…but when I do, I usually do it during the rough draft or after the book is finished. I usually don’t use character bios as part of the pre-writing process, but as part of the writing or re-writing process. My story lines are generally pretty…
Category: Writing
Over the years, I’ve done all manner of holiday decorating. When I was little, we always went out and bought a “live” (meaning dead) tree. We decorated it with fat lights and glass ornaments. Later, Mom and I had a small, artificial tree. Sometimes we…
Our youngest, Daughter #4, who grew up to be the wonderful writer Sara Marian, and I lerrrrrrvvvv writing exercises! Whenever we’ve done a two-person mini-retreat or have roomed together at a writing workshop, we’ve done exercises. More often than not, we’ve ended up with stories,…