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The Daily Writer

Posted by Christina Cole on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, In : Writers' Resources 
While browsing around Barnes & Noble this weekend, I came across a great addition to any writer's library.  It's a book titled The Daily Writer, by Fred White.  The sub-title is 366 meditations to cultivate a productive and meaningful writing life.

Yep, that's right. 366 daily meditations/prompts to get your day going.  I've always had fun doing little prompts or what I sometimes call "Silly Writing" -- just putting together random ideas and letting my imagination run wild with it.  It's what...
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A Cranky Muse

Posted by Christina Cole on Saturday, September 12, 2009, In : Website News 
Although I love Dickins, my playful muse, right now he's being decidedly difficult. He's been whining and complaining because I've been insisting on working on my historical romance novel instead of letting him play around with new stories.  He's bored with "The Wrong Woman" and is chomping at the bit, wanting to work on one of the other projects he's added to my list of things-to-do.  All in good time, Dickins, all in good time!

To appease him tonight, I let him help me add another "Tips for ...
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More Tips on Telling Stories

Posted by Christina Cole on Saturday, September 5, 2009, In : Website News 

One of the questions I often hear is "How do you come up with ideas?"  That question usually comes from friends who aren't writers.  Writers know where and how to come up with ideas.  The question I usually hear from other writers is "How do you turn your ideas into stories?"  We each have our own ways of going about that process, of course. But sometimes it's helpful to know how other writers approach the process. 

In the last week, I've written three short stories, each one different, yet e...


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Work in Progress


The Wrong Woman Following a disastrous broken engagement, Abigail Rose hopes to put her shameful past behind her and begin a new life as a respectable teacher in St. Paul, but her future plans are thrown topsy-turvy when a handsome stranger steals her away from the train station in Des Moines. Will Loudon thinks he's abducting Honey Branson, his brother's fiance, and he intends to use her as a "bargaining chip" to get his share of the inheritance Jack stole from him. Although Will abducts the wrong woman, Abigail's cheerful attitude and caring nature help him overcome the anger and bitterness of his own past, making him wonder if perhaps he's found the right woman, after all.
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