Showing posts with label Hannah McCabe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hannah McCabe. Show all posts
Friday, July 28, 2023

Writing Scenes

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Like most writers I am always interested in the processes used by other writers. Since I started working on my 1939 historical thriller I...
Friday, November 18, 2022

In Search of a Title

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This post is going to be short because I'm trying to finish my nonfiction book about gangster movies and get it out before Thanksgiving ...
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Friday, February 08, 2019

About the Villain

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I intended writing about something else today, but what Donis wrote about villains yesterday got me thinking. I'm dealing with that is...
Friday, December 14, 2018

How My Characters Will Spend the Holidays

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It's 11 days before Christmas, And not a gift has been bought. No decorations are hanging, No tree has gone up, But the writer is pl...
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Friday, March 09, 2018

Recurring Themes

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Barbara's post on Wednesday about the recurring themes in her body of work reminded me of my own endeavor. Over the past several months,...
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Friday, June 16, 2017

Characters and Seasons

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Donis's blog yesterday about summer reading reminded me of what I've always liked about summer. As a child (student) and as an adult...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

A Visual Aid

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Yesterday was a snow day here in Albany. My driveway was covered and the streets (according to local news) were treacherous. I slept in and ...
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Friday, October 21, 2016

Characters, Ideas, and Settings

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The posts by my colleagues this week has been so thought-provoking, I had a hard time deciding what to blog about today. Characters who take...
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Friday, October 07, 2016

What I Write About

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Last night I did an exercise suggested by Donna Alward and Nancy Cassidy, the authors of an article in Romance Writers Report (RWR)* about &...
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Friday, September 09, 2016

Growing as a Writer

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I've been thinking about the question my colleagues have been discussing about what is required to become a competent writer -- innate t...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Changing Directions

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Ever been in the midst of one writing project when another grabbed you by the arm, said, "Me! Me!" and wouldn't let go? In a...
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Friday, May 06, 2016

Real People and Fiction

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I can't resist joining this week's discussion about the use of real people's stories in fiction. I have done it, too. Because my...
Friday, January 30, 2015

The Name's the Thing

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I've been thinking about names -- character names. My strategy for finding names when I first started to write was to go to the telephon...