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Ambiguous Endings: Brilliant or Lazy?

Posted on 02/01/2011 by amitha

Due to the nature of this blogpost, there will be spoilers for The Giver and for Inception (the movie). So consider yourself forewarned. I recently saw Inception for the second time and it made me think again about ambiguous endings. … Continue reading →

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New Year WIP Updates

Posted on 01/24/2011 by amitha

My writing and my parenting seem to be taking over my ability to churn out blog posts. Huh. Didn’t see that one coming. So I thought I’d do a quick update on my various writing projects (I’m feeling a little … Continue reading →

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What I learned from #NaNoWriMo

Posted on 11/30/2010 by amitha

All right, so I didn’t “win” NaNoWriMo. I only wrote about 18,000 words during this month (plus whatever I manage to write tonight, if anything). But if you add in the 8,000 words I already had for this manuscript, I have … Continue reading →

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How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #3

Posted on 11/15/2010 by amitha

Now that you’ve planned out your group and advertised for members, what’s next? Step #3: Selecting Members Once you have a bunch of people interested in your group, how do you select members? At first you may not need to … Continue reading →

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My goals for NaNoWriMo

Posted on 11/02/2010 by amitha

I’m participating in NaNoWriMo this year! The point of National Novel Writing Month is basically to take one month to write one new full novel of at least 50,000 words. While I will be taking a novel I’ve already started … Continue reading →

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How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #2

Posted on 11/01/2010 by amitha

Now that you’ve planned out your group, what’s next? Step #2: Finding Members If you are already part of a large writing group, it may not be too hard to find people to join your group. The now fairly well … Continue reading →

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How to Form Your Own Critique Group: Step #1

Posted on 10/25/2010 by amitha

As many of you know, I’m the leader of a fabulous five-person critique group called Courtyard Critiques (including Peta and Livia). Many writers are reticent to join a writing group, but for me the experience has been wonderful. Maybe someday … Continue reading →

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Medical Fiction Question #2: Labor Pains

Posted on 10/18/2010 by amitha

Q: From writer DH (question edited for clarity): If you don’t mind, I’m having a hard time writing a scene for childbirth, and I can’t seem to stomach watching the youtube videos detailing birth. So I was hoping to get … Continue reading →

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My epiphany: it’s about the writing, stupid

Posted on 10/04/2010 by amitha

After almost two and a half years of writing full time, I’ve finally realized that I need to write. It’s not about being published for me, it’s actually about the stories and the writing process. If I go several days … Continue reading →

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Ancient Astronomy and Other Fine Careers

Posted on 09/27/2010 by amitha

When I was little, I knew I wanted to be was a scientist or a mathematician. After going to college and finding out more about the fields I was interested in, I quickly realized that I didn’t actually want to … Continue reading →

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