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Light From Within
It is an older house, Not old in the good sense, weathered, outdated, simple with overgrown bushes. But the top edge of the windowed front porch is adorned with vintage Christmas lights; Big, bright, red, blue, green, yellow. Jolly colors that tell me, Someone in that house has a merry heart. The care of its…
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Whose Socks Are These?
I’m a keeper of old things. That’s clear, though these days, less and less. Going through boxes of Christmas decorations, I found my childhood stocking. I think my parents bought it when I was born because it’s not the stocking I remember being stuffed with little gifts. For those who may not know the traditions…
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NaNoWriMo 2020 Novel – A Walk Through Editing
At 40K words, I shared my opening paragraph of my NaNoWriMo novel – “Kill Words” . Below I have shown it again and explained the edits I have made so far. The first sentence of a novel is hugely important but the first paragraph in my opinion is usually the ‘make or break’ that determines…
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Puppet Talk
I have a set of puppets. Looking at each character I could write a story, a horror story. They are creepy, at least to me. I’ve been carrying these puppets with me for over thirty years. They were my father’s. I’m not sure if they ended up in my possession because he gave them to…
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Who Is In Your Corner?
No one likes to be backed into a corner, to the place where there doesn’t seem any way to go. Left, right, up or down, is there a way out? It’s the perfect place to put a character in. It’s classic. Every story has it. The moment when all seems lost. It’s the reason we don’t put down the book. Why…
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NaNoWriMo 2020 The End
Did I make it? I set my goal at 30K because I didn’t want to stress myself. The idea of fifty thousand words in thirty days seemed nuts. As a matter of fact when I first heard about NaNoWriMo two years ago that is just what I thought about it- crazy idea; who would even try? That was even…
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Clare Graith 