Tag Archives: Fantasy

What if there was no such thing as imagination?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

As a child I was often described as having ‘an active imagination’. I am sure many of you reading this shared a similar label. It was both a blessing and a curse. Often times my active imagination kept me awake … Continue reading →

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Dreams – A Creation Vision

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

For the month of August, I challenged writer’s to write a creation story. I have never participated in one of my own challenges but I have recently been working on a creation story for the lytes who live in my … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Foraging

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Foraging for facts otherwise known as researching is vital to writing a good novel. I like to use the term foraging because when I do research I always feel as though I am feeding my mind. That way even if … Continue reading →

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The Bridges of Fantasy County

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

A big thank you to Ken Broad’s Picture This and Indigo Spider’s Sunday Picture Press for their fantastic pictures and prompts which inspired this piece and although I did a story for Sonia G Medeiros’s August challenge already, oddly this … Continue reading →

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Embracing My Style

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Style…Have You Got It? was a recent post by Cynthia Robertson. The post was prompted by a fun tool that is meant to analyse your writing style and then produce the name of an author your writing most closely matches. I … Continue reading →

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Kaitee – Wednesday’s Featured Writer on Out of the Woods

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Part of the reason I wanted to start a blog was to connect with other writers who were in a similar situation to myself. The first week of blogging I found Kaitee’s blog called Kaitee Squiggle. She too is on a journey … Continue reading →

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How do you choose which point of view to use?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Lately, I have read and thought a lot about point of view. I have read that most fantasy novels are written in the third person point of view and most romance novels are written in the first person point of … Continue reading →

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A Tuesday Tale – Breaking Down Cliches – May Writing Challenge

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Sonia’s May challenge over at Doing the Write Thing, was to take a trope or cliche from any genre and remake it. Give the trope/cliche new life in under 500 words. Here is my attempt: Duffy the Science Geek Duffy looked in … Continue reading →

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For the Love of the Handmaiden – Flash Fiction Challenge

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

This is my response to Haley Whitehall’s wonderful prompt from her May Flash Fiction Challenge. For the Love of the Handmaiden He should have never been there in the first place. “I must speak to the emperor.” His shouts fell on unsympathetic … Continue reading →

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Thursday Tinkering aka Editing Day

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

I have decided to put aside one day a week to edit my completed novel until it shines. Today is editing day. Why today? Why a Thursday? Well it is as good of day as any. I have started the … Continue reading →

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