tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324779462012-02-16T22:33:39.229-05:00Sandra Tuttle is an author of Urban Fantasy.Sandra Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370020416849658895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32477946.post-31919080839929353942010-08-03T02:05:00.012-04:002010-08-03T03:16:33.128-04:00

Well kids I know it's been about FOREVER since I last posted and I'll fill in you in why. I've been a traveling freak.I've been to Oregon, California, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky (of course Michigan) and I'm on my way to Washington state at the end of this week. I've been visiting family/friends and writing when I

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Yes I'm doing a Thanksgiving blog: surprise surprise. But since I can't seem to do anything in a standard fashion, I thought I'd mix things up a bit. Things that I'm thankful for that perhaps I shouldn't, or just that seem counter intuitive.I am thankful for:Being laid off.Being divorced.Being virtually homeless.These surely aren't things most people would categorize in the thankful category but

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While bff's equal muse from a distance, up close and personal is another story.My bff, CoD, is a wonderful inspiration from afar. She helps push me through rough patches in writing and is my sounding board. This is all over the internet and phone, since we live about 9 hours from one another. However, this past month I've been in her home state of Missouri visiting with her. And what have I

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The response has been nil on the writing prompts so I guess I won't give them anymore. Boo!The following is the opening scene from Book 1 of the Just Sam series: Inevitable~~~Every time I'm about to find something incredible, my body takes over, even when my mind knows it should proceed with caution. The scent in the air changes and my vision narrows to see nothing but the dirt before me. I know

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Writing Prompt:I didn't know what to do. Is there a social protocol for when someone's face starts falling off right in front of you?Update on me:I am on the road again--imagine that, wanderlust again. Jack Kerouac ain't got shit on me. ;)I am currently in Missouri with my BFF CoD. She is my muse and helps me edit my work as I write, so you'd think I'd be getting a shit load of writing done

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Writing Prompt:I looked into the green glass of the bottle in front of me and saw the one thing I never wanted to see reflected there. Now onto the blog:I'm probably not the best person to blog about how to write. My theory is basically "Just do it" and work out the kinks as you go along. This is a very long way to go about things but in the end I think it is the most creative and allows the

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A few weeks ago I posted a blog about how I was going to post writing prompts/challenges every week, then I completely forgot about it! How terrible is that? Granted the response was nil, but still, I really should've followed through.So here you go, the writing challenge of the week:To help with a pitch to an agent/editor write a haiku about the plot of your novelStandard format for a haiku is

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As some of you may know, I am completely rewriting book 1 of the Just Sam series.I'm doing this for several reasons:1. I'm a better writer now and editing is proving to be impossible2. Samantha's voice has changed in my head3. It is the first book I've ever written and I've worked some kinks out in my styleand most importantly...4. It has glaring plot gapsThe fourth is most important to me

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I stumbled upon this blog today. As an author who is inspiring to be published, and for those of you out there like me, it's appropriate to take a minute and reflect on what an editor wants. Of course they want someone who can write well, but what about the social niceties of the business? We don't often hear about that.Editorial Ass: What Makes a Dream Author

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It's been awhile since I've posted about the books I like to read, YA Fantasy in particular. YA Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy specifically, have become quite popular of late and my previous blog with series I like to read has received many hits, so I figured I'd update it a bit.Melissa De La Cruz: The Blue Bloods:The basics: Set in New York City, in this world the vampires are high class socialites

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No, we aren't talking about me. Am I short? Yes. Sweet? Nope, more like walking plague at the moment. I woke up this morning feeling quite ill. I thought it was perhaps the rum and diets, or the strange shot someone bought for me, or perhaps even the jungle juice after the smoky bar closed but nope it's the plague. This plague has given me a new Indian name. I shall now be called Forever

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I'm instituting a new section of my weekly blog. I will be blogging a weekly writing tool. It could be a thought provoking question, a prompt, or other various writing exercises.The prompts I like the best are ones that are a sentence or two to be included in your answer to the prompt. Feel free to change words around, use it anywhere in the prompt, or forgo its use and simply use it as the

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Currently I am riding on a train to Chicago from my hometown of Kalamazoo. It is only a two and a half hour ride, but here I am, actually going somewhere and I'm able to write. With my back to the engine, I only see where we've been. It's strange for a control freak who has a gun fighter mentality—back to the wall/corner and front toward the door—to like having their back to their destination,

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I'm going to get a little new agey on all of you here. Prepare yourself as you deem necessary.I am a Virgo. Yup, the Eternal Virgin, which can basically mean we have a giant rod stuck up our asses from time to time. However... there is something else that softens this critical quality that we Virgos have. It's called being a mutable sign.Per Wikipedia:In astrology, the mutable signs (also

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I'm torn about whether critique groups are right for me. However, perhaps some of my experiences will help you, as a writer, to make your decision.Critique groups have done the following for me:-Clued me in to the mechanics of writing: i.e. my passive writing at timesNot only passive writing, but adding more sensory description, improper sentence structure, grammatical elements, shown me where I

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Okay, let me first point out that this blog in no way discriminates against the French. Lol It, indeed, is truly about frogs--you know the slimey, beady eyed, throat billowing frogs.Also... this blog is not connected to Fuck you Penguin, nor is it a homage. I am not talking about how cute frogs are, or how they are trying to take over the world... okay I lied about the last part.They are

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Okay the whole first half of the title is a big fat lie. I have no right to lump myself in with the greats and I have no idea what they are susceptible to, but it sounded good, didn't it?My BFF extraordinaire and coincidentally the Cheerleader of Doom (CoD)decided it would be best for her to blog on a specified day so that she can amass a readership. Brilliant idea I think. Unfortunately,

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I don't have a whole lot to say, as this piece speaks for itself. I will say this art form is incredible and I am quite inspired by this. It is profound. It makes me feel full and yet lacking at the same time. I feel happy, yet want to cry as well. To me, conflicting feelings are always a good indicator of amazing creation. I salute you, Kseniya Simonova.

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I'd like to believe that with practice and patience, all things are possible. But perhaps that isn't the case? Or perhaps I just don't have the damned patience to make it possible?While my patience with others is limited, patience with myself is downright nonexistent. I'd love to be able to not only play a musical instrument, but compose music as well. And yet I wasn't born a prodigy,

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Should the chance at a joke overpower my empathy? Probably not, but it did today...luckily my mom is used to it.Sometimes I'm such a brat. My dad went to take out the dog on a commercial break. I was eating a Dove chocolate... you know the kind with sweet little messages inside? My message said "Share a chocolate moment with someone you love."I read it aloud, then passed a chocolate to my mom,

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I'm having a hard time writing a scene. It's an action sequence which normally I don't have a problem with--however something bad is happening to Samantha in this scene. Maybe that's why I can't see it in my head...because I don't want to? Maybe I can't/won't/don't want to put myself in her place? As a filmmaker, I'm quite visual. I see everything first before I write it on the page. I can't

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Every few years or so I get this urge to contact old friends. It tends to be different friends every time. I wonder what stars align, hormones rise, or parts of my brain start working again to make this happen.While Facebook is potentially the worst time suck in the world, it is making keeping tabs on old friends and reconnecting that much easier. So while it forces me to plant raspberries on

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Damn, good news doesn't last long. Here I am, thinking I'm being all good and shit by blogging (it wasn't almost two years since my last blog ya know--hint hint) but that wasn't good enough. NOW I have to blog everyday. (no promises, that was sarcasm)You see ladies and gentleman, I have someone who is my whip cracker. I am not the whipping boy, no, I deserve the whippings, the beating, the

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It hasn't been a whole year since I last posted. It's only been 7 months and some change. Oh happy day! Some of you keen, savvy readers may have wondered what the last post, the crossroads was about. Some of you may believe that is has to do with something personal, decisions I need to make in my life... well duh. So what was it about and what path did I choose? The answer: I haven't yet.

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A woman comes to a crossroads, but isn't a perpendicular four way intersection. No roads here travel straight with clear directions. No, even the road behind her is skewed with twists, turns, hills, valleys, over hanging low branches, logs to jump over... she can't see where she's been and sometimes she feels like she was never there at all.There is only the present, only the crossroads. The

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Well I haven't been here in quite awhile have I?I got a new job that requires quite a bit of my time, I was in my sister's wedding in another state, I was the copy writer/web designer for a local political candidate and I moved (which required painting 5 rooms of the house after a full day of work) Yeah, I've been busy.I'm hoping that things have settled down enough in my life to allow me to get

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Inspiration:Where can it come from?To be honest, just about anywhere, it really depends upon your frame of mind at the time.For instance, right now, I’m feeling pretty crappy. I’ve got a lot of decisions I need to make, none of which are fun, and am feeling a bit stuck in a place I don’t want to be stuck in. I know I have to make hard decisions that will make me feel crappy, but ultimately,

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Sometimes I just have to trust myself.There are times when I'm feeling down on myself and that nothing I write is worth the scrap paper it's printed on.As you can imagine, that mood doesn't help me write one bit. Those are the negative creeping thoughts that are detrimental to my writing.When those thoughts pop up, I've realized that I need to to take a break and do something completely

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7:35 pm Saturday evening. I'm stuck at work, but no one is currently bothering me and I hear thunder--I'm content for now. Except I as soon as I typed that, I developed a case of the hiccups. Contentment doesn't last long does it? At least not as one ages.Now, I know 27 isn't exactly ancient, but it'd old enough to remember being young and longing for it.Normally I am not the type of person who

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Okie dokie, here's the scoop. Something is wrong with my computer and I am not able to upate my main website www.sandratuttle.com Luckily, my blogger is web based and works beautifully. So instead of putting my book excerpt on my website as per normal, I am blogging it.Now, we know why as far as location is concerned, but not why the blasted thing was written in the first place. I have been

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Of course, as soon as I say that I won’t be blogging for awhile because life is getting in the way, I want to blog. I told my writers group that I’d be on hiatus for awhile, and what happens? I have a renewed interest in getting back into the swing of things.Life is a bitch… and the rest of the saying goes… and then you die. But the saying should go, Life is a bitch, so you try to adjust to

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...because it is.This blog is here to tell you that I'll be taking a break from blogging. Life has done what is does best--whatever the hell it wants to and what it wants is to interfere with my writing.I am not sad--well I am a little sad--I love to write, and I love to read, but life is not letting me make enough time for either. Mostly I am not sad though. Life is making me live it--and

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This may be a passing phase, or just a bit of impractical whimsy on my part, but I am considering going back to school to get an MFA in Creative Writing. I don't know whether this training would actually help me get published, hone my craft or just be a waste of money but the prospect is quite exciting to me at the moment. I loved being in school. I love learning period. If I had the time and

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Okay, it's been about a month and a half since I last posted. Shame on me.Y'all probably want an update huh? You don't? You completely forgot who I am? Oh, you know who I am and don't care? Well, shit, that's a blow to the ego.Ya, know what? Screw you, I'm going to blog an update regardless of you and your poor taste. I rock. I know I do, my mom tells me so all the time. ;)Seriously though,

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Step one of characterization should really be done before revision, hell before writing the damn thing, but a few simple questions can help you decide if you successfully portrayed your character.Step one is: Know your characters. Pretty straight forward, yes?Yes, but how WELL you know your characters is the kicker.You know their name (how about last name?) You know generally what they look

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I've been a bad girl.I haven't written much since I met my goal for NaNo. How bad am I!And since I haven't been writing, I've been reading. My new fascination, which isn't really new at all but whatever, is YA or Young Adult Fantasy, more specifically, Urban Fantasy. I've been reading Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy, Liza Conrad's High School Bites, Ellen Schreiber's Vampire Kisses and Amelia

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November has ended and as much as I'd liked to say Deja Vu, book 2 of the Just Sam series, has as well, that'd be a lie. While I did make my goal of 50k words for the month of November, I am still not finished with book 2. So far my total word count is up to 123k words and I know I have a TON of editing to do on this book, and as I look back on Inevitable, book 1, as well. December will be a

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I know I said I'd go through my revision checklist, and I will--have no fear. Characterization is up next and I've already started it, but I decided to do something else for the month of November.I started book 2 of my series last September and between editing book 1, going through the separation/divorce process and moving the book has been pushed to the back burner.Well no more! I joined

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Themes in fiction are something that tend to happen all by themselves. Theme in fiction isn’t the moral of the story; it is more like an outlook on life, or on the interaction of people, of culture. The author may not be aware they are constructing a theme. The author’s preconceived ideas with how characters interact with each other and their environment add to theme. The choice of the hero’s

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Revising a manuscript can be a painful process. The writer puts their heart and soul into this piece and then has to tear down its walls and see what parts of their soul don't fit with the others. Revising is like the worst SAT test problem known to man.The revision process is a necessary evil. It is the cooking down process that boils away the water and leaves a full bodied flavor behind--one

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My Bff and personal cheerleader, the Cheerleader of Doom has taken Team Doom to the next level.She's started a wonderful blog here on blogger, The Deadly Doom Digest. I recently interviewed my favorite SF Romance author Linnea Sinclair for the CoD's blog. To check it out click here:Make sure you drop her a line and tell her what an awesome job she's doing!

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I wish I could tell my readers, many of whom are writers, that synopsis writing is easy, but frankly it isn't. It could possibly be one of the most frustrating endeavors you undertake. There is an emotional element to writing a synopsis. And here I'm talking about a synopsis that is written after the book is complete, not a play by play to help you remember where you are in the plot.Writing a

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I've perused the local resources and have come upon a great writers group. It is for fiction writers and we actually do more than back patting. We offer construct criticism and so far the group helped me tighten and clean up my synopsis. I may actually be confident enough to send my manuscript out sometime soon. Imagine that!Let me say here that not all writing groups are created equal. Some

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I concur. You can go to the physical place, but being human, being changeable, skews the perception we have of our old hometowns. I should know, I just came back to mine.The difference dwindles down to the house I grew up in even. My parents recently remodeled it, trading a bedroom for a walk-in closet and an additional bathroom. They removed walls, closets, shrunk bathrubs...all in effort to

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On Thursday, rain pelted the roof and wind rocked the casbah, resulting in mass power failure for many of the local states. 2/3, possibly 3/4 of Kalamazoo County was without power, including yours truly. Luckily, my parents have a generator and while I bravely perservered through no A/C, sweat on my brow and determination in my stance, I opted out of suffering and hitched a ride to Chicago with

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I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing and he lists his writing pet peeves as does Mr. Strunk from the famous little writing book Elements of Style.Here are a few of mine...I concur on the horrors passive writing, however I write passively more than I should.The word "suddenly" bothers me. In a movie, suddenly works because all of the sudden there is something there, but in books, things just

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I'm getting a divorce. I'm sorry for my inconsisent posting. I'd like to be able to promise that it will get better but frankly, I have no idea what is ahead of me in life.We set plans in motion and think to the future, but occasionally, a random meteor flies in from Chaosville and lambastes us. Well that's where I am folks. I'd like to think of this as an adventure and that I will put one

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I've been gone quite awhile. I left for a two week vacation to Michigan, which has turned into quite an adventure, considering I am currently in Texas. Sorry for the delay in writing/blogging, but frankly I've just been having too much fun. I will blog more in the up coming weeks, especially starting in August as my vacation won't be officially over until then. :( I have been writing, only a

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I've concluded a little something about myself in the past few days. While I write books, short stories etc... I'm not exactly an author and definitely not a novelist.I enjoy writing and people enjoy reading what I write, and yet I don't have a love for words. I think I should have a love for words. I surely should know more words than I do. My vocabulary is fairly limited, I'll admit. At

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I still haven't heard back from the agent. I keep telling myself it's too soon and it really is, but that still doesn't stop the anxiety from rising time to time. I'm trying my best to shore up my defenses, to submerge my brain and heart and soul into the pool called reality before I hear back. Most likely it will be a form rejection letter, I know that. My brain knows that at least. My

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I write the beginning of this some time ago and really liked it. I was diligently working on book 2 the other day and my brain wouldn't cooperate with it so I worked on something else... I added onto Out of Control... here it is so far...Out of control. Does anyone know what that truly means? Sure there are drunken nights where we go a little wild, but we still made those choices. Our minds

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My query letter is written, finalized, printed and placed inside an addressed envelope with a SASE. All I need to do is seal it and put a stamp on it. Easy enough right? Oh probably except this is the first time I've ever done this and I need someone to hold my hand and tell me it's all going to all okay.Is my manuscript really done? Are the first three chapters good enough to make the cut?

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I'm feelig a bit conflicted today. I can't say who said this as it is one of a "Ya know what they say." Well they said that the traits you don't like in someone else, are the ones you don't like in yourself. I'm wondering if that's true with writing as well.I just finished a book by a very popular author that I like, but I didn't like this book. I felt the plot was forced, the character

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I’m emotionally exhausted. I wish I could say it’s from me putting my all into my book, but it isn’t. I just finished reading Susan Elizabeth Phillip’s book, “Honey Moon.” As with most of her books, but especially the ones from the early nineties, she puts me through the emotional wringer. There are so many ups, downs, twists turns and in this last one, even a spiral, that I’m left reeling

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Upon finishing the first major edit of my manuscript, Inevitable, I’ve been taking a break from blogging. This break wasn’t intentional—just sort of happened. I’d become wrapped up in editing, or I expend my brain to the point where it was only in Inevitable mode. Unfortunately for my blog readers, this is still where my brain is. My mind is gripping the manuscript so much it’s difficult to

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I vacillated on what to blog about today. I thought I'd blog about the latest book I'm reading, which isn't "latest" at all, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. But I hadn't finished it yet, so then I made a list of books I've read recently (way too many considering I'm still not done editing my book) and thought I'd do mini reviews of each of them. Then I got to playing on the internet as I'm

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Is thinking your work isn’t good self doubt? Or is it recognizing your failings and fixing them? Aka editing I’ve been editing quite a bit lately, in fact I’ve done about 80 pages in the last few days. I went back to read chapter one of my book and it wasn’t flowing for me. That’s a problem… or is it? Am I being too hard on myself? Am I not in the reading mood? Are the problems I’m seeing

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Hands tied behind my back, he hefted me over his shoulder and dumped me in the back of, what I’m guessing is a van—the industrial kind that don’t have seats or windows in the back. I bounced against the hard metal floor, wondering if I’d bump into high tech listening equipment that seemed factory installed with this type of vehicle—at least according to movies, and I didn’t have much experience

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The past few days I’ve been quite busy. Not with writing, but preparing for writing, and no not even research. I’ve been rearranging furniture. I moved my bedroom outfit around (the bedroom doubles as my office) I cleared my old computer desk off and the newer one (the nice big one) and am swapping. I made room for it and bought a new bookcase, which is delightfully full of novels. Oh how I

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The water was clear blue, just like every other day. Well today perhaps there was a slight greenish tint to it and that ladies and gentleman, is the extent of excitement in my life. It wasn’t always like this. I used to have excitement. Hell, I even miss the days when people would constantly ask me how I went to the bathroom. I was kind of like “duh!” but when the lower half of your body is

Sandra Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370020416849658895noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32477946.post-82772250460686108362007-04-04T11:59:00.000-04:002007-10-19T10:44:45.529-04:00

Writing is easy isn't it? The hard part is coming up with the story, right?Um... wrong. I have ideas coming out my ass, but not the time to write them all. No, the writing itself is the hard part. Just telling a story in person is easy, telling it well and with interest is more difficult... now writing down that story and making it interesting is something else all together.When you tell a

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Tara ran her hand over her stomach. Hard, ripped, defined lines, everything a stomach should be.Suzanne ran a hand over her belly, her pot, her bringer of life. Her belly was done, the timer had popped up and it was time to take it out.Janis ran a hand over her stomach, her gut, her pooch. Soft, yielding, everything a stomach shouldn't be. But her daughter loves the feeling of safety it

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1. Passive writing: If you don’t know what this means, chances are, you’re doing it. Passive: Susie had mentioned that to me before. Active: Susie mentioned that to me.Passive: We started to walk to the store.Active: We walked to the store.Passive: I’d been contemplating this for awhile.Active: I contemplated this for awhile.Passive: There was a rainbow in the sky.Active: A rainbow

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Profiles of a few characters from the Sam series.WHO are you?

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stories that is.You won’t want to hear this, but we rarely do when the truth is concerned, do we? We put our proverbial fingers in our ears and scream “Lalala” at the top of our lungs. We focus on what the beautiful people are doing. We listen to the gossip, watch our TV shows, listen to our packaged music and try desperately to shut out what I’m trying to tell you. And what pray tell, is it

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I am not a “politically correct” person. Do I go around flaunting that? No. It’s just too damn hard to keep up. I mean what do I call Islanders from let’s say Jamaica who are now Americans? They aren’t African Americans because they were never African. I can understand calling people that who immigrated here from Africa. But those who have been here for generations? Doesn’t make sense to

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Today I want to talk about not only research, but knowledge. I’ve said quite a few times that I want to teach my children HOW to think, not WHAT to think. I believe that is also true of adults.Many individuals believe that learning ends when school does. There aren’t a whole lot of people checking out text books at the library, but there are some. Most of us read for pleasure (hey I’m not

Sandra Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370020416849658895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32477946.post-90934600462477697572007-03-19T14:03:00.000-04:002007-03-19T18:23:10.604-04:00

I wanted to set up a pattern for my blogs.Monday: Short storyWednesday: Rant, random fact about me, recipe... basically Misc.Friday: Something about writing, what I've learned, haven't learned, problems etc...So on the first week I was going to try that and introduce it today, what happened? Well a short story didn't want to come to me that's what... freaking bastard. I should've known better

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I woke up at 6 something this morning, groggy after only 4 hours of sleep. Laying there in a half awake stupor, I had a good idea for a blog today. Then I fell asleep and it went bye bye. I believe it had something to do with active and passive writing, as I commented on someone else's blog yesterday regarding that very same thing, but for the life of me I can't remember. Ugh! I'm sure

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I woke up at 6 something this morning, groggy after only 4 hours of sleep. Laying there in a half awake stupor, I had a good idea for a blog today. Then I fell asleep and it went bye bye. I believe it had something to do with active and passive writing, as I commented on someone else's blog yesterday regarding that very same thing, but for the life of me I can't remember. Ugh! I'm sure

Sandra Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370020416849658895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32477946.post-52468136942051639162007-03-14T13:41:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:07:55.232-04:00

Something a bit different today. I'm in the grips of AWESOME rewrites... I've found what was lacking in book one so I'm off and running trying to fix it, making it KICK ASS. It's like Christmas and I just found the Dread Pirate Rewrites to be my very own sweet farmboy, Wesley.So here is the recipe (a very good one btw) that I'm making for dinner tonight. It's quick, yummy and great for those

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Yup that’s right, I haven’t even finished my first novel to completion (Still battling the Dread Pirate Rewrites) but I already have a writing philosophy… in fact, it is more like a philosophy on life. Here she goes… Picture this: A kindergartener, sitting on the floor of his classroom in his Osh Kibosh Goulash overalls with a pile of building blocks in front of him. He runs his pudgy

Sandra Tuttlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370020416849658895noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32477946.post-53882285116893520032007-03-11T14:06:00.000-04:002007-03-11T15:51:08.991-04:00

This is a random blog that is off schedule. I have a bit of time today, just finished reading a new book and was posting about it on a forum. So that makes me think of other books and be on the lookout for new ones. I'm always seeking new authors and it helps me decide to read someone if I get a good recommendation from someone who I know enjoys the same books I do.So here is a list of authors

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Help! My brain refuses to get into writing mode. I sit in front of my WIP and my eyes glaze over, my brain turns to fuzz and my fingers refuse to type anything. It isn’t writers block, I know where I'm going and I have things to write, I’m just not terribly sure on how the next scene will play out. I could do a writing prompt no problem, I could do some rewrties, but Book 2 or DeJa Vu is

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145 blogs later and I'm still not sure what I'm doing.I read an article about the purpose of blogs and it helped me see things in a different light. Blogs are our legacy. They will be here for years, well after we've forgotten about them. They are archived and people can look at them ten years from now. Is what I'm saying in my blog important enough, relevant enough, to stand the test of time

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Not a whole lot has been going on more than the normal mundane bullshit. I finished watching season one of Sawyer... oh excuse me, of Lost on DVD. Quite entertaining, although a bit of the awe has been rubbed away--hopefully they bring it back in season two. Timberlake is bringing back SEXY (as if Sawyer ever went out of style) and LOST is bringing back AWE.I also wrote a few more pages on

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Another little intro ditty... I like having a clean house, but I despise cleaning it. I adore eating gourmet food, but abhor cooking. Such is my lot in life. I was destined to be rich and pampered, I’m sure of it. I can even pull off uncomfortable designer shoes without so much as a grimace. Instead, my unassuming alter ego is a telemarketer by day and my superhero persona is a diner

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An email I received as a forward from a friend. ******************Read ALL of this one, it is interesting!! Make sure you read downto the very bottom!!!VERY INTERESTING-1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq .2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!3. Noah built the ark in Iraq4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq6. Isaac's wife

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Health is a funny thing. One of those elusive feelings in life that is hardly ever black and white. We say healthy and unhealthy, yet there are a million possibilities in between. More than likely, we notice our unhealthy when we first wake up in the morning, is illness worse then? Perhaps. Or perhaps we just don’t have the continual downfall of our health to compare it to. We expect our

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As advertised, the soft black leather between her thighs made no noise as she moved. Crouching low, she ran a finger along the outside seam, feeling the bumps of the bullets that lined the length of her leg. Not very practical of her, but she had a few extra clips on her other side. The single bullets were just precautions in case the clips ran out, after she’d exhausted her stakes, holy water

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Hmm... well, I may be the bearer of, what I hope is, bad news to some of you. I don't think I will be blogging as much. Coming up with a story or something worthwhile to say five times a week is sapping a lot of my rewrite and writing time away. So for now I will be reducing it to three times a week, more than likely M-W-F. This will begin next week. Til then...Here is a a video for no

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I updated the manuscript excerpt this morning. I added a little bit here and there. Something a little more light hearted...________________________________________Yup, there another one went… right to prison. This happens to me every time. Either they go to prison, or jail, or go on house arrest, or have to flee the country. I like bad boys, and they like me. The cop sauntered up my

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A continuation from yesterday's intro... *** Water pounded on my bloody fingernails as my brain snapped into place. They had given me back control too early…again. If only that were a good thing. I much preferred the days when I woke up blissfully unaware of my nighttime activities. My stomach revolted and I doubled over in pain, awaiting the worst to come. Every

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Out of control: intro...Does anyone know what that truly means? Sure there are drunken nights where we go a little wild, but we still made those choices. Our minds were under the influence of alcohol, but alcohol doesn’t tell us what to do. It cannot control us, it simply loosens our morals a bit, causing us to do what we would if we had no inhibitions. Alcohol makes us do what we really want

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It’s hard to remember that I was once whole. Yes, at one time my body was smooth, perfect and completely untouched by this treacherous world, and that was only five years ago. And look at me now. A decrepit shell of what I once was, now deformed, hurt and hunted. They did this to me. Oh, they’ll say I did this to myself, with my actions, by they did it. Their hands held the scalpels, the

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Yesterday I listed a few examples of what to think about when setting the mood: Speed, Weather, Colors, Lighting. Does the living space reflect the person? Chapter Titles: Quotes, Lyrics, Titles, Names, Songs etc... Anyone who is an avid reader or movie watcher most likely has a good sense of how a story should be told. Go with that. You pick up on clues, perhaps it’s a dark and stormy night,

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First let me just say that in no way do I think there is only one way to do things, nor do I think I know everything… that certainly is not the case! So with yesterday’s and today’s blog I am not presuming to know things… I’m simply stating what works for me. These blogs are essentially a way for me to get away with talking to myself without seeming crazy.I don’t know the rules of writing, in

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Today I felt the urge to talk about how my filmmaking experience helps me with writing, and how it hinders.The first item I wanted to discuss is Juxtaposition. Basically juxtaposition is placing two or more unrelated objects together and creating meaning that isn't there without the other object. For instance, in film, you have a shot of a very thin man, dressed shabbily, looking down. Then you

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An amazing thing has just happened. I have a fan site. I'm not published yet but the Cheerleader of Doom has taken it upon herself to make me a fan myspace site. Does she kick ass or what?Check it out and be added as a friend click here: Seriously though, this has to be one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, I'm touched beyond words really, but seeing as I'm a writer, me not

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A look at Sandra's life through her many hairstyles.As a child...Braids mostly... I still where those today. Some habits are hard to breakI went through the bob in the preteen years.At 14, I started my trek down the slightly odd... Green hair. (a real pic of Sandra)Inverted bob at 15. oh and it was pink Purple too Then it looked a little something like this...Then at 17 this... Then this... And

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Ahh, the benefits of writing everyday… I’m trying very hard to remember them. I know writing keeps my mind sharp and those pesky creative juices flowing, but sometimes… well sometimes it just isn’t very fun. Today it may be a bit of a chore. So, by writing about it being a chore, it will become less so. That’s just the way it works, I complain about not wanting to write or having nothing to

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The start of another little ditty. Thinking of making this a short paranormal romance, but it definitely has wiggle room to make it full length. I like the characters so far, could be lots of fun.Slot was going to win this year damn it. He’d find the perfect specimen. Only the purest form of temptation would enable him to get through the Ordeal. At the end he’d be rewarded with blood, sweat

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Rewrites are starting to come together. I found the right kind of car I was looking for in a certain scene (not easy to find a sporty looking, 4 door, fast car that a billionaire might drive) I also gained some input on other research details, such as Viking swords... very cool info btw and I'm uber excited to incorporate it into my book. It'll make me look smart or something!I'm just excited

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My hubby and the boys went camping this past weekend. Usually I welcome the break from the constant company being a homeschool mom provides. I like the quiet time to write. This weekend however, I found myself at a bit of a loss. Normally I'm quite a private person and love alone time, NEED alone time. But it wasn't alone "me" time this past weekend, it was lonely time.Not sure quite what

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or some of you may just not give a shit at all, that’s cool too. If that’s the case though, then why the hell are you reading this?There are some things in this world that I just plain don’t think about. Last night however, as I was taking my eye makeup off with Vaseline, I got to thinking about how petroleum jelly was made. I knew it came from oil, but wasn’t sure of the process. So, I asked

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Read yet another good book yesterday, Mona Lisa Awakening by Sunny. If you like Laurell K Hamilton (post ardeur) you'll like this book. Quite racy in parts. There are a lot of similarities in character interaction but Sunny's world is quite original and very enjoyable to read about. I believe she had a short in an anthology that came out in Jan. and the next in the series coming this month.

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I was inspired again last night. I have a lot of the historical motivation worked out for my characters in book 2/3, I'm quite excited. In fact, I was geeked until 4 am last night/this morning. It's rare that I am in a good mood for seemingly no reason, but I was excited to the point of fidgeting last night. Hey anyone see Blood and Chocolate yet? I'm wondering how it is. It looked fairly

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I am not the last of my kind. I am the only. Not a creature of the night, nor the moon, I am of the sun. Stepping out of the shade, my skin tingles. If there was hair on my arms, it would be standing on end. There is no hair though, I will tolerate no obstruction of sunlight, not even clothing. Hair tops my head, like a wick on a candle, serving a purpose. The colors of flame in my hair

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Finished the Tanya Huff novel, Blood Price—a good read. I believe it was the first DAW novel I’ve read. I wanted to check out what type of books they publish because I like their submission policy. DAW asks for the complete manuscript, which to me seems like the best way to go about things. Saw The Departed this weekend—a good flick. A tad on the longish side though. I was hoping that

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Continued...“Now tell us something interesting about yourself.”“Like what?”“Anything that may perhaps set you apart from the others. We want unique individuals in this institution.”Hmm, unique, huh? I have a whole lot of unique, unfortunately, not much of my set-apartness can be vocalized to the masses.“I’m just your everyday, ordinary girl, Professor Klum.”“Doubtful, young lady. Just tell us

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