Tag: loneliness
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Where the Strong Lose
Subtitled, “An imaginary conversation between Strength and the World,” or “Why I wince when people thank me for writing strong female characters.” I attempt to write realistic characters, but I would never set out to write strong ones, because being strong sucks. Being strong means never getting the cake, and who wants that in life? What […]
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Boom goes the bad stuff.
I indulged in a minor volcanic eruption of emotional honesty a couple of days ago. The pressure had been building for a long time, and there had been rumbles, but this time I finally went kablooie, complete with poisonous online gassing and a pyroclastic cloud of ash dumped on my life partner. I feel a […]
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Where Do Ideas Come From?
Do you know the answer? I don’t. Sometimes I wonder if the brain that connects to my fingers is even the same brain that connects to my mouth. The Knowledgeable Writing Advice Experts say, “Write it the way you would say it,” but I don’t speak the way I write. For one thing, why would […]
