Music and Musings Monday
Creating Diversity Tip Five: Don’t be afraid to offend people. Redheads are often portrayed as sultry nymphomaniacs. No one minds writing us this way. Those of you who know me can just be quiet! No one worries about offending redheads, and yet we bite our finger nails with fear about possibly offending someone of a different color, religion, or sexual orientation. Why? We are all people and while we should try not to stereotype people sometimes it just works. Your bad guy could be any color,...
Foreign Film Friday
I watched three movies this week to share with all of you. The first, Grimm, is a Dutch film the back cover led me to believe that it was a story about two adults trying to survive when they land in a fairy tale world- kind of an adult Hansel and Gretel. I have no idea what it was, and yes I could see bits of fairy tales in the ‘story’ but it was really weird- and you’ve already seen movies I like so this is saying something. The plot didn’t make sense. I didn’t like the characters and didn’t...
My son is seventeen today.
My son is seventeen today. Who let that happen? I want to write something poignant and funny, but it just isn’t flowing like that this morning. Some days I’m shocked when this young man walks into the room towering over me and saying, Hey mom what’s there to eat?” I keep expecting to see my young son and his little sister belly crawl across the floor in camo and face paint. And while I might still see Logan doing that he couldn’t talk Tala into it any more. I don’t miss those days- I was there...
Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip four: Take classes! I’ve found several classes offered through writers groups on how to write realistic characters. They have offered, gay, Native American, victims, Latina, psychopaths, police officers, and others. I hope we will be seeing more of these classes. Join an RWA group and get on the class mailing list, this way you’ll always know what’s being offered. You can also take classes from the local college; some libraries have lectures they offer; and community...
Foreign Film Friday
I have three very different horror movies for you to pick from today. I hope you find one you like, and make sure to tell me if you ever watch any of the movies I post here. I'd love to know if you enjoyed it. Kibakichi is a Japanese movie about demons and a samurai werewolf. The fight scenes have everything you want in a cheesy Japanese movie: swords, wire work, cheesy sound effects , and spurting blood. The bummer- the movie is long and the fight scenes are at the beginning and end, leaving...
Wise, Witty, and Wacky Wednesday
“There is nothing new under the sun.” We all know this is true. Oh, sure, they make things shinier and put more stuff together. Have you seen the new Kindle Fire- I’m super excited! However, the point is that things are put together in new ways but we repeat the same things over and over. Canoes, bikes, wagons, cars, trains, and space shuttles are all transportation. Not a new idea. People have always wanted to go from one place to another and to go as far and as fast as they can. Yes, these...
Monday Music and Musings
Create Diversity Tip Three: basic research I fear today’s tip isn’t very exciting, but basic research isn’t always very exciting. If you want to write about a place or people you don’t know, get yourself to the library and start researching. Now I will share a secret--get children’s books. While adult travel books do have some important information, children’s books have more sensory information: colors, sights, sounds, etc. This will help your book more than knowing the twenty top mid-range...
Foreign Film Friday
It took me reading other people's posts to realize that it's October and people were doing Halloween themed blogs. So of course I had to join because there are some really great scary foreign films out there. I've already done: The Host and Dead Snow, both excellent foreign horror movies and if you haven’t seen them you need to. For the month of October I’ll be reviewing two foreign horror movies for you all to enjoy. I’ll even try and mix up the countries because it would be too easy for me...
Create Diversity Tip Two
I missed all of you, but I needed a week to get my blogs built back up and figure out what I was doing. I'm taking Krisitn Lamb's blogging class so expect wonderful changes. Monday Musings and Music. Create Diversity Tip Two: books and movies. I have heard many authors say they are afraid to write characters from backgrounds different from their own because they don’t feel they can portray them well. I understand this concern; however, like everything in life you can learn. A great way to do...
Sorry for disappearing. I had a friend c
Sorry for disappearing. I had a friend come into town, then my one weekend off a month, then today lots of catching up and a kids decided to run. I have been writing blogs so hopefully I'll have everything set up and not fall behind like this again!
