Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Aug 18 2005
Cows And Effect
I do love puns, and this one from Siftin' could keep me smiling 'til the cows come home (which might be awhile, if they end up that far out)
posted at: 17:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I do love puns, and this one from Siftin' could keep me smiling 'til the cows come home (which might be awhile, if they end up that far out)
posted at: 17:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Fifteen Minutes Of Name?
The auctioning of fictional character and place names is an interesting way to raise money for charity. Naming something, or someone, in a fictional story is usually a highly internal process for a writer. A name tends to grow in the subconscious and then leap to the forefront of the mind, as though it had actually been there all the time. It was the writer who had to come to the right place to know it.
Part of me wonders if this will spark lesser-known writers to begin selling names as a way of funding future writing projects. I do know that names are powerful things. A tavern named The Establishment brings to mind a set of associations that are quite different from those a reader would get if you named the pub Corner Cavern or Red's Ruckus.
posted at: 09:46 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
The auctioning of fictional character and place names is an interesting way to raise money for charity. Naming something, or someone, in a fictional story is usually a highly internal process for a writer. A name tends to grow in the subconscious and then leap to the forefront of the mind, as though it had actually been there all the time. It was the writer who had to come to the right place to know it.
Part of me wonders if this will spark lesser-known writers to begin selling names as a way of funding future writing projects. I do know that names are powerful things. A tavern named The Establishment brings to mind a set of associations that are quite different from those a reader would get if you named the pub Corner Cavern or Red's Ruckus.
posted at: 09:46 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
