cmrosens
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C. M. Rosens is a genre-bending hybrid author of Gothic Horror, New Weird, and dark SFF, based in the UK. Find her travelling by rail, wandering among lonely ruins and ancient megaliths, and lost in worlds of fiction, music and folklore.
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The Faustine Chronicles: Who Are You? [Part II]
Who the **** is Alice? – What Smokie Taught Me When I was in Primary School, dancing about the yard in my little blue and white checked cotton dress that was part of our summer uniform, everyone started singing a certain song at the top of their voices, because one line of it was rude.…
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Who Are You? [Part I]
Who Are You? http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/67EdRgPgofU&source=uds Introduction When you’ve got a new story to write, it’s not just about the what, it’s always about the ‘who’. Stories don’t just happen – they happen to someone. Who are the characters, and why should the reader care? What is so special about them that anyone would want to read…
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A-2-B [Part III]
How Other Writers Do It Well, we’ve heard from Alex Rosa about her journey in discovering the IDENTITY of her story, and Briony Heneberry and Josh Vitalie on how they get from A to B when they have a story to construct. I’ve told you guys a little bit about my own process, too. This…
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A-2-B [Part II]
SPOTLIGHT: J. Vitalie on Story Construction Josh Vitalie, aka TheRake and author of New World Underground, is one of my favourite SciFi writers. He is as yet unpublished, but I think that you’ll agree that is the market’s great loss. Vitalie’s novel is one of intense emotional drama, wonderfully three-dimensional characters – even the minor…
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A-2-B
What do You Do with an Idea? Following on from Alex Rosa’s post on finding her story’s identity (What Does ChickLit Mean to You?), I gathered other writers’ views on what they do with the initial idea for a story once they have it. The initial plot idea – the premise – is sometimes an…