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New Blog Post!
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One of my resolutions is to keep a family journal, but I need opinions on what format I should use!

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Today on The Novel Road:

Bestselling author Diana Pharaoh Francis

Tomorrow: Uber agent Jeff Kleinman

Have any short stories? The Novel Road Short Story Saturday segemnt is looking for content.

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As promised yesterday the Ultimate Brownie Recipe is now posted in my new blog post....see link in sig line, and enjoy!

My not-so-special trick to help me when I get stuck planning: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/01/un ... tline.html

A Secret To Rising Above...
http://lifein11d.blogspot.com/2011/01/s ... above.html

The voices will speak later. For now - enjoy.

He updated his Facebook status before laying siege to my town.
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What I learned from taking a break from writing. Link is in the signature!

Today I wrote a review of the new Narnia movie.

High Aspirations: Movie Review: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader http://bit.ly/fsKu8X

A post pointing to...someone else's fabulous post on basic short story structure...AND a question for other writers with stories set in an urban environment...

http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... rnson.html

Margo. There is a surplus: http://http.com// in the "Kay Patterson" reference link.

How much do you really know about how a city works, how people influence and are influenced by a city, and what the problems of a city are?

I believe it depends on the story. I used to write and detail how the city works, how people influeced by a city (Usually in fantasy), but sometimes I skip this sort of descriptions as it's meaningless in the story (Usually in sci-fi). Urban fantasy... well, it's also depends on your story. I've read some really good urban fantasies where the city was actually a tertiary background element. And I also read some where the detailed city was a primary element.

Guardian wrote:Margo. There is a surplus: http://http.com// in the "Kay Patterson" reference link.

Ah, thank you. Fixed that now.

Guardian wrote:...but sometimes I skip this sort of descriptions as it's meaningless in the story (Usually in sci-fi). Urban fantasy... well, it's also depends on your story. I've read some really good urban fantasies where the city was actually a tertiary background element. And I also read some where the detailed city was a primary element.

Hmm, I think you might misunderstand what I'm intending with this. It's not about description or detail level. It's about where or not the urban environment is going to realistically affect the plot and mirror the internal conflict.

What I learned from my first dip in Terry Pratchett's Universe: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/01/my ... verse.html

The Benefit of a Short Walk: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/01/be ... -walk.html

I love walking. :)