If you’re not familiar with a lot of literary devices, then you’ve probably already asked yourself the question, “What’s a MacGuffin?” A MacGuffin is an object, item or other motivator that gets the protagonist moving in a story. It’s a plot device, but rather than being a personal interaction, it’s generally some sort of physical object. George […]
Musings
Bitch? Please.
There’s something about the empowered woman who sets boundaries and makes rules that really pisses people off. I’ve been trying to figure out what it is for pretty much my whole life. As a writer, I spend a lot of time doing research on random subjects that apply to what I’m writing about. I’m kind […]
The Self-Rescuing Princess: Leia
Children have this wonderful inability to be able to separate fact from fiction. When I was a little girl, I admired all sorts of fictional characters as though they were real men and women. One of them was, of course, Princess Leia. She was the first princess that I ever saw pick up a blaster […]
Drinking and Dragons
I’m publishing a new short story this week called, “The Drunken Dragon.” The titles for all of the “Petunia’s Peculiar Particulars” series are what are called “alliterations.” For those who are not in the know on grammar, an alliteration is a phrase or sentence, in which the first sound in two or more words in […]
Dancing With the Muse
It doesn’t always work, writing. Sometimes your muse goes on vacation to the Bahamas. You wish that you’d gone with her. She’s beautiful and her skin is golden and you’re wishing yours was too, but instead you’re covering up your pasty day-glow legs under your capris. You imagine feeling your toes in the sand, instead […]