@ProfeJMarie Writer, Reader, Educator, Parent
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- This guy on break at McDonald's is listening to music without headphones on his phone and normally I'd be irritated… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Learning from aaaalllll my rejections as a writer, I just sent the very nicest rejection email ever for a job offer. #BOOM 1 day ago
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- Happiness is hearing the Scrivener jingle when I've hit the session target for word count. This draft WILL GET WRITTEN. #amwriting 1 week ago
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Weekend reading. #mnauthors #booksofinstagramFinished this tonight. So. So. Good. #booksofinstagram #ya #AmericanRoadTrip #patrickfloresscott#fridayreads First read on the left, re-read on the right (except listening to it this time). What are books you like to re-read our want to re-read?"Why is the sky blue," she asked. "Do you want the scientific answer or the poetic one?" her partner responds. "Both." She smiles. "When you look up, the sun catches your eyes before all other things and scatters the light everywhere, sharing their brilliance for all the world to see." #writersofinstagram #bluesky-
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Rated PG For Language
If you’ve been reading my blog for any decent amount of time, you might remember a post I wrote awhile back about including profanity in fiction. It leaned heavily on throwing out that effenheimer (is that how you even spell … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged fiction and profanity, fiction writing, word choice, writing, writing technique
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My Way or…. the Other Way
My husband and I like to commiserate about online communities – especially the educational ones – that encourage participants to follow the idea of “my way or the highway”. All video all the time! Video is evil! All cooperative learning, … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged AC/DC, fiction writing, outlining, writing, writing craft, writing planning, writing style, writing tips
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Details: Realistic vs Authentic
A few weeks ago I said, “tune in next week” for this post. I don’t know what possessed me to write that line since it clearly portended that I would not, in fact, tune y’all in so soon. Right. Well. … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged facts in fiction, fiction authenticity, fiction writing, writing, writing details, writing research
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Only Girls Cry
Isn’t that the most clichéd and ridiculous title? It is to me – but I was not very creative with titles in my younger days and I’m only slightly better at it now. The title belongs to the story below, … Continue reading
Riffraff
It feels like a long time since I’ve posted anything (besides that Reads/Recs post 2 days ago) and even though I primarily subscribe to the idea that one should only post to the blog when you have something and that … Continue reading
Attempting to Define the Blurry Lines of Publishing Fan Fiction
I kind of thought I was past this whole upheaval about Fifty Shades of Grey and its origins. However, just last week I read about another huge traditional publishing deal that just went through for another “re-purposed”, former Twilight fan … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Writing
Tagged books, fan fiction, fiction writing, publishing, writing
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Once Upon a Time Again
I’ve got this new novel started. It has a pretty good opening scene (or at least the start of the opening scene), a few other decent scenes, a few other crappily written scenes, and an overall plot and theme dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged blogging, fiction writing, J. Marie Rundquist, Janet Rundquist, WIP, writing, writing process
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