June is Pride month, and it feels right to highlight the one character that my readers might fall in love with who won't respond in kind. Sly is our other host, the wise one, and something of a Bibliophile or a Sapiosexual on the surface. But, under his calm stoic ways, Sly is someone who … Continue reading A Prideful Music Monday
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Thoughtful Thursday Impressions
May we will talk about memories, and to ease into it, why not talk about what makes a character memorable. Is it something shocking they do? A rare tenderness? A wit or charm that sticks with you after the pages end? Why them? Why does that book sit with you more than others? That's the … Continue reading Thoughtful Thursday Impressions
Spotlights, Music Monday, and Cover Control
Spotlights shine lights on features, while controlling the cover story hopes you don't notice some things. Both are important if you are a (fictional) celebrity, trying to have a personal life while being recognized often. So today's playlist highlights some lesser sung about body features and why it's alluring. Or the choice is about covering … Continue reading Spotlights, Music Monday, and Cover Control
Controlling Fiction Friday’s Cover
In a rare double post of flash fictions, here is the other side of that first piece, showing us Tweety not only controlling the story, but herself also. Tweety, 2011 “What is with this touristy uptick?” I turned to Sly as we worked together in double time to bust out drinks. He didn’t answer me, … Continue reading Controlling Fiction Friday’s Cover
Fiction Friday Publicly Red Letters
A flash fiction about our Red Letters rock band. A little glimpse at what the public side of our one character's life is like. Woods, and the band 2011 “No way that’s a piece about him,” Brandon the lead singer tried to tease the lady interviewer his way. “Our band are international celebrities, of course … Continue reading Fiction Friday Publicly Red Letters
Character Costs On Thoughtful Thursday
June is our month to talk about visibility on a bigger scale. I do that with the characters in Red Letters rock band, who found success along the way, but it's not a clean walk away.Something is left unresolved, and that? That makes an arc, but it also leads to today's questions. I doubled up … Continue reading Character Costs On Thoughtful Thursday
Vulnerable On A Tender Tuesday Morning
I am talking about the price of visibility this month, and how to deal with that. Today's question asks what makes someone worth the morning after kind of vulnerability? In a way, that's deeper, because that's accepting the person you are with, and letting them in. Otherwise, you might have snuck off the night before … Continue reading Vulnerable On A Tender Tuesday Morning
Music Monday Media
This month feels like a Woods character thing, and because it looks like I had an issue posting, I'm giving two weeks of playlists in one. So, it's an in-depth character tour by music, which is Woods to the core. Even if he wouldn't admit some of these songs fit. First up is our Career … Continue reading Music Monday Media
Tender Tuesday Tomfoolery
Can we finish the month on silly gestures that mean something to someone? I'm talking the ones you (generally- exception made for characters who act like this all the time without fail) don't do to strangers because it's not considered polite, but with that one person they get it and why you do it. Like … Continue reading Tender Tuesday Tomfoolery
Foolish Music Monday
All March long, there's been this Madness to the plot, whether it came as spring fever or impulses. What better way to end this month and roll into a week that has April Fools day than to finish foolish? Our first song is an odd little tune, with a double fitting theme. The song? About … Continue reading Foolish Music Monday
A Lady of Mind's Observations 