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How becoming a novelist was the best…and the worst

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Becoming a novelist was a dream come true. I had found my calling. In doing so I lost the one thing I had loved all my life. Reading. Hard to imagine, right? Since I was six years old I used to sit and read a book from beginning to end. I would be lost in it. My world was magically changed. Movies were created in my mind. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe was the first book that changed my life as a young girl. I also sucked up Roald Dahl's books. Then came along V.C. Andrews and Sydney Read more [...]

Do your dreams affect what you write?

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Do you dream about the same thing over and over? For years I had theme dreams. How I wish they were of nice things. Meadows. Carnivals. Melting ice cream cones on a beach. I'd even take being naked in public. Nope. Mine were scary. A man with a machete looking to whack off my head. Or falling through snow to a burning lava river below. Slice and burn. Not my choice to exit this world. And I can't forget the wolves racing across the tundra to devour me. Of course I never actually died Read more [...]

Love the bad ass: guys who inspire characters

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I love a bad ass. I do. Always wanted to be one. Failed miserably at it. But I love them in the movies and books. And I especially like to write them as characters. Real life bad asses give me inspiration. In my book A HUMAN ELEMENT Ben lets his mean foster father go up in flames, drinks, gets off with prostitutes, but has a sweet spot for the weak and gets his butt kicked trying to be a hero. Who gives me inspiration to write this guy? The ultimate bad ass. Russell Crowe. He kicks butt Read more [...]

Write-On Wednesdays! Self-help author Jerry Waxler reaches out to other writers

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Jerry Waxler, M.S. author of “Four Elements of Writers,” considers himself a writing-activist, trying to convince people that if they want to write, they ought to overcome obstacles and “just do it.” Jerry answers questions today about how he became interested in helping writers help themselves. Why are you so passionate about reaching out to writers? When I was 18, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up, a doctor. By the time I was 24, I was living in a garage, preparing Read more [...]