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The Appeal of Storytelling

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Mary Beth Frezon

It seems to me,” she continued, “that the more we live in a society in which we feel our problems — be they international problems of war and peace, racial problems, problems of drugs, problems of violence — to be literally beyond our ability to solve, the more reassuring it is to read a popular form of fiction which itself has a problem at the heart of it. One which the reader knows will be solved by the end of the book. — P.D. James Continue reading →

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Process and attachment and letting go

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Mary Beth Frezon

RT @judyblume: Bawling my eyes out as I send revised manuscript to editor. Not really parting w/characters but still… When I read this, I felt so much better. I often get to this point in quilting projects too where I … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on creating

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Mary Beth Frezon

Where the writer and the reader collaborate to make the work of fiction is perhaps, above all, in the imagination. In the joint creation of the fictive world. — Ursula K. Le Guin Continue reading →

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What are you listening to, MB?

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Mary Beth Frezon

Holed up working on NaNoWriMo and listening to a playlist called MB’s Quiet Music which does has some very quiet music but also contains some of my favorite dance music. Continue reading →

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The NaNoWriMo Writing Station

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Mary Beth Frezon

A bit of Chopin (Rubenstein), a keyboard and Thou, NaNoWriMo, singing against the winds of November. Continue reading →

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