Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • Trouble is My Business

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    I’ve been reading a collection of stories by Raymond Chandler the last few days, when I got stuck on the writing and wanted to soak up a little more flavor. I’d gone through all the Spillane we own (that is, none of the Mike Hammer books) and I’m disinclined to shell out $6-7 each for…

  • Planning Ahead

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    On Sunday, rather early in the morning, I leave on a big trip. Because I have multiple connecting flights, and a close to four-hour layover in a place where I’d love to leave the airport and do some sightseeing, but can’t due to the ever-damned security hassles, I don’t arrive at my destination until early…

  • Aphasia

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    Aphasia is a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that control language. It can make it hard for you to read, write, and say what you mean to say. It is most common in adults who have had a stroke. Brain tumors, infections, injuries, and dementia can also cause it. The…

  • Covers and Writing

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    My #indiepublishing how-to contribution over at Mad Genius Club today is covers, specifically how to judge, find, and use art suitable for an ebook cover (planning ahead for print, as well).  Although this is a topic I’ve covered a few times (heh) this year, we continue to get questions about it, so I’ve done it…

  • Artfully: Day 11

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    This one’s for Dad, who requested one of my ‘one line kitties’ I used to do these with quill pen on watercolor paper. Today’s is digital, because I’ve been writing like mad and don’t want to distract my brain with more of the Wizbun story. That, and I don’t know where the rabbit and dragon…

  • Shifting Gears

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    That funny grinding noise you hear is my brain trying to shift from school speed to writing, full steam ahead.  Last night I felt rather lost, thinking: I’ve got homework, I am sure… wait, no.  So I stepped away from the computer, and picked up a stack of books to study beginnings, before starting Dragon…

  • Conformation Bias

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    I switched Mad Genius Club Days with Sarah, so here you go… Which gender do you prefer reading? Do you care?

  • For Me, But Not For Thee – David Pascoe

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    I should preface this by mentioning that I had never seen the first three until I was nineteen, and they stuck me in the Electronics dept of the store I was working in, and it was me, and a tall geeky guy who sadly I have forgotten his name, but he was very nice to…

  • Future Food

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    Food, fads, and the future… what do you think the interstellar space ship kitchen will look like?

  • Epic Bullying

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    #Shirtstorm The Bullies Won Long Live the Bullies Who will stand with me for individuality, and freedom of expression? The bullying started with a ‘reporter’ focusing on an irrelevant detail instead of a monumental human achievement. It ended in triumph for the bullies when the geek who’d been targeted apologized to them in tears, because…

  • A Newbies Guide to Romance

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    Romance, and later, the Happily Ever After!

  • Working on the Side

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    I’m not doing NaNo, I can’t. I am enjoying watching my friend Amanda Green work on her challenge, though, and you might be entertained by her character as well. I am, however, trying to keep on with the writing, in the spare moments I have around homework and everything else. Yesterday, for instance, I had…