I'm reading this book about the films of John Hughes. Of course, I'm rethinking those dreaded high school years. Sure, I hated high school, but perhaps my animosity towards former classmates is a bit unnecessary. My classmates were not that awful. Many teens have far more unpleasant experiences. Anyway, while reading one of the essays …
The Nicest Guy!
Because of facebook, I now know that a certain individual from my hometown is having serious health problems. He and I are not facebook friends, but we've known each other since we were five. Well, he was five and I was four. Anyway. On facebook a mutual friend posted about his illness and asked people …
The Wrong Explanation
Why I Write by George Orwell...have you read it? Many other writers have taken this title and run with it. Have you? When non-writers ask, "Why do you write?" maybe they should be asked, "Why don't you?" What if all written words vanished? What if every written word in the world--in every language--drifted up into …
The Dreaded Sensible Limit
Every single thing I can think to write sounds like whining. And nobody wants to read whining any more than they want to hear whining. Still, I feel compelled to say I'm not visiting other blogs these days and I've barely written anything in the last few weeks. Adding two classes to my schedule may …
The Dreaded “A” Question
I hate the "A" question. So, I read a blog post by my friend JES regarding the "A" word--as in What is your novel About? An agent is currently looking at my first novel, and this "A" question is on my mind. My first novel is about a difficult subject...a conversation stopper subject. Now let's …
Still Thinking about Hitler
Okay, I'm not exactly thinking about Hitler. But the last post discussed the idea of killing in a time traveling sense, which meant if-this-then-this thinking. Writers do this kind of thinking all the time. If I have my character go here instead of there or say that instead of this... And if you've written the …
Pondering Killing Hitler
So finally the Doctor ends up in a room with Hitler. The year is 1938. The Doctor or one his companions could kill Hitler. Imagine. You may think you'd never kill anyone, but would you kill Hitler in 1938? Imagine Poland never invaded. America never liberating Paris. London never going through the Blitz. And millions …
If you’d like to be in a parallel universe…
So...just thinking that it would be nice to have more interviews for the parallel universe newspaper. And to have a bit more participation for other roles. If you would like to be a famous author in a parallel universe, you too could be interviewed for the The New Universe Times. As this is a work …
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Challenges in Creating Your Own Parallel Universe
Have you ever created a parallel universe? 'Tisn't easy. If a writer is famous, said writer will have things like interviews. You would click on Famous Writer's website, and there would be links to such interviews. Obviously, I can't actually link to The New York Times or some parallel universe equivalent. And a blog doesn't …
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I’m deluded and that’s okay. (I angst all night and I worry all day.)
On those American Idol tryouts you see those people who believe they can sing. They sing their best with all their dreams flung about for the world to see and then are told how awful they are. And they are awful. Perhaps you've laughed at their self-delusion. Perhaps you've cringed. Actually, I've never watched the …
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Marta Bacon 