Lynne's Blog
As a science center director in a former life, my job was to show our audiences how science works, not simply to tell them. The Aha! moments made the experience real for the thousands of kids, adults, and young adults that visited. When they left, there was a good chance they would remember the scientific concept behind the hands-on exhibit.
Writing is much the same. Writers need that Aha! encounter to grow and nourish their ideas into a final piece of work. That’s what this blog is all about. It’s about MY “minds-on” adventure with words — one I enjoy sharing with readers. Whether it’s about the research aspect, the craft of writing itself, or the emotional roller coaster of putting myself out there in the public eye . . . my blog is me. Pure and simple.
I welcome your thoughts and hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them.
Van Gogh – A Sorry Sorry Night
Vincent van Gogh died at age 37 on July 29, 1890. I thought I'd revisit this blog to commemorate that fateful day and review the evidence of his death: suicide, homicide or misadventure? The research for my book, Deadly Provenance, took me places I never expected to...
Writing Tips to Sharpen Your Prose
In an early blog I wrote about the benefits of attending a critique group regularly. I stand firmly by that, since we cannot write in a vacuum and constructive criticism is vital to improving a manuscript. Here are some writing tips I’ve learned over the years that I...
Interview with Yours Truly
Let Someone Else Blog! I thought I’d try something different. . . and a bit pretentious . . . for my blog this week and share another writer’s interview with me. I enjoy reading about other writer’s lives, so I thought this might be of interest to some. Thanks to...
What’s in a Name?
A Rose By Any Other Name One of the most important, but often most difficult part of writing a novel is selecting names for your characters. When you begin you might already have some in mind. But as the characters morph during the writing process, that name might no...
Writing – Then and Now
In the Words of Women On our trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, I ran across a book: “Staking Her Claim – Women Homesteading the West.” I picked it up, thumbed through it and bought it. I found it interesting because first, I didn’t know that women staked their...
Loving to Hate the Bad Guys
MEMORABLE VILLAINS Protagonists are characters you mostly like or you wouldn’t keep reading (or watching.) What about antagonists? A killer who tortures their victim, cuts them up into little pieces while they’re still alive and buries them in their family’s backyard,...
My Writing Process
The Blog Tour Thanks to Indy Quillen of Mediafastlanes for inviting me to participate in this new writing experience. Indy is responsible for my superfine website as well as my current knowledge of social media including FaceBook, Linked-In, Twitter and Pinterest. ...
Good Grief, Bad Grief
Emotional Upheavals Can Translate to Great Writing I’ve had a rather tumultuous week since I returned from Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks. I started out high on beauty and serenity, natural landscapes and wildlife. I was calm, tranquil, close to...
A Picture is Worth . . .
Finding Inspiration for Your Writing Having just returned from a trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, I find it hard to find the words to describe such beauty. Ethereal, haunting, lyrical, dazzling, sensuous, gossamer, transcendent,...
For Love or Money?
Who Are You Writing For? Are you writing for yourself or writing to be published? Many of us will say we write because we love to write; we’ve always written, since we were very young, and we couldn’t stop even if we wanted to. We have a story to tell and we must put...
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