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Talking to Selena

Karin Kallmaker 06/22/2009 Stepping Stone

The thing about talking to Selena was that I realized when she’s particularly intense about something, she finds a movie analogy to describe it.

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Music: It Be the Language of Love

Karin Kallmaker 04/14/2008 Cheers & Chocolate, Craft of Writing, Frosting 1 - The Original, Maybe Next Time, Paperback Romance, Unforgettable

Musicians hear tintinnabuli, tonality and hierarchical pitch delivered through the intersection of mathematics and sound. The rest of us hear music. Our ears, through the very human reaction of nerves and sensation, translate it to emotion.

Character is the ThingMusic be the Food of Love
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Creating a Character of “Age”

Karin Kallmaker 09/22/2005 Craft of Writing, Touchwood - First Edition, Touchwood 30th Anniversary Edition

One of the first questions a romance writer has to answer is “Why is this character single?” The older the character, the more complicated the answer to that question can be.

#writeradviceCharacter is the Thing
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