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How realistic is too realistic?

{ Posted on Nov 30 2007 by Erica Ridley }

Categories : The Inclined

Earlier this week, I read a post on the Manuscript Mavens blog about verisimilitude in Point of View and Characterization. The mavens were talking about how to make male characters sound different than female characters, and that got me thinking: ...Read More »

Choosing your Genre

{ Posted on Nov 29 2007 by Emily }

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Categories : The Inclined

What genre of books do you read most? Or do you read many different ones? If you're a writer - what made you decide on a specific genre (or more if you write in multiple ones)? I tend to be a ...Read More »

When Characters Take Over…

{ Posted on Nov 28 2007 by Eliza Knight }

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Categories : The Inclined

I was just having a discussion with some students and an instructor for a class Iâ€™m taking, and the topic of characters came up. Have you ever had a character you wanted to go one way and then they went rogue ...Read More »

D is for Disappointment… I mean Delete

{ Posted on Nov 27 2007 by Lacey }

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Categories : The Inclined

Like Haven, up until about two weeks ago it had been months since I'd opened my true WIP. I'd abandoned it in a momentÂ of terror just before National in July, and when I wasn't able to come home and feel ...Read More »

Time Heals All?

{ Posted on Nov 24 2007 by Haven Rich }

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Categories : The Inclined

Does it heal, I wonder? Over at my private blog I posted a confession and I might as well get it out in the complete open:Â I haven't written anything on my WIPs in over two months! Umm, that is until ...Read More »

Late, but well worth it!

{ Posted on Nov 24 2007 by Haven Rich }

5 Comments

Categories : Contest News

I know I promised to post this yesterday but really, Erica posted a wonderful topic and I didn't want to steal the spotlight! So without dragging this out any further, we have WINNERS!! Congratulations go out to.... Kimberly, who won the signed copy! ...Read More »

Setting as Character

{ Posted on Nov 23 2007 by Erica Ridley }

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Tags : Craft, Erica Ridley
Categories : The Inclined

I'd heard the phrase "The setting was a character in that novel" for years (okay, decades) before I had any clue what that meant. Being a description-challenged author when I first started taking writing seriously, I was lucky if I remembered ...Read More »

Giving Thanks

{ Posted on Nov 22 2007 by Haven Rich }

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Categories : Announcements

Hope you have a wonderful Thanks Giving, From the RI Ladies ps. Winners will be announced tomorrow for both Anna's contest and RI's contest. Read More »

The Perennial Questionâ€¦

{ Posted on Nov 21 2007 by Haven Rich }

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Categories : Guest Author

Firstly, hello, Romantic Inksters! And thank you for asking me back to blog again. Last time I was here (way, way long ago), I talked about contests and we had a great day! Speaking of contests, my second book UNTOUCHED ...Read More »

A Dab on Top

{ Posted on Nov 19 2007 by Lacey }

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Categories : The Inclined

Erica was talking about setting and plot last week, and I got to thinking about some stories I've read lately. In one, the author is targeting 15-16 year old girls, but I feel like the story reads for 8-10 year ...Read More »

Archive for November, 2007:

How realistic is too realistic?

Choosing your Genre

When Characters Take Over…

D is for Disappointment… I mean Delete

Time Heals All?

Late, but well worth it!

Setting as Character

Giving Thanks

The Perennial Questionâ€¦

A Dab on Top

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