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Tag: writing

  • If it Doesn’t Kill You… Character Building II

    Her closet is nearly empty. She doesn’t have much in the way of hanging clothes. Two pairs of shoes, one pair of running shoes and one pair of dark dress shoes. A simple black dress hangs with a summer printed sundress. Most of her clothes are in a dresser. Today, she reaches into the closet…

  • Character Building – Casting Call for a Novel…

    The sky is lit by a new moon in the old moon’s arms. The wind blows clouds and stirs the water into choppy waves and lifts some of the woman’s hair. Moonlight glints from the swords she holds. Her arms are crossed at the wrists. She sits barefoot on stones in a nightdress, her back…

  • Saturday in Montana–Index Cards and Putting Things Off

    I am really just stalling.  I have a project that has been completed, as much as a third, forth or fifth draft can be completed.  I have set this aside long enough that the next two read throughs will surprise me.  The task I am working through, now, or when I stop putting it off,…