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jannert
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Just to let folks know, I'm now a retired Mod. Feels a bit strange, but I'm now resuming my old ways. Maybe get a few critiques done. :) Oct 8, 2020
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About
- Gender:
- Female
- Location:
- Scotland
- Occupation:
- retired, from many jobs that paid the bills -
- Favorite Writers:
- golly - just as they trip off the brain - Kage Baker, James Welch, CJ Sansom, Terry Pratchett, AB Guthie, Mark Twain, Joe Abercrombie, Margaret Elphinstone, Fred Gipson, Mary Stewart, Wayne Johnston, Robertson Davies, Iain (M) Banks, Elmer Kelton, E Annie Proulx...ad infinitum. These are all authors whom I liked well enough to read most of their books.
- Favorite Books:
- The one I wish I'd written myself? Surprisingly maybe, but it's Old Yeller. A perfect coming-of-age story, told in a very convincing voice, and set in a particular time and place, with accurate historical detail to frame the story. It's not a children's story, really.
- Favorite Quotes:
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My latest favourite:
"The world is made up of four elements; Earth, Air, Fire and Water. This is a fact well known...it's also wrong. There's a fifth element, and generally it's called Surprise." - Terry Pratchett
""Your right to swing your arm ends where the other guy's nose begins." - my Dad
"Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD." - me
- Primary Genre:
- History
- What Do You Write?:
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- Novels
- Strengths:
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- Character Development
- Conflict
- Dialogue
- Word Mechanics (SPAG)
- Why Do You Write?:
- I write because I have always loved to read, and have always loved 'making up stories.'
- Are You Published?:
- No
Born and raised in Michigan, but have lived in Scotland since 1986, when I married a Scottish man. We are still married.
I have a BA in English, and have been an avid reader all my life.
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A prologue can establish why things are as they are in the world of your story, and why a character is the way he is, when the main action begins. - Jeff Gerke, author of Write Your Novel In A Month
"A pronoun refers back to the next previous logical noun" - J.D.Ray (yes, ours!) - Loading...
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