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Laur_M's profile was updated 3 years, 6 months ago
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Laur_M replied to the topic Intriguing Opening Lines (Mystery/Thriller/Suspense) in the forum Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Writers 3 years, 6 months ago
After a few not quite satisfying starts of my most complete WIP, I finally settled on putting my first scene, POV character into hot water as quickly as possible. The 911 dispatcher was already on the line as the character was in the process of climbing out the window onto the fire escape. I took the advice of Les Edgerton and wasted no time in…[Read more]
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Laur_M replied to the topic Hangs head, “Sorry, maybe this isn’t a romance.” in the forum Romance Writers 4 years, 3 months ago
@zee Since I wrote the above blather I have circled back around to being a romance again. (Actually, I tried to delete the previous post. You weren’t supposed to see it. It was resurrected somehow. There’s a story for ya, the discussion post that wouldn’t stay dead. Zombie Post)
Saturday I drove to the town in which my story is set, hung a…[Read more]
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Laur_M posted a new activity comment 4 years, 3 months ago
I haven’t read the Scarlet Pimpernel, although I should because I’d love to read someone “sticking it to” the French Revolution. I remember the Scarlet Pimpernel was mentioned in the Larry Norman song “Without Love (You Ain’t Nothin’)”. Yeah, I’m that old. My future spouse and I actually went to a Larry Norman concert back in the day.
My…[Read more]
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Laur_M replied to the topic How sensible and biblical is romance? in the forum Romance Writers 4 years, 3 months ago
I think I shall need to invite you two to have a look at my NaNoWriMo project, or the romantic pieces of it at least, when I get far enough.
My MC, as all MCs must, has a big lesson to learn, and part of the lesson involves how she approaches romance. She is a Christian but, like all Christians, she is a work in progress. She falls, she gets up…[Read more]
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Laur_M joined the group Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Writers 4 years, 3 months ago
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Laur_M joined the group Romance Writers 4 years, 3 months ago