Chapter 6: Thai Dishes of Choice by Ethan C. Adam
Today's blog is all about food--Thai food, to be exact. In my novel, Rewriting Adam, I mention three specific dishes that my protagonist...
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Connie Inglis
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
Melody Jamal Smith
Names are important. We'll get to that. Last week I did something that I'd never done before. No, I didn't go bungee jumping or sky...
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Connie Inglis
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Limericks, Lyrics, and Lots of Variety
I recently had a discussion with my brother-in-law who'd just finished reading my novel. He said he loved all the poetry I incorporated,...
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Connie Inglis
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Another quote from my novel, followed by the excerpt: Ethan lifted his chin at the glowing orb. “I always preferred moonlight.” “Hmm. Why...
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Connie Inglis
- Jul 3, 2021
- 2 min
Taking the Plunge
Do you ever feel like an African wildebeest jumping heedlessly into the unknown? I've felt like that ever since I took the plunge into...
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Connie Inglis
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Do you hear it, Gramma? Do you see it, Bada? Part 2
In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...
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Connie Inglis
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Semantics of Words
99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...
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Connie Inglis
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
BOOK COVER REVEAL -- FINALLY!
Okay. Okay. I know you've been patiently waiting. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! These were the four choices from my poll back in...
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Connie Inglis
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
Rewriting Adam Pre-Cover Reveal #2
Here's my second video leading up to the cover reveal of my novel, Rewriting Adam. This is my first interview video with Gary Horsman...
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Connie Inglis
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.
It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...
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Connie Inglis
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
That UNSETTLING first line.
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...
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Connie Inglis
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....
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Connie Inglis
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...
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Connie Inglis
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
A Novel is Born
That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.
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