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Tag Archives: ORIGINs

ORIGINS: The Color of Jadeite by Eric D. Goodman

October 5, 2020by jmwwblog Leave a comment

In today’s ORIGINS, Eric D. Goodman discusses the origins of his novel, The Color of Jadeite, recently released from Apprentice House Books. The first spark is almost always an idea […]

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ORIGINS: “Sunblock” by Tom Lakin

November 18, 2019by jmwwblog 1 Comment

For me, typically, story ideas are like rainbow trout: elusive, finicky, difficult to find and even harder to bring in once you’ve found them.

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ORIGINS: “Remember” by Dan Schwartz

October 25, 2019by jmwwblog 2 Comments

There is a group of us that meets every two weeks, give or take a month, in a low-lit bar attached to a liquor store.

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ORIGINS: “Shrine” by Steve Passey

August 19, 2019by jmwwblog 1 Comment

The art of telling a story is often found in making connections between disparate things.

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Origins: “The Bounce Test” by Kathryn Kulpa

August 8, 2019by jmwwblog Leave a comment

I realized that the heart of the story was not the cranberries or the road trip or Thanksgiving dinner, but what was missing.

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ORIGINS: “The Hands Which Hang Down” by Austin Ross

July 29, 2019by jmwwblog Leave a comment

History is nothing if not a series of revisions.

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Origins: “The Dead Man” by Cara Long Corra

July 22, 2019by jmwwblog Leave a comment

I am one of those people who thinks about finding dead bodies.

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Origins: “The Night of the Stoppering” by Samuel J Adams

June 5, 2019by jmwwblog Leave a comment

My writing isn’t governed by many rules, but I have a policy holds that when something falls easily out of the sky onto the page, I keep it, dressing up its impact from the landing, if needed.

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ORIGINS: “A Stone’s Throw from Home” by Cheryl Pappas

April 15, 2019by jmwwblog 1 Comment

“A Stone’s Throw from Home” was born out of frustration.

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ORIGINS: Thursday 1:17 pm by Michael Landweber

May 4, 2016by jmwwblog Leave a comment

But all my work – novels, short stories, whatever – starts with the idea. Usually a very strange idea. When I have these ideas, they are followed by an intense conversation with myself about why this particular concept will probably lead to anguish and heartbreak.

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