the writing life
November 8, 2009
- This seems to be a slow weekend here on the Internet. I can never figure out where people disappear to or why. What could possibly be more fascinating than roaming cyberspace? I realize in some places the weather is too nice to stay inside, in other places it’s too nasty to do anything online. Many writers are involved in National Novel Writing Month. Many others are busy ...
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November 7, 2009
- Michael threw down the gauntlet and it landed on my feet. After a toe-throbbing hop about, I think I’ve cracked the new publishing code. Keeping this flash of insight locked in my typing fingers is harder than losing this last 10 pounds! When I awoke this morning, the answer was in my head, fully fleshed out and in living color. Thanks Michael, for implanting the seed in my brain before bed! ...
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November 5, 2009
- What is your price? To own your day. Really own it. Every waking hour. To not have to cheerlead yourself out the door in the morning and devote your time to a passionless job. I read an article this week in Zoomer Magazine that reported the following dream as survey respondents' number one goal: "To be a successful entrepreneur, have more time, travel the world in luxury, be a ...
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November 4, 2009
- In my last blog, I discuss my formula for writing High Concept. If you missed it, you will find it at: http://www.redroom.com/blog/lslbradford/1-part-fascination-1-part-excavation-1-sentence-high-concept What about when words just spill onto a page? Should we worry about formula? That depends on what motivates you to write in the first place. I wrote The Garden That Grew Her quite by ...
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November 2, 2009
- If you would like to read part one of this blog, please visit: http://redroom.com/blog/lslbradford/being-homolateral-the-hippo-on-your-head-part-oneI believe, mind you this is just a theory, that writer's block is lodged firmly in the homolateral state. From this 'stuck' place, we are either far too consumed with the details and end up suffering analysis paralysis, or we are living in the ...
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October 31, 2009
- I said 'homolateral' not 'homosexual' silly. Begin a homolateral thinker means to rely primarily on your dominant brain; left or right, instead of being an integrated thinker. Optimal communication in the brain occurs when we think cross-laterally. Strongly developed neural pathways send signals on a traffic-free super highway between both hemispheres. In this ideal brain state, the neurons are ...
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October 30, 2009
- While hacking away selling used-cars, I spent exhausting stretches of time standing in heels in front of showroom windows. I could not sit in my office if I were to capture the next customer on the lot. First one to Mr. Clipboard eats. Sink or swim. After several years, I challenged myself to find a coping mechanism for the ensuing brain atrophy.How could I use this 'dead time' to stimulate my ...
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October 28, 2009
- This is where it gets ugly.Last week I zapped off the manuscript of my new novel to my agent in New York. My wife told me to get working on the next book. It’s not because she’s worried about me slacking off and failing to pay the rent. No, it’s because she knows what happens when I’m not writing.Ever read “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”? When I’m writing, I’m Dr ...
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October 28, 2009
- Barefoot in Blue Jeans - Evocateurs of Possibility and Presence Synchronicity, if we pay attention, can launch us onto a path we never dreamed exisited. The following post was written by author, mentor, and Garden That Grew Her resident poet, Marilee Pallant. Evidence that if you listen to your mysterious inner voice and openly trust its calling--well read on: You know the feel of ...
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October 28, 2009
- By now it’s no secret that the Iraq War has been a disillusioning experience for many of the U.S. servicemen sent there. The literature on the war has, so far, been mostly written by journalists. There’s plenty of it, and like most journalism it runs pretty mainstream and inoffensive, no matter how bloody the scenes depicted. But Michael Anthony, a veteran of the war, has a different ...
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