Hi!!

A great big welcome to Jess, Elin & Willowlive/Teresa! Thanks so much for joining my little blog. Hope you like the site as you look around, and if you'd like to leave any comments, remember I love hearing from readers! J

I'm getting back to Six Sentence Sunday coming up next week so hope to "see" you here on April 29th.

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A big welcome to Sunburstcp! I'm so glad you joined our little group, and hope to see a comment or two from ya.

I have the feeling I've forgotten to say Hi to somebody else, so if that's you, please know I didn't mean to overlook you. As the Rolling Stones so aptly put it, "What a drag it is getting old!"

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A stuffed smiling virtual penguin to Lindsey for following my blog J

I'm thinking "cool" things cuz it's pretty warm here today, for a change!

Lindsey, it's blingy of you to come along for the ride!

Scenes added to blog

I've included three scenes, each on a separate page. The title of each begins with "Scene" and adds a phrase descriptive of that particular scene. I have Neal and Lola, Sophie's Christmas Tree and Sandy and Neal Before The Wedding.

Each scene was started to help me get a clearer picture of the characters and how they relate to each other. I stuck them in my blog to give readers a feel for my writing and for the characters. As of now, only the first scene "Neal and Lola" is planned for inclusion in a manuscript. It needs additional work but you can get a sense of the personalities of both characters.

I love exploring character interaction. Most of the first scenes I ever wrote with these people were just to see what would happen when they met up. Over the years, they've surprised me and pissed me off, made me laugh and taught me things about human nature. It's addicting to throw characters together and watch the fireworks. I'm sure Freud would have something to say about it!

I think Sandy and Neal are my favorite characters, but the rest of the band and a few others come in as close seconds. Which of your characters motivate you the most?

And a big "hiya" to Lindsey! Thanks for joining my blog. J

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Cool to have you along, J.  Shine on!

waving at ya!

Hi Robert.  I'm glad you joined us.  Feel free to pipe up with any comments! =)

another hi!

A "wussup" to John.  Nice to have you along.  Feel free to add a comment whenever you feel moved.  Life's better with friends!

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A great big "hi" to Carol.  Didn't want you to think I forgot about you.  I'm tickled that you're following my bumpy but never dull writing journey. =)

shout out x 3!

Big "hiyas" to Summer, Stephanie, and Carol.  It's so nice to have you ladies along.  I've embarked on a twisting - and maybe twisted! - road here, and it feels good to know I've got some company!

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Hi Stephanie!   It's great to have you along.  You bring my total followers to an even dozen - how exciting!  =) I'm going to have another post in my series on Kernen's book later today or tomorrow.

Shout out

Hi, Liz.  Sweet of you to come by.  I popped into your blog at Novel Moments, and I get the feeling you're really excited about your Work in Progress.  Awesome!  It's good to have company on this twisted road known as writing.

Hiya

Shout out to Melisa!  Thanks for joining me on this odd but always interesting journey that is writing. :D

hiya!

Shout out to Rachel: glad you're coming along.  Best of luck with your WIP.  There aren't enough people writing fiction about music.  Let me know if you have something else you'd like critted. :)

welcome!

Shout out to Ryan!  I'm glad to have you along.  And, I'm interested to see on your blog that under "your best friend is" you list The Lord of the Rings.  I've read some LOTR bashes in recent months and it's awesome to know you're a fan :)

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Shout out to my new follower - hi Mary!  It's awesome to have you.  I'm up to seven people now, woo hoo! 

. . . well we all have to start somewhere.

I'll have to come up with a virtual prize for the tenth person. ;-)

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Hollering a hiya to Bijan.  I must've been so besotted with the Sabres that I missed you joining up three days ago.  Sorry!  Is that your first or last name?  Anyway I'm tickled that you visited.  See ya again soon :)

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Hi to AJ, who came on board a couple days ago. I'm tickled that you decided to follow me. :)

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Hi to Angela, who joined up a little bit ago and whom I didn't officially welcome until today. *bad Owlie!*

Hi to Spammy!!

So nice to have both of you.

I'm working on a post about critting ... those of you who've been doing it for a while will understand why it's taking me a while to sort it and condense it ;)

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Greetings to my two followers, I'm so glad you both stopped by. :)

Writing doesn't have to always be lonely.