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Just in time for the holidays! A brand new, family-friendly tale that’s sure to find a welcome spot in any family’s traditions. Find out what’s happened to Santa and his crew at the North Pole. You’ve never heard any of it told like this!
Also new this year: A sequel to my popular paranormal, WWII, action/adventure Oh, Bits! The new story, Voices, takes place quite a few years later, but much of the same craziness is still going on.
It’s now available at Amazon. Or, make it a gift–order a signed copy from me!
Don’t miss this charming tale about two deep-South garden clubs engaged in a bizarre bit of competition.
Autographed copies make great gifts. Drop me a line if you’d like one at: DruidJosh@gmail.com
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Tag Archives: memoir
Tension: We’ll be right back, after this… (Encore)
Tension is (or should be) a writer’s stock in trade. It’s what causes readers to stay up late to “finish just one more” page, scene, chapter, part, or volume of your epic–be it fiction or something else. Tension is shorthand for … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Writing
Tagged building tension, memoir, non-fiction, nude men, suspense, techniques, tension
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Character Emotions — Part One (Encore)
In a writer’s workshop I conducted not too long ago, we spent some time discussing ways to portray the emotions of our characters. It seemed evident, to me anyway, that too many of the participating writers were satisfied with static … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged character development, emotion, Fiction, memoir, reality, sensory, Writing
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Write *Something* Every Day (Encore)
Writers write. It’s as simple as that. Good writers tend to write a lot. That’s a big part of how they became “good” writers. If you aspire to become a writer, or if you’re already a writer and you want … Continue reading
Posted in editing, Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged editing, excuses, grandparents, journaling, kids, literature, magnum opus, memoir, Mother's Day Out, no inspiration, no place to write, no time, no workspace, Starbucks, the muse, Writing, writing habbit
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How much of you should go in your book? (Encore)
While the answer is obvious for those who write memoir or family histories, the question becomes a great deal trickier when one is writing fiction. To a certain extent, all of what we put in a novel is derived from … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged amplify, emotion, feelings, imagination, Mark Twain, memoir, memory, personal experience, risk, Rowling, Sam Clemens, sensation, sensory words, write what you know
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Writer Warm Ups (Encore)
Most of us are creatures of habit. Writers, especially, fall into that category. We’re probably not as bad as big-league baseball players who have more rituals than a pasture full of priests, but we, too, can be pretty odd when … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Fiction, game face, humor, memoir, Muse, ritual, Twain, warm-up, work space, Writing
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Arty rules are rubbery (Encore)
It’s not that I hate saying it; I hate having to say it. Arty rules are rubbery. When writing, whether for a fiction market or in a memoir, the rules aren’t immutable. They weren’t etched in granite via lightning strike nor by vengeful gremlins … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Writing
Tagged art, breaking rules, darlings, editing, Fiction, memoir, mud wrestling, students, teaching, Writing, writing rules
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I’ll have a “MAC memoir” (Encore)
Okay, it’s not what you’re thinking. I’m not talking about a manuscript and some rabbit food on a sesame seed bun. What I’m referring to are the basic building blocks of any good story, whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. The acronym for this magic formula … Continue reading
The flip side of the ho-hum holiday issue… (Encore)
Based on some of the feedback I got in response to my last post–which I opted not to show in the comments–and some second thoughts of my own, I’m rethinking the holiday happenstance issue because of an important component I overlooked: comic … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Writing
Tagged Alabama fan, bad gift, giggle, holidays, humor, mall Santa, memoir, running of the bulls, Santa, storytelling
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Ho… ho… hum? For memoir writers (Encore)
Hang on now, before you unload your holiday blunderbuss at me; I’m really not trying to play Scrooge here. All I’m hoping to do is save you some time developing your memoir, so hear me out. The holidays, obviously, are a … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged brain surgeon, child prodigy, Christmas, classical music, genius, holidays, life story, memoir, memories, misadventure
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Edit? You mean I’m not done yet? (Encore)
Whoa. Edit my own book? Where would I even start? For most writers, especially those who haven’t already completed at least a couple full-length novels, you need to let your work cool off before you do anything. Why? Because your brain … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, Memoir, novel writing, short fiction, Writing
Tagged adverbs, cliches, editing, how to edit, memoir, nirvana, self editing, sexy words, stative verbs, to be, Weasel words, write better
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