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Posts Tagged atmosphere

So the house guests just left…

On September 2, 2012   /   Family, General, Writing  
Tags: atmosphere, Family, setting, worldbuilding, writing life

I’ve had house guests for the past five days (my cousin stayed with me; my Dad stayed with my sister), and in the process of doing all the show-the-out-of-town-family-around stuff, doing the blog got kind of behind. Which is why I’m late and a bit disconnected with

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Where Are We?

On September 26, 2010   /   Writing  
Tags: atmosphere, description, Frontier Magic, fundamentals, setting

Every story, short or long, takes place somewhere. Every scene takes place somewhere. And every place has features about it that are unique, whether it is the collection of overly cute fairy-figurines on the mantelpiece in the parlor, the cracked and faded mural across the back wall of the

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