NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THUNK IT THROUGH – Blog # 18. My in-progress Paris book needs a shake-up. Who would have thunk it? The idiom, usually said in jest, means to express surprise at something that is not in the least surprising, says the Cambridge Dictionary. So, what’s so surprising about that? Nothing, of course,Continue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THUNK IT THROUGH – Blog # 18 “
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NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: DO I NEED A MENTOR? – Blog # 17
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: DO I NEED A MENTOR – Blog # 17. Do I need a character archetype of the Mentor in my book? As keynote speaker J. Loren Norris said: “If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before.” But I ask, who was a foreignerContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: DO I NEED A MENTOR? – Blog # 17 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FRIENDS AND ALLIES – Blog # 16
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FRIENDS AND ALLIES – Blog # 16. In my previous blog about my upcoming Paris book, I wrote about the dark side. But, in addition to dark characters, heroes have friends and allies. Or at least one ‘right hand’ person – their ‘ride or die’ – the one that isContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: FRIENDS AND ALLIES – Blog # 16 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE DARK SIDE – Blog # 15
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE DARK SIDE – Blog # 15. As I write my Paris book I think of plot and character and all things that good novels need. There comes a time to think of the dark side. For me, that time has come. Almost every novel has a dark side –Continue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: THE DARK SIDE – Blog # 15 “
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO OR DO WE? – Blog # 14
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO OR DO WE? – Blog # 14. Heroes, heroes, heroes – heroines, heroines, heroines – blah, blah, blah. Martina, people ask me, “We don’t need another hero, or do we?” Admittedly, the people asking the question are my Mad Max fans from Australia. They are quoting fromContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO OR DO WE? – Blog # 14 “
Paris 2024 Olympics volunteer uniform revealed
Paris 2024 Olympics volunteer uniform revealed. The uniform for the 45,000 volunteers at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was revealed today at the Volunteer Convention held on Saturday 23 March at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre. The Games will be held from 26 July to 11 August and for the Paralympics from 28 AugustContinue reading “Paris 2024 Olympics volunteer uniform revealed”
Paris 2024 Olympics Volunteer Convention: 23 March
Paris 2024 Olympics Volunteer Convention: 23 March. The Volunteer Convention was held on Saturday 23 March in preparation for the 45,000 volunteers expected at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. The Games will be held from 26 July to 11 August and for the Paralympics from 28 August to 8 September.
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: HERO AND VILLAIN – Blog # 13
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: HERO AND VILLAIN – Blog # 13. I’ve talked about the main character in my emerging new Paris Book in terms of being the hero. So, if there is a hero, there must be at least one villain, one archenemy, one rival. Who is the villain in my story? IsContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: HERO AND VILLAIN – Blog # 13 “
Pop Up Paris
Pop Up Paris.
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: PROTOTYPE PERSON – Blog # 12
NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: PROTOTYPE PERSON – Blog # 12. Every novel has one or several main characters. Character development, therefore, needs to begin early and be as detailed as possible. As I write my new fictional Paris book, I think about the process of developing a character. In this case, the new fictionalContinue reading “NEW PARIS BOOK IN PROGRESS IN 2024: PROTOTYPE PERSON – Blog # 12 “