MuseMedia: Time and Louise Erdrich

 MuseMedia

MuseMedia is a series of short posts, looking for our muse by mixing prose with other media.  If this was in the form of a Haiku with an image, it might be called a Haiga. For the moment  let’s enjoy the prose of some wonderful authors.

The Passage of Time (Photo credit: ToniVC)

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Receiving a Sunshine Award for Blogging

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Quite out of the blue last week, I had an email from the writer and fellow blogger  Hemmie Martin,  to tell me she had awarded me the Sunshine Award. Thanks so much Hemmie!  What a thrill and an honor! Hemmie is an author of Contemporary Women’s fiction, published by Winter Goose Publishing. The Divine Pumpkin is already published, and Hemmie’s second novel is due out in February 2013.  Click here to read the rest of the blog at http://akandrew.com/receiving-sunshine-award-for-blogging

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Developing a Plot without Flatlining

Developing the plot for a novel should be like replicating a heart monitor. You want to see ups and downs on the screen, but you don’t want to see it flat lining. There’s nothing more likely to bore the pants off your readers than creating a story without any variation. Click here to read the rest of the blog at http://akandrew.com/developing-a-plot-without-flat-lining/

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PEN -Do You Have The Freedom To Write?

English PEN is the founding centre of PEN International. This association of writers, campaigns for the promotion of free speech and literature around the world. It’s slogan is “The freedom to write, the freedom to read.” In the recent newsletter, the following caught my eye.

Burmese poets perform in unique UK tour

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The Next Big Thing Week 15: Interview With an Author

The Next Big Thing is an author’s Work In Progress project  from SheWrites. When I read Jeri Walker-Bickett’s  blog last week,  I immediately thought what fantastic questions for any author to ask themselves. So I was thrilled that afternoon, when Jeri emailed, and invited me to participate. A Big Thank You to Jeri.

What is the working title of your book?

‘Under The Bed’. It comes from the phrase ‘Red’s Under the Bed’, used in the 1950’s in America. Read more at http://akandrew.com/the-next-big-thing-week-15-interview/

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5 Reasons to Focus on the Visual Content of Pinterest

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When I was invited to Pinterest some months ago, I saw no reason to focus on visual content social media. In trying to build an author’s platform I focused my energy on words, with some images in my weekly blog. Then I read a few articles on the impact Pinterest was having and took a second look. It finally clicked for me and a few weeks ago set up my Pinterest page http://pinterest.com/artyyah/. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and felt compelled to write this post.

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10 Rules For Writing: Margaret Atwood

Every author has their favorite rules or ways of writing. Our work can benefit  from learning their process. In the same way it’s accepted painters  learn from the masters , writers too can learn from other writers. ( I wrote in more detail about this in the post An Infinite Authors Resource .) The writer doesn’t  have to be your favorite, but their work must be relevant.

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Do you Want to Change the Use of Space in Your Home?

How do you use your home?

Is it somewhere you dash in and out of between work, or a place you like to spend as much time as possible?  I was attracted to this film of the Eames house after watchingthe London Olympics opening ceremony where the house in the center of the  stadium was used for a montage of British music.

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Location as Character

West Pier, Brighton 1929
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In many works of fiction, location is so vital to the heart of the book, it’s essentially another ‘character’. This doesn’t apply to all novels, but in others the author  creates a location, just like a character, that’s incredibly memorable whether real or imaginary Read more…http://akandrew.com/writing-location-as-character/

Changing Procrastination Creatively

Procrastination is the master of endless lists, even for things we supposedly want to do – I don’t have time, my artwork sucks, not enough room, too busy to focus, too tired, too________. You name it. They’re all valid reasons. Work, children, ill-health and a myriad of other things stop us from doing what we …

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