Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • Anthropomorphic

    Anthropomorphic

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    Today as I was running an errand, pondering Lit. class, and our ongoing discussion of houses in stories we were reading, which tied into the obituary of a house I wrote earlier this week, I was startled by something my GPS did into thinking about anthropomorphism. Like that sentence, my brain often rambles off on…

  • Etcetera

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    I am having a bumpy day. Not all good, not all bad… and class in an hour. Chemistry, which I’m a little (ok, a lot!) scared of. So I didn’t write today, but I have had some lively online conversations about writing, and publishing, and… There are times it’s great to have a whole world…

  • How Long?

    How Long?

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    I finished my second novel yesterday. By that I do not mean that I will never touch it again, because there is a whole lot of work left to be done on it. But I wrote the final scene, several paragraphs further, sat and stared at it for a while, thinking about how best to…

  • The End

    The End

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    When you are reading a novel, how important is the end to you? What’s a great ending you remember? What’s one that will make you toss the book and think ‘never reading that author again’? I’m getting to the very end of Pixie Noir, and I want to make it good for you, my readers!…

  • Review Friday

    Review Friday

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    Today I review a story called Snow Angel, by Stryder Dancewolffe, at her behest, to compare and contrast the stories with two very similar titles, themes, and yet very different in content and style. Stryder’s novella is set in a world decimated by plague, where the mentally ill are discarded like broken dolls. One such…

  • Story Snippet!

    Story Snippet!

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    If you’re interested in my new mystery novella, Memories of the Abyss, but wanted to see what it was about before you bought it, here’s a snip! Let me know what you think…  Memories She sat in the warm afternoon sun, her face tilted toward the warmth, eyes closed. It was finally spring, and she…

  • Part Two of the Art of Covers

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    Part Two of the Art of Covers Eric Gustafson’s continuing take on cover art and design. Good stuff, take a look! 

  • IndyFur Con AAR

    IndyFur Con AAR

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    I went to IFC as a dealer, performing face and body art, and selling my book. So this was a different event for me. Only my fourth convention ever, it was my first time working at a con, and my first Furry con. I had a blast. I didn’t make any money, but that is…

  • Tip the Author

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    In my other business, I frequently work for tips, or at least partly for tips. So I know that feeling of someone slipping a larger bill than anticipated in my hand and telling me “you did a great job, thank you!” So how, you might ask, can you tip an author? You sat quietly and…

  • Life’s an Idea

    Life’s an Idea

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    I didn’t blog yesterday because I had a day out with my sweety, and we took a long leisurely drive in the countryside. I really enjoy those, the more back roads the better, and the ability to explore, have no time pressure, and just ramble is my idea of a great day. We came across…

  • Review: Postponed

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    I am supposed to put a review here for you, and I have two, actually, but they aren’t happening until likely tomorrow. Just too much to do. I did finish a short story last night, set in feudal Japan, with a tattoo artist and a woman who isn’t what she seems. I’m pleased with it,…

  • Human Wave Garage Sale!

    Human Wave Garage Sale!

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    Guest post by Sabrina Chase, who was kind enough to organize this first collaborative effort for Human Wave authors.  The Human Wave Garage Sale When did it become fashionable for published fiction to be full of self-loathing for qualities most intelligent humans value? Where’s the adventure, the courage, the fun? We suppose it was about the…