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Subtext: A Life In Between The Lines

Posted on March 13, 2021 by carilynn27

Subtext: A Life Between The Lines Subtext is any content of a creative work which is not announced explicitly by the characters or author, but is implicit or becomes something understood by the observer of the work. Text is what … Continue reading →

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Rick Roirdan Presents

Posted on January 31, 2021 by carilynn27

Rick Roirdan Presents My children and I are huge fans of Percy Jackson. We absolutely adore The Kane Chronicles and The Magnus Chase Series. Roirdan’s writing style is both intelligent and funny. Though often dealing with darker themes, he keeps … Continue reading →

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Diary Entry Titles

Posted on December 23, 2020 by carilynn27

I’ve kept a diary since 1990, but I didn’t start adding titles until about 2010. As I began typing up my entries and putting them into volumes, I found the entries easier to identify and keep separate by adding titles … Continue reading →

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Preface To Radiant Darkness: 20th Anniversary Edition

Posted on August 25, 2020 by carilynn27

Preface to Radiant Darkness: 20th Anniversary Edition August 1, 2000 my first book Radiant Darkness was published by iUniverse.com. It is hard to believe that 20 years have gone by since that fateful day. I thought it was time to … Continue reading →

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Hermes Helps Out

Posted on August 16, 2019 by carilynn27

Hermes Helps Out This collection of poetry, Persephone’s Echo, is about the echoes of the past in both mythology and my personal life. This collection combines the Jungian archetype with Sylvia Plath like confession. It also combines the personal with … Continue reading →

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The Lady in White

Posted on October 26, 2018 by carilynn27

The Lady in White Halloween 1992 was different. I skipped the Haunted Hotel, Trick or Treat and the Parade. It was a chilly October night when I took a stroll downtown in Shelby. I often took walks alone, exploring and … Continue reading →

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Dark And Stormy Night

Posted on October 24, 2018 by carilynn27

A Dark And Stormy Night Memory is not reliable. It gets tangled among emotions and thoughts. Who is to say what really happened and what we felt happened. Who is to say that both are not real in some way … Continue reading →

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A Writer’s Coach

Posted on September 2, 2018 by carilynn27

A Writer’s Coach By Jack Hart Chapter 1: Method Think first—write later Talk it out Shrink you subject Write thesis Doodle Chapter 2: Process Prove it Plan it Structure it Write it Edit it Chapter 3: Structure Don’t stall on … Continue reading →

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Sense and Sensuality

Posted on September 2, 2018 by carilynn27

Sense and Sensuality by Janet Fitch, April 2000 Fiction Writer MagazineAngling for Description: Use Synesthesia, which is when you use one sense to describe another. Like hearing colors. Here two exercises using the sense of taste and sense of … Continue reading →

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Get Your Books On The Shelf

Posted on September 1, 2018 by carilynn27

Get Your Books On The Shelf If you Self-Publish or go through an Independent Publisher, you may have the challenge of trying to get your books on bookshelves. Many big chain bookstores will only order your book if they … Continue reading →

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