Author: meltaylor
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Armchair psychology.
So I’m not a psychologist. I have no degree, no classes. Yet I think this is something every author needs to have some sort of grasp on. Have I read […]
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Advice from my mom.
When I was about 13 or 14 years old, I decided I wanted to be musical. My best friend at the time played guitar, and I knew my father did […]
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Plot or character?
When I first started writing, I came across the phrase “character-driven” in several different books on craft and in editorial ads. I saw it in descriptions for what editors were […]
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Men don’t like . . .
You know what pisses me off? Okay, a lot of things, but today I’m going to get mad about generalizations. It shows up a lot as dating advice, but it […]
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If you love it, I probably hate it.
I have this weird thing. The more the general populace likes a book, or a movie, or a TV show, the more likely I am to completely hate it. This […]
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Jill of all trades.
I started a new day job in March. My grandmother called to wish me happy birthday, and asked about my job situation. I told her I’d be in the parts […]
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Labels.
I hear a lot of people say that they don’t want to be labeled, or not to label their children. Usually this is in response to having illnesses diagnosed, whether mental […]
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Done with this pandemic.
I haven’t written a lot about the pandemic this past year — mostly because everyone’s aware of it and pretty done with it. I’ve been as stressed as anyone else, […]
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Doing the work.
So here’s one of the things I notice about people, including me. I like to draw. I’m not amazing at it, but I do all right. The way I learned […]
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You lack the fire.
Once upon a time, a maestro violinist came to a small town. Many people who played came from miles around in order to play for the maestro and ask his […]
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