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writer’s bookshelf: the tough guide to fantasyland

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · book review, character development, plot, storytelling

Up this week is The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. This book has been around since 1996 (first publised in the UK, now available from Penguin the US through their Firebird imprint) and has been justly lauded and reviewed LOTS of places, so I’ll be brief. The Guide is arranged as an [...]

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writing wisdom learned in ballroom dance class

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized, general, reading, storytelling

My birthday present to myself this year was a ballroom dancing class, taken with my sweetie. On the first day we arrived at the South Park Rec Building VERY nervous, being the only F/F couple in the group (of maybe a dozen or more couples), but our dance instructors Shirley and Blue (who are in [...]

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Lemony Snicket’s Bedtime Storytelling Tips

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments · storytelling

Quick link to a short list of bedtime storytelling tips from Lemony Snicket, author of some pretty fun juvie lit books. It’s funny, and may even have some relevance to story writing as well as storytelling. And he cites Raymond Chandler. What could be better? My personal favorite tip is #2: “Name the villains after [...]

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