Question 1 Do you create elaborate outlines for your books? If so, can you explain the process (briefly)? I’ve found that the more I outline, the easier it is to draft a book. It’s also much easier to revise it. The outlines for my mysteries run anywhere from fifty to eighty-five pages and are fairly…
Author: Deborah-Zenha
b.read.crumbs : Dancing
Key XXI The World “I want you to enjoy freedom from fears and falsehood….” Spiritual Tarot: Seventy-Eight Paths to Personal Development by Signe E. Echols, M.S., Robert Mueller, Ph.D., and Sandra A. Thomson We’ve come to the end of the Major Arcana. This journey is complete, and now the journey begins again. Sometimes we travel…
Claudia M. Stanek ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem. Question 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? What is the poem’s message? One could argue that a poem does not have to have a message in order to be a poem….
KB Ballentine ~ 3 Questions & a Poem
3 Questions and a Poem–in which one of my favorite poets is interviewed and shares a poem. Question 1 What do you consider the three most important elements of a poem? Three important elements of a poem are the musicality of language, verb choice, and imagery. One of the things that sets poetry apart from…
Maggie Gigandet – 3 Questions for a Freelance Writer & Blogger
A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question: What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? My experiences in the Tennessee State Parks have been the inspiration for several articles. But I’ve found that the most important thing is to just get out there, do something…
b.read.crumbs : Comforting
Key XIX The Sun I drew The Sun card here at the end of October, when our sun—Earth’s own Star—is traveling low in the Northern Hemisphere sky. We’re heading toward the season of hibernation. This isn’t the time for the Sun to shine bright, not when autumn shadows soften the edges of summer. It’s not…
Jamie Lisa Forbes – 3 Questions & a Cover
How much of your own personality do you share with your characters? Is that a choice, or does it happen on its own? Consciously at least, I try to keep my personality out of my characters. I am most concerned with authentic characterization, so with every character, I try to place myself in their shoes…
Moon: Pathways, or the argument for circular storytelling
This is a repost of Julie Herman‘s most recent b.read.crumbs post. In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears. — Mason Cooley Not withstanding the fact that all of…
Ray Zimmerman – 3 Questions & a Cover
A short interview wherein one of my favorite authors answers three questions about the writing life. Question 1: What’s your Go-To source when you need inspiration? Inspiration comes in short bursts, and I write short pieces. These include poems, freelance journalism, and occasional short stories and essays. Writing is a two-stage process because the natural…
Oh No He Didn’t! Brilliant Women and the Men Who Took Credit for Their Work
by Wendy J. Murphy, JD Plagiarism is a very serious transgression; even a minor infraction, such as failing to include a citation in an academic paper, is cause for termination from employment or expulsion from college. The stories in my book involve far more serious plagiarism of women’s work, yet in almost every case, nothing…