This Weekend I Shall Wear Makeup, because, DFWCon!

This Weekend I Shall Wear Makeup, because, DFWCon!

Be a writer they said. You don’t have to wash your hair, put on makeup, and leave your dogs, they said. But they didn’t say anything about writers’ conferences. I’m not complaining. In fact, I can’t wait. DFWCon is an amazing conference for writers at every stage of their career, from just beginning to best seller. I will be at DFWCon speaking on these topics: Writing With Passion is More than Opening a Vein Forget...

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I’m invited to speak on my favorite subject: Writing With Passion*!

I’m invited to speak on my favorite subject: Writing With Passion*!

My apologies to subscribers who received notification of two password-protected blog entries earlier today. They will be part of my presentation in Tyler, TX next Saturday. Maybe I’ll open them up later if anybody is interested!   East Texas Writers Guild 14th Annual Summer Conference KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL WRITING Mystery, First Draft, Emotion, Drama, Humor Saturday, July 15  *  9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tyler Junior College – West Campus –...

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Five Hamlets Expanded

Five Hamlets Expanded

This post was created to supplement a writing workshop. “To be or not to be” From The Groundling’s Guide to Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Hilary J Kovar, Ph.D The status of Hamlet’s most famous speech is tricky.   If Hamlet knows (or even suspects) that Claudius and Polonius (or their agents) are spying on him, this is a monologue that pretends to be a soliloquy, and its representation of Hamlet’s “inner thoughts” is a matter of...

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What a Horror Writer, a Princess, and a Saint Can Teach Us About Passion

What a Horror Writer, a Princess, and a Saint Can Teach Us About Passion

  Yes, the next chapter of Writing With Passion has posted on Patreon! This month the topic is “Writing Characters With Passion,” or as you see above, “What a Horror Writer, a Princess, and a Saint Can Teach Us About Passion.”   Want to read it? It’s easy. Become a patron for only $1 a month. Then you–yes you!–can nonchalantly say, “I am a patron of the arts, you know.” Like all...

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