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Diving into a cold lake
As a writer, sometimes I struggle to produce a description in a scene or feeling I want the reader to experience. I am challenged to get the words just right, so that you understand and experience the emotion and sensations of the story and what the characters are experiencing. This is one of those times! […]
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Taking with a Psychic Medium
One of the cool things that writers get to do when putting together a book, is to research some of the material that is going into the overall published material. For the Stone House series, I have had some interesting conversations with some very intriguing individuals. The overall goal in talking to people is to […]
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Interesting Editing
My book Deadly Inheritance is in the process of being edited. This is a process that happens to a written work, whether the author publishes traditionally with a publishing house or goes the self-publishing route. The editing and re-writing process can be a challenge for a writer, as the book you worked over for months […]
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Murder Mystery Inspiration
Bennington Museum/Tim Wager Colorization – 1898 – The Glastenbury Casino along with the Bennington-Woodford electric RR carrying passengers…. Photo was taken from the balcony of the Glastenbury Hotel…. Resort only operated for one season after flooding destroyed the majority of the rail tracks Getting the creative incentive to write a story can be a […]
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Writing Influences
I grew up in a rural Vermont town with an eclectic mix of residents influenced by the local liberal arts college. Several of those residents sprinkled their influence on me throughout my life, and in retrospect, I wished I had appreciated or taken more advantage of them at the time. The white marble sidewalks where […]