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August 29, 2016 by pmdrummond Leave a Comment

Every once in a while, a writer writes little snippets that they love. It might not be anything earth shattering or great, but it’s just something that really clicks with the story or characters or both. I’m in the process of writing Diablero-Virago Series Book 2, and here is my snippet for today. (guess which one is the vampire – LOL)

“I thought you would be mad at me,” I said and was irritated when my voice broke like a naughty child.

“I am furious with you,” he said in his deep sonorous voice, and he kissed my cheek, “and that idiot you forbade me to kill.”

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Mental Comic Flypaper

March 24, 2016 by pmdrummond 1 Comment

I blog verbally. I’ll tell the same story to a dozen people if I think it’s funny or interesting. I come from a long line of story-tellers. My father would sit for hours and tell stories about himself and others. He’d tell the same stories over and over again—a little differently everytime, like cooking a favorite recipe and changing the spices slightly with each rendition.

That being said, blogging in writing shouldn’t be that much different, but I hesitated for a long time. I worried about using up all my snark and smart-alleck on the blog and not having any left for my books. Snark, smart-alleck, irony, and revelling in the silliness/stupidity of the world form the backbones of my books. They’re the reason I write. They’re the magic weapon with which I survived a very odd life.
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