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Month: February 2019

Inspiration – Music

Posted on 2019-02-20 by RB

I’ve previously written about listening to music when writing, but for this post I want to write about music as inspiration. I think most people use music as background noise when going about their daily lives, or as a distraction when doing something boring – like driving to work, toiling away in the office cubicles,…

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Is Bad Fiction Good?

Posted on 2019-02-182019-02-18 by RB

The consensus opinion is that in order to be a good fiction writer I must read well-written fiction. The idea is that I’m exposing myself to the best and should, in turn, absorb some positive influence from it, making me a better writer. Sure, I can see that to a degree, but does that mean…

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The Solitary Writer

Posted on 2019-02-142019-02-14 by RB

I realize I’m showing my age with this post, but I feel the need to comment on how things have changed for writers. Previously, I wrote about how much easier it is now to find and submit to magazines and journals than it was twenty-five years ago. What occurred to me this past weekend was…

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The Cold Open

Posted on 2019-02-09 by RB

What’s more important, a strong first line or a strong first paragraph? I posed this question on Twitter the other day and received an amazing number of responses (and retweets). There were a variety of replies, but the consensus opinion was that a strong opening paragraph was more important. I agree, despite the fact that,…

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Writer’s Guilt

Posted on 2019-02-05 by RB

Confession time – I feel guilty when I have some free time and don’t spend it writing. It’s strange because I love to write, I need to write, but there are some moments when I simply want to unplug my brain and do something else. Usually, it’s something unproductive, like play a game on my…

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Why I Write

Posted on 2019-02-04 by RB

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been writing stories and poems for as long as I can remember. I started in early childhood, inspired by song lyrics and the wide variety of books handed down to me by much older family members. As I grew older I began keeping a journal, writing down story ideas, exploring…

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Publishing

Posted on 2019-02-02 by RB

I’m amazed at how much publishing has changed over the past decade or two. When I was first becoming serious about being a writer, I would spend hours looking for magazines to submit my work to. This was at the very beginnings of the internet as we now know it. There wasn’t much out there…

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Humble brag

Posted on 2019-02-01 by RB

My short story, “Reflections in Blue Water”, was just published at the Blue Lake Review. This is probably the most mainstream story I’ve written, but I’m proud of it. Enjoy! RB

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