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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
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Keep Writing.
I’m looking for an agent for my YA novel, as I mentioned before. My rational brain knows that part of the way to stay sane during this process is to keep writing, get started on the sequel (I’m hoping to … Continue reading
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Voice, Or Lack of Same
My kid is a drama nut. He wants to be an actor when he grows up. (He has also expressed interest in baseball, politics and rocketry, but theater appears to endure.) One of the games we play is called Five … Continue reading
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Word List, 1
I love lists. Perhaps it is a byproduct of my attempts to get my ADD son and my own overheating brain on track — regardless, I’m a big fan of the bullet points. So here’s my first list for this … Continue reading
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What Are You Trying to Say?
“Write what you know.” It’s a cliche, but — as another cliche reminds us — cliches become thus because they are true. Everything I’ve written started in something I knew fairly well. It’s just easier. There’s less research required, which … Continue reading
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All I Want for Christmas…
… is an agent. Well, or a publisher. But I’ll take an agent. I wrote a novel this summer. It’s a book for teens, it draws on popular themes without being entirely derivative, and I think it’s a decent concept … Continue reading
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Philosophy
“It’s just as hard to write a bad book as a good one,” I heard more than once as I was beating myself up on my latest endeavor. It was actually encouraging, in a way. That meant it was just … Continue reading
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Bacon Bark
12 ounces maple or brown sugar baconTwo 12-ounce packages milk chocolate bits1 1/2 cups chopped peanuts (salted or not)10-ounce bag soft candy caramelsLarge flake sea salt Line a baking sheet with waxed paper Heat a large saute pan over medium-high. … Continue reading
Arwen Adams Bicknell 