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One Great Story Always Leads to Another

Posted onMarch 14, 2024February 14, 2024AuthorCarol Newman Cronin8 Comments

Hindsight leads to a resolution Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagscuriosity, imagination, story ideas

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Swimming in a Sea of Salty Dialogue

Posted onApril 6, 2023March 28, 2023AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

My characters are showing me even more of themselves. Especially when I’m not actually writing. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, developmental editing, imagination, writing process

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Imagination Creates Reality: Irish Travel Story

Posted onMay 17, 2018February 27, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Stepping onto an Irish bluff, I found the point I’d created off the coast of Rhode Island. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Cronin painter, Carol Newman Cronin, Dingle, imagination, Ireland, travel, writing

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A Visit to the Land of What-If

Posted onMay 25, 2017May 9, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Even after a story seems locked in, I sometimes have to re-ignite my big picture imagination. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, imagination, story writing

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Rewarded for Playing Hooky

Posted onSeptember 22, 2016October 9, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Book research can happen in the most unexpected places. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, Freelance, WritingTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, fiction, imagination, writing

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Avoiding Lloyd: Know the Bad Guy

Posted onJune 23, 2016August 24, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin6 Comments

Keep your favorite characters close, and your least favorite ones closer. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsantagonist, Carol Newman Cronin, characters, imagination

Story Parenting

Posted onFebruary 1, 2012July 15, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Am I Raising my Characters, or are they Raising ME? Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, characters, imagination, Where Books Meet Boats, writing

Yes, Dear: Listening to My Characters

Posted onSeptember 7, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

It’s so easy to forget how hard it is to create. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, imagination, story, writing

Paperbacks or Protons: It’s Still All About the Story

Posted onJune 17, 2011June 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Ebooks or paper? Read More …

CategoriesTechnology, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, ebooks, imagination, paperbacks, story

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