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i had restarted writing..... well, editing....."Birchwood Manor"  but I keep getting interrupted. What do I want for Christmas? A sign for my door that says "Writer at Work". |
Sometimes you just want to cuddle up with the one you love. What is your go to Romance of all time? |
| I love the movie City of Angels with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan, but then Meg Ryan is one of my favourite actresses and Nicholas Cage is a great actor. I also love romantic movies with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Hanks is a remarkable actor IMHO. It's amazing that he essentially began his acting career in a TV sitcom as a bosom buddy. |
| My goodness, what a menu! In terms of its effect on me when I first read/watched it, I'd go for Corelli/Pelagia romance in the novel Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and the unrequited, almost unspoken romance between Colin Firth and Natasha Richardson's characters in the utterly haunting Film4 version of A Month in the Country. |
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Humble Poet PNG  - I've been fortunate throughout my life. Struggle at times, you betcha. My wife and I have had our ups and downs but we've always given back. We feed people at Thanksgiving and Christmas by buying full meals from a local grocer who makes up dinners. People who are alone and have no where to go we've invited them into our home. You know I also do rescue work for the local shelters when called. I donate to the pet pantries and help with vet bills when I can. I also donate to two of my favorite charities which are for kids. 1.) St. Jude's and the 2nd are The Shriner's. I have it to help out. I do it for two reasons. 1.) I've been fortunate and will help out the less fortunate. 2.) It feels real damn good inside.  I'm the same way. Give me a handmade card which means more to me than any amount of a GC. I can survive without the money. I tell people just to pay it forward when I do something. Had an elderly woman in line behind me at the grocery store. She was looking to take things and put them back. I told the cashier to tell her to keep the stuff in the carriage and I landed up paying for her groceries. I knew she was struggling just by her actions. I was able to help and I did. The hugs and kisses on the cheek were enough for me. She asked what she could do, I said if you can help the next person...Pay It Forward. I'm a true believer in that. Sorry was a bit long winded. |
| I once received a box of toothpicks. This year the best present would be a large amount of money to pay off some debts. |
| My sister used to ask for the same thing every year: just one day with everyone getting along and happy. She never got it. |
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Light can shine from many angles. Who is really telling the story? |
| This depends on the theme and the plot. I tend to prefer third person, at times expanded. But I have also used first person because it's more sincere and could be truthful. The unreliable first person, though, is a lot of fun, but only someone really clever can handle that. Whichever person we have speaking has to sound real, is my idea. After all, the story is the thing, isn't it! |
Sometimes with travel romance or close proximity, things go quick and characters fall in love. Do you enjoy the very quick, insta-love stories or do you prefer a slow burn? |
| I've tried several forms (including young/old platonic), though none would be 'love at first sight'. My characters are usually older, they have the gift of experience. Hormones don't have the same force they do for the young. My characters know what love is, and isn't. One advantage of being an older writer, I know it, too. |
| Depends on how long it takes to get there and if we can have them two against the conflict with resolution. I’m a fan of getting them together early, but fate intercedes until they find each other again. Resolution would be overcoming fate and destiny to be together either by happenstance or, checking posting rating, overcoming a blocker. |
Give yourself a break this holiday season. What are your holiday plans this year? |
| Humble Poet PNG - That would be nice to do but I've found 2-3 cats is plenty for any person. She'd be arrested in our town for hoarding animals which is against our 3 pets to a household ordinance. We had people like that hoarding and breeding animals. The town landed up passing the ordinance because of it. Unless she is running a non-profit for adoptions that's the only exception to the rule. A massive fine goes along with that as well as confiscating all but 3 cats [maybe]. If she's habitual she'd land up in jail. I know, I've had it happen in my neighborhood 3 times. People have had animals confiscated, re-homed, some had to be euthanized and two are now serving time for it. I'm an animal advocate and volunteer with non-profits and other shelters. This I disapprove of big time. It's unfair to the animals to be vying for that much space, food, litter. This house has to be one hell of a mess. Of note for every cat you have, you eed one more litter box than cats. Having 52 is abhorrent in my view. Tha is literally animal abuse. Sorry for the rant but I am passionate about this kind of hoarding. |
| Humble Poet PNG - I'd like to Thank you again out in the open for explaining it to me. Makes me happy and my heart sing. Bless you both for doing the right thing. |
Looking into other entries in competitions and stuff already published in places you want to submit can be helpful. Do you read other entries or check out things written in publications where you want to submit? |
| I used to always read the other entries before or as I was putting mine together. It led to a lot of insecurities, so I stopped doing that. I may, however, still read the other stories after I have mine submitted. |
| I might read one or two to see what format seems best and stuff like that, but I try not to because my brain is evil and likes to start comparing my work to other people's work. If I like their work better, for some reason, I can't just take inspiration from them. I'm just like, "Nah, they're gonna win, there's no point." I've also removed entries because I read other entries and decided mine would never compare. |
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I did a deep dive into the early church, but more so into Sumerian religion and the Vedic traditions than I did Christianity. I have to be honest here and say I pulled very heavily from them for the building the religions in my world building.
Hope that video clears things up, the man is quite correct in his summation of the subject. But in short it is quite murky and not as cut and dry as one would think.... history tends to be that way.
However, the question was, what would we do if there was no Christmas? And the answer is probably celebrating some pagan holiday. Solstice worship was always a big one, so probably communing with nature on the shortest/longest day of the year.