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Category: Writing

Battling Bookstores

March 12, 2018 aolwynd Leave a comment

 I’ve been harboring resentment for a long time because a bookstore chain in Vermont refuses to stock Createspace authors (Amazon…

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Posted in: Amazon, Createspace, Self-publishing, Writing Filed under: Amazon, Battles, Createspace, Independent Bookstores

All Hail The Professor!

February 27, 2018 aolwynd Leave a comment

So, of course, the genius of Lord of the Rings has a name for what I’ve been going through writing…

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Posted in: characters, romance/fantasy fiction, Tolkien, Writing Filed under: Narrative Debt, Tales of Earden, The Lord of the Ring, The Return of the King, Tolkien, writing a series

Together At Last!

December 20, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 Finally, after a book and a half, my hero and heroine are reunited! 30,000 words into the last book, and…

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Posted in: characters, Createspace, romance/fantasy fiction, Self-publishing, Writing Filed under: happy endings, lovers, reuniting, writing a series

Libraries

December 8, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 How I love libraries! How many of us spent their early years in libraries? The magical place where you were…

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Posted in: Createspace, Libraries, romance/fantasy fiction, Self-publishing, Writing Filed under: Authors, Libraries, reading

Volunteering at My Local Library

November 3, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 I love reading the stacks…making room, making sure the books are in order, finding those that need repair and those…

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Posted in: I Just Love to Read, I'm Not Obsessed, Libraries, romance/fantasy fiction, Self-publishing, Writing Filed under: Authors, Libraries, Vita Sackville West, volunteering

The Key and the Bee Hive

October 16, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 Here are some pretty grumpy medieval ladies…not near as grumpy and power-hungry as Jermaine, nor as bossy as Ruby or…

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Posted in: characters, medieval, romance/fantasy fiction, Women, Writing Filed under: conflict, heroines, vengeance, women

Words of Wisdom…

October 6, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

Just some words of wisdom from my characters flanking a prophesy… having some fun posting on Pinterest, Facebook etc…

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Posted in: characters, Illustration, Social Media, Writing Filed under: characters in novels, Facebook, Pinterest, posting, words of wisdom

Greeting’s from your Friendly Neighborhood Pornographer, Thank God for My Writer’s Group

September 19, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 Sometimes I just cringe because my characters hook up occasionally. Well, that’s wrong, I don’t have a lot of gratuitous…

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Posted in: characters, medieval, romance/fantasy fiction, sex scenes, Writing Filed under: fantasy writing, sex in literature, sex scenes, writing groups

Master Fructus Bell and his Oat Pudding

September 3, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

When I think of the Master Cook of Guardia Palace, Fructus Bell, I always imagine John Rhys Davies and hear…

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Posted in: Castles, characters, medieval, Recipes, romance/fantasy fiction, Writing Filed under: cooking, Master Bell, Master Devers, puddings, Tales of Earden

Musings on the Characters in the Tales of Earden

July 16, 2017 aolwynd Leave a comment

 Jem the fisherman Because of something a friend remarked on finishing the first book, I thought I would start with…

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Posted in: characters, romance/fantasy fiction, Writing Filed under: book characters, good men, Jem the Fisherman, novels, strong men, Tales of Earden

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