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Writing Thursday: Entitlement; or, What To Name The Baby (Chapters)
At the end of my latest round of editing on my WIP, The Daughters of August Winterbourne (Book 1), I came to an inevitable conclusion: The story is set in the Victorian era, so in order to give it a … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: Currying Favor
I had a deprived childhood. I grew up without curry. My dad was never fond of curry to start with, and the fact that he spent several months in Pakistan at one point didn’t help at all. So Mom never … Continue reading
Dragon Friday #15
Okay. Now that I’m done with my epic-length editing project, maybe our dragon and his friends can go back to making regular appearances here. Worth a shot, anyway. The Dragon, The Wench, and Her Wardrobe (working title) © 2012 Sheila … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Show Me; or, Making The Words Count
So as I mentioned last week, I had a dilemma with one of my scenes. It was telling, not showing. But at the same time, I was also trying to reduce my overall word count for this story. After looking … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: More Tea Pictures
Hi, everyone! I’ve got a few more photos from our recent tea party at AnomalyCon. Sadly, we don’t seem to have gotten a picture of everything, but we got as much as we could before the locusts descended…er, I mean, … Continue reading
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Writing Thursday: Showing, Not Telling; or, How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?
I know this one. Really, I do. Show. Don’t tell. But when I’m trying to keep my word count down, sometimes it’s more economical to tell. Because showing involves using lots of words, you know. That “thousand words to paint … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: Pictures From An Exhibition…er, Tea Party
As promised last week, I have a few quick photos from last weekend’s steampunk tea party at AnomalyCon. Note that Beloved Husband took many more (and probably better) pictures, but I grabbed a few as well. I’ve been wanting to … Continue reading
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Writing Thursday: Brief Updates; or News From The Trenches
In a bit of a rush today, so I’m going to keep things brief. But this week’s exciting news is that I’m about halfway through my current desperate hunt for extraneous words in my WIP, The Daughters of August Winterbourne … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: My Favorite Tea Sandwiches
This weekend, some friends and I are planning a potluck tea/picnic with friends while we all attend a local steampunk convention. Like most convention venues, dining options are limited, so we decided to bring our own. I’ll post pictures and … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Why Not Take All Of Me; or, Reducing Wordiness
For the past few weeks, I’ve been a woman on a mission. I’ve been trying to reduce my work-in-progress, The Daughters Of August Winterbourne (Book I) down to 125,000 words. The first draft weighed in at around 185,000 words; the … Continue reading
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Recipe Wednesday: Meatballs From History (Part 3 of 3)
For our third excursion into “Meatballs From History,” I present a dish called “Golden Apples”. Medieval and Renaissance-era cookery texts contain numerous examples of “illusion foods” — foods that are disguised as other foods, or even non-food objects. One of … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Responding To A Prompt; or, I Commit An Act Of Short Fiction
A little something different this week: A friend of a friend, whose blog I follow, runs a monthly writing contest, where she throws out an orphaned first line and invites people to write either the first paragraph of a story … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: Meatballs From History (Part 2 of 3)
My next entry in my “Historical Meatballs” collection is embarrassing, in a couple of ways. The first is because I’ve been making these yummy meatballs for at least ten years now, and for almost all of that time, I’ve been … Continue reading
Dragon Friday #14: Dragon Friday Falls On Monday This Week
Sorry this is late. But it means you get to have a Dragon Monday instead of a Dragon Friday this week! The Dragon, The Wench, and Her Wardrobe (working title) © 2012 Sheila McClune Part 14 * * * “Little … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: A Matter Of Some Delicacy; or, Getting Intimate With Your Characters
First off, my apologies for not getting this posted last night. For some reason, my netbook just didn’t want to talk to the network last night. It gets that way sometimes. This is an entry I’ve been saving up since … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: More Meatballs: Meatballs From History (Part 1 of 3)
After posting some of my favorite meatball recipes last week, I realized that I had more to share. As some of you may know, one of my interests is historical cookery: looking at cookbooks and manuscripts from various historical periods … Continue reading
Double Dragon Friday #13: The Return of Dragon Friday
I know. I’ve been slacking on this a bit. I’ve got a whole string of excuses lined up, if you want to hear them. But, bottom line, I’ve been neglecting my dragon and his friends. So to make up for … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: My “Eureka!” Moment; or, To Make A Long Story Short
I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had finished editing the first book of my “Daughters of August Winterbourne” series. Turns out I was wrong about that. See, something was still bothering me about the book, and that … Continue reading
Recipe Wednesday: Once Upon A Meatball…
First, apologies for not posting last week. Beloved Husband and I were off celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary. Next time, I’ll try to plan ahead a little better. This week, I thought I would share three of my favorite meatball … Continue reading
Writing Thursday: Help Wanted; or, Would You Like To Read A Story?
My big news this week is that I’ve finally, finally finished my second draft of The Daughters Of August Winterbourne, Book 1. (And yes, I know I need a snazzier title than that. Working on it. Really.) So now I’ve … Continue reading
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