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How do you weight your characters?

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Julia Barrett

Who weighs more? Your hero or your heroine? Whose story do you emphasize? In my humble opinion, a story is almost always weighted one way or another. Either the bulk of screen time (and inner conflict) falls upon the slender … Continue reading →

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Food and Fiction…or food for thought…the stickiness of words.

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Julia Barrett

Lets talk food first… There’s something to this concept of stickiness. Some flavors, dishes, foods stick with me. Wolfgang Puck’s Minneapolis restaurant, 20.21, possesses stickiness. The amazing meal we enjoyed there two weeks ago, along with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, … Continue reading →

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What I Learned in Orlando, by guest Sophie Oak

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Julia Barrett

I asked my fellow Siren author, Sophie Oak, to replay her timely post here: I got back yesterday afternoon from my first RWA (Romance Writers of America) convention. It was really neat because I got to go in as a … Continue reading →

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