Sunday, January 10, 2010
Creating My Characters
How do I create characters? That is one of the most common questions I get as a writer. Yesterday’s blog answered the question would I date the imaginary men I create, and one fan didn’t like that I stuck to physical description of the men and didn’t delve into their personalities. She had a valid point pretty isn’t enough to make a character interesting. You want a character that you as a writer and your readers will want to follow not just for a few pages but for hundreds of pages. In my case I want characters interesting enough for… Read More
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Are My Male Characters the Men I’d Want to Date?
I let you guys come up with blog topics you wanted to see here. You came up with some interesting ones and there was very little repeating. I thought that was interesting all on its own. One of my fellow Tweeters asked about how I come up with my male characters and since there are certain similarities between a lot of them does this reflect my personal preferences?
OK, I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of it. One personal preference is for long hair. I have a real thing for nice hair, and long means there’s more to play with.… Read More
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Bilingual or why men and woman can’t seem to talk to each other
Men and women are different, we’ll all agree on that, but some differences are not physical and those are the differences that cause most of the misunderstandings. Example; A woman asks a male friend or even boyfriend, “What are you thinking?”
Man isn’t thinking anything. No, really, he’s not. He is in the Zen moment of being a guy. Its pretty peaceful inside their heads in Zen moments. So the man truthfully says, “Nothing.”
The woman doesn’t believe him, because most women have no quiet Zen moment in their heads, ever. Most women are thinking a dozen, or more, things… Read More
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Monday, January 04, 2010
New Year’s Resolutions
Mission: To be in bed before 10:00
Timer set so I only have 3 minutes to write this blog. Ah! But seriously, I find myself doing so many last minute things that we get lights out later and later, and even if what we’re doing is fun, sleep is useful. I think part of my lack of concentration today was simply I’m tired. So to my list of other healthy habits let me add adequate sleep.
I have now completely lost my train of thought and that’s pretty much what I was doing all day. Wait, I remember, I don’t… Read More
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Sunday, January 03, 2010
New Year Contests for Divine Misdemeanors & Flirt
2009 was a hard year for a lot of people. I really appreciate everyone who used their hard earned cash to buy my books. You guys helped Divine Misdemeanors get to #6 on the New York Times List, and Skin Trade to #1! As a thank you I’m going to do some book giveaways. For those that bought, or got Divine Misdemeanors for the holidays, you can get a chance to win a signed copy of Flirt the Anita Blake novel that comes out February 2nd 2010. When I get my box of books you’ll get yours. See below for… Read More
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
What will your Bird of the Year be this year?
I have a New Year’s Day tradition. It comes from being a birder for years, and being Wiccan. The idea is that the first bird you see on New Year’s Day is your bird for the year. It will be a sign for the year, or how the year will go. Example; say you saw a Starling, high odds of that in most of America. Starlings travel and nest in large flocks, and especially roost in large groups so your new year could be full of group issues. It could be a message to be more social in the coming… Read More
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Want a Brighter Attitude and more Productive Writing then Exercise
I’ve spent most of my life living inside my head as if my body was just a container for my imagination. The first hint I had that there might be more to the whole body thing was Judo in college which led to weights and running. For the first time I saw the potential in this physical form. It was a new concept for me. I had been a bookworm and drama geek in high school. I was thin because of genetics and luck, but college would be the first time I tried to shape my body, make it stronger,… Read More
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