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A former English Major with an Associates in Fine Arts, I have been writing since I was a child and that's all I ever wanted to do. Words are the most beautiful gift God gave us.
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It hurts until it doesn’t. You think it’s going to break you, but it won’t. You may not sleep as well at night, but you will be fine. Numb, but numb and fine are the same.
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Resource: Wound Types and How to Treat Them
Violence, fights, tension–three words that often carry a story a long, especially anything in the fantasy, sci-fi, or action-adventure realm. Whether it’s hand-to-hand combat (see older resource posts), or weapon usage, fights should be as realistic as possible: the focus should be on the fiction, the characters, and story, not your reader scratching their head saying “that could never really happen.” Here are some resources I hope will help as you embark on your more “wound-based” scenes:
Writing About Wounds:
Writing Realistic Injuries
Gunshot/Stab Wounds in Sci-fi and Fantasy
How To Shoot Your Character Without Killing Them
The Basics:
What Is An Open Wound and What Are the Types?
Wound Basics: Types, Treatment, and Care
Different Types of Wounds: Signs and Symptoms
Wound Facts and Wound Care
Wounds and How to Care For Them
Types of Wounds and Skin Conditions
Five Types of Wounds
What is a Laceration Wound?
Types of Wounds and How to Treat Them
Top Types of Burn Wounds and How to Treat Them
Arteries Vs. Veins: How to Tell the Difference and Stop the Bleeding
Gunshot Wounds:
How to Treat a Bullet Wound
How to Treat 4 Types of Gunshot Wounds
How to Treat a Gunshot Wound: Day to Day Advice
How to Treat a Gunshot Wound
Gunshot Wounds: Aftercare
Survival Mastery: Gunshot Wounds
Shootings: What EMS Providers Need to Know
Basic Treatment and Terms
Patterns of Tissue Injury
Injured, Statistics, Logistics
How to Treat a Gunshot Wound (And Their Types) Warning: Graphic
Knife/Stab Wounds:
How to Attend to a Stab Wound
Skin Lacerations: How to Treat a Cut, Scrape, Gash, Stab Wound
How to Treat a Stab Wound
Cuts and Puncture Wounds
Traumatic Wounds and Long Term Care
How to Treat a Knife Cut
How to Treat a Knife Cut on Finger
Healing is just as important as the fight when it comes to story believability. If your character was shot one day ago and is now running aroun the Olympics, it’s likely your reader will close the book and forget about all the important story-telling you had engaged them in prior. Facts count, so don’t let the small stuff derail your next big hit.
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Nostalgia is a dirty liar that insists things were better than they seemed.
Michelle K.
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Being a writer is like having a book you really want to read and being unable to finish it, because you don't know how it ends.
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Lovely
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
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I'm not sure what to make of this....
Selfie 30558 (“Happy New Year! #selfie #day46 #shower #nofilter #365”)
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Fri Jan 02 15:52:25 UTC 2015
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A kiss #quote #love #kiss #romance
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Always remember: I will love you until the last moon rises.
Beauty and the Wolf by Marina Myles
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#Marina Myles#Beauty and the Wolf#romance#historical romance#novels#reading#books#book quotes#favorite quotes#love#fantasy#kindle clippings
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He smelled wonderful, spicy, with a flavor of the outdoors. She took another deep breath. He had a hand in her hair, untangling it.
"Why are you snorting into my chest?" he inquired.
Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James (one of my dearest favorites)
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(the whole series is worth a read!)
#Eloisa James#pleasure for Pleasure#reading#books#book quotes#favorite quotes#quotes#shakespeare#romance#historical romance#novels
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Real love is looking at someone and knowing that you wouldn't mind waking up to their bad breath for the next century, and you are fine with them seeing you before you brush your hair and fix your face for the day.
Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea
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"Laddie, you, and Morag are proving handy with shields. I'm thinkin' we should hang some on every wall o' the keep. If we're ever invaded, ye can beat'em back fer us."
The Hellion and the Highlander (Devil of the HIghlands #3) by Lynsay Sands
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#Scottish Romance#book quotes#books#reading#quotes#favorite quotes#Lynsay Sands#Devil of the HIghlands#The Hellion and the Highlander
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"That was rude," the young man said. "You should never tell a young lady that she isn't as pretty as her sister."
The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker
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She loved Po. She wanted Po. And she could never be anyone's but her own.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
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When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. she would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
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I go through writing phases where I am super addicted to writing - and then I go months just jotting down notes that don't get typed for...well months. I've written the beginning to maybe 20 books/series in my life and never finished a manuscript until about 2 years ago - and I'm rewriting it. Meanwhile, my friend had been working on the same series her whole life. I got the ADHD bad. When will I finish what I've started?
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If someone wanted to be a runner, you don’t tell them to think about running, you tell them to run. And the same simple idea applies to writing.
Markus Zusak (via thewritershelpers)
So easy to say, so hard to do.
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My musings on sex in romance novels vs. reality...
It is a deplorable situation. We read the romance novels that give us the flutterings in our hearts and the heat in our skin - and then find that reality is not quite as...earth-shattering.
Not every man is so huge that their virginal bride is afraid that he won't fit.
Not every man is talented at giving a woman pleasure.
Not every orgasm shakes your foundations.
But when you're with the right person, it is exactly that: earth-shattering, foundation shaking, soul- stirring pleasure.
Which is what I believe is reason behind the "impossible" pleasure some of our favorite heroines enjoy.
In short, sex can be just as amazing when you let emotion in. Which is why it is so good in books. Just few tips i picked up from some favorite authors.
#sex in books#musings#thoughts#free writing#writing#sensations#romance novels#books#sex#Eloisa James#Christina Dodd#Linda Winstead Jones#romance authors
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