Alica McKenna Johnson Music and Musings Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, Holiday Shopping, Loreena McKennitt, Music and Musings Monday, Music Monday, Passive Aggressive gifts 19
Do you ever feel like the gifts you’re given are more of a passive aggressive snub then a present? Of course there’s the fattening rich food when everyone knows you’re dieting. The heavily perfumed soaps and lotions with a note, “So you’ll smell sweet all the time.” What does that mean? you think, as you […]
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Create Diversity Tip Seven: We are all people. As you read books, watch movies, and research, you will realize we are all people. We want to be happy and safe. What creates happiness and safety is different for everyone. Some people want to travel, a family, riches, intelligence, to be left alone, or to be […]
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Create Diversity Tip Six: Not everyone has family history hanging on the wall. I am German. It’s my German ancestry that gives me my red hair. I get it from thin Northern Germans and Vikings. Other than my hair color, which most people think is Irish, there is nothing German about me. I don’t have […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Music and Musings Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, being a brat, Music and Musings Monday, Music Monday 14
I am a brat and as such when I hear a song about supernatural being I wonder why these don’t wind up in people’s books. Why doesn’t Bella have ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ as her ring tone for Jacob? Or “It’s a Deadman’s Party’ for the Cullens? If I was Anita Blake I would get […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Music and Musings Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, Create Diversity, Diversity Tips, Korean Music, Music and Musings Monday, Music Monday 5
After several lovely comments and my own need to put something in my blog I am going to expand upon my eight steps towards adding more cultural diversity into your life and your writing. Tip one is all about perspective and cheating. My YA series Phoenix Child has many characters from different cultural backgrounds and […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Music Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, Eurovision song contest, Music Monday 8
Elitsa & Stoyan was the 2007 Bulgarian entry for Bulgaria. I love the older traditional music woven in with modern beats. I have been reading We Are Not Alone by Kristen Lamb- it’s amazing and over the next few weeks I’m going to be adding to my blog, hopefully making this more interesting 🙂 So […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Music Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, French Music, Music Monday, NWS 12
Zazie is a french singer with a lot of great songs, but I this is my favorite video. It is not work safe a special treat for all my new followers 🙂 Enjoy and maybe be inspired for a story? It’s a happy playful song. I always want to skip and twirl in circles when […]
Alica McKenna Johnson Music Monday Alica Mckenna Johnson, Eurovision song contest, Music Monday 4
I’ve spent a lot of time with the boys so the next few Monday’s will be dedicated to female singers. The first is Marija Serifovic who won the 2007 Eurovision song contest. She has a rich voice which is full of passion and I love that she sings in her native language. I also love […]
