings for inviting me to share my thoughts on the writing life. I have to admit to being a little intimidated by the many great musings that … Continue reading

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It’s Never Too Late!

I awoke this morning thinking of our profession, and the journey we’ve chosen. There is not a career anywhere, I believe, that promotes such growth and diversity as the creative field. We’re constantly stretching ourselves, and learning life lessons from … Continue reading

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Raise the stakes!

Taped on my computer is a scrap of paper with three words: RAISE THE STAKES. If you’ve read Donald Maass’s Writing the Breakout Novel or Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook, these three words should be imbedded in your subconsciousness. (And … Continue reading

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Personal motivators

We all have personal motivators when it comes to writing. Things that help us to keep moving forward. Things that make us WANT to move forward. For me, the best motivator is the story itself. There are some parts of … Continue reading

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