Monthly Archives: August 2008

Weak Points

I’m South African, and under the laws of SA, comparitive and desparaging advertising is illegal. So no one can use their advertising money to belittle a competitor, only to promote their own product. This goes for politics, too. So imagine … Continue reading

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Switching Gears

I recently switched genres, a big one, from women’s fiction to a paranormal novella. It felt right when I was writing women’s fiction, but it felt great writing the novella, breezing through it, and now taking more time with the … Continue reading

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Aim for the Moon

That’s one of my favorite sayings. About a year ago I sent Michelle a plaque that read “Aim for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’re among the Stars”. How appropriate is that when it comes to writing? When a … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead with Amy Atwell

We are so pleased to invite Amy Atwell back as a guest blogger to Magical Musings. Amy Atwell has pursued publication for eight years with moments of success buoying her through the months of rejections. Following the death of her … Continue reading

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One Foot in the Grave

By: Jeaniene Frost ISBN: 978-0-06-124509-1 Publisher: Avon Well, my last time around doing reviews, I did Jeaniene Frost’s first book “Halfway to the Grave”. This time around, I’m doing “One Foot in the Grave”. Can you tell how impressed I … Continue reading

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Challenges

~Challenge~ Requirement for full use of one’s abilities. This is a picture of Dara Torres. I really had no clue who this woman was, only that I was watching the Olympics and her name and age popped up at the … Continue reading

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How Guest Blogger Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell) sold 6 books in a year

Thank you all for inviting me to blog with you. This is pretty heady company for a newbie like me. Since I feel silly dispensing words of wisdom about Writing (with a capital W), I’ll just tell you about the … Continue reading

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The Things that Inspire

I attended a literary event today. The Australian author, Steven Carroll (The Art of the Engine Driver, The Gift of Speed, The Time We Have Taken), was interviewed as he is touring in the wake of winning the Miles Franklin … Continue reading

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The villain

I mentioned in my personal blog that I worked out a way to make my villain feel real to the reader. My solution was to give him a horrible childhood. I don’t info dump, but I put in snippets of … Continue reading

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He/She

When I was at Nationals last week, I managed to catch a couple of workshops and/or lectures. One that I found really interesting was one given by Eileen Dreyer. It was a fascinating study of the different ways a man … Continue reading

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