Tag Archives: Rie Sheridan Rose

4/16/11 — What a Difference a Tune Makes…

Posted on April 16, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

My friend Sylvia Dickey Smith asked an interesting question on her fan page the other day. She was looking for insights into what brought your favorite characters to life for a workshop she is doing. I shared the basics of … Continue reading →

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4/11/11 For Realz…? Who wouldn't jump on this? NOT!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

I’ve been debating all morning about discussing this, but it really bothered me, so I decided to collect your thoughts on the matter. I got an email from a freelance service I belong to today. “New projects match your profile” … Continue reading →

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4/8/11 — National Poetry Month

Posted on April 8, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

April is officially National Poetry Month. As a poet, I can’t let that slide without recognition, now can I? Take a moment sometime this month, when you need a respite from taxes and tedium and read a poem. Maybe you’ll … Continue reading →

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4/3/11 — RieView: Zombieland — 4 Stars

Posted on April 3, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

I finally had a chance to see Zombieland last night, something I had been looking forward to since it came out, but never got marked off my list. I was not disappointed. (So why not 5 stars? Well, there weren’t … Continue reading →

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4/2/11 — Do Your Characters Ever Take Over the Writing?

Posted on April 2, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

Sometimes, if I am really in the zone writing, something will happen completely out of left field that I had no intention of putting in the piece. Do that ever happen to you? For example, many years ago, writing “Grandmother Clause” … Continue reading →

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3/31/11 — What to Do with a Review

Posted on March 31, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

I’ve seen a lot of discussion on the topic of negative reviews lately. This was set off by one author’s inappropriate public reaction to a review.  It was not even a particularly bad review, and it has cost her dearly … Continue reading →

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3/28/11 — RieView: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — 5 Stars

Posted on March 28, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

I really liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The story is an intriguing mystery dealing with a decades old murder — or is it? Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is asked to investigate what really happened to the grand niece of … Continue reading →

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3/26/11 — What is YOUR One Essential Reference?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

It’s Saturday, so we won’t get too cerebral today, but this is a question I have been pondering for the last couple of days. If you were moving across the country in a covered wagon (this is an exercise I … Continue reading →

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3/25/11 — Looking at Daggers

Posted on March 25, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

So, you have a character you think would use a dagger as a weapon–it sounds so much cooler than “knife”, and they are just different names for the same thing, right?  Not really. A knife is primarily a single-edged weapon, … Continue reading →

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3/24/11 — Cabochon versus Facets

Posted on March 24, 2011 by RieSheridanRose

In my upcoming novel, The Luckless Prince, there are several extremely important pieces of jewelry. In fact, in a long ago incarnation, the book was tentatively named after them. Two of these pieces are described in great detail, and as … Continue reading →

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