Yvette Keller

Tag: Writing

  • The Unasked Question: Emily Randolph-Epstein Asks Why

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    It seems the safest question to ask when you meet anyone new: “So, what do you do for a living?” Did cocktail parties of the 50’s give us this dreaded question? Because I wish it would die already, or become as much tongue and cheek as “How about those Dodgers?” I do so many things.…

  • The W-X Factor Part 1: Writers and Peers

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    TL;DR (aka executive) Summary: Episode 2.29 of Write Right Podcast spurred my thoughts about how the Writing Excuses Cast and Staff got it right and created a learning community on the WXR Baltic Cruise. From modeling, to clear agreements, and creating safe space, they facilitated strangers becoming a team, and ultimately, peers. ∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼∼ In my goals list…

  • The Picture Game: A Sample Entry

    The Picture Game: A Sample Entry

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    I thought I would start giving you more samples of my writing. To be honest, I wrote for 10 and edited/added for 20 minutes. Here’s an example of what I write when I’m playing the picture game. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Picture Game is a daily writing exercise for anyone who wants to participate. The rules are easy. 1…

  • Writing Out (of) Friendships

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    Sometimes, I am so devoted to being a friend to you, that I can’t tell if you are my friend or not.

  • Story Prompts For Non-Verbal Thinkers, Part 1

    Story Prompts For Non-Verbal Thinkers, Part 1

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    This week’s guest post is courtesy of Mark Bessey. Mark is renowned among his acquaintances as a teller of funny stories. Lucky for us, he has finally decided to write them down. He blogs about software issues at Another Day in The Code Mines.   It’s accepted wisdom, maybe even a truism, that writers love…

  • Erotica for A Clothing Addict

    Erotica for A Clothing Addict

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    The J. Peterman Company has been around, publishing its glorious owner’s manuals since 1987 (the year I started High School). Yes, I had to look that up. I never saw one, nor watched Seinfeld, until I went away to college. That was when my mentor, Steven Crain, shared one of the catalogs on a cool,…

  • Put Down the Cat O’ Nine Tails and Step Away…

    Put Down the Cat O’ Nine Tails and Step Away…

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    I’m drafting this in Campbell Hall at UCSB, waiting to hear Steven Johnson talk about his book Wonderland: How Play made The Modern World. I expect it will be interesting and inspiring, and it makes me realize that it is official: I have given up on trying to “win” this year’s NaNoWriMo. After the first week…

  • Why thank you! I’d like some more dog food, please.

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    DAY ONE, STEP ONE: Talk to the scary people. The day after the election, in my grief and rage I implemented the first step of my “stay sane” plan. Anyone I don’t know how they voted is a “scary” person. Get rid of the scary people. Excise them from my life. (I didn’t say it was a…

  • What Cassandra Knew

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    It is the beginning of week two of NaNoWriMo and I cannot think, I can only feel, and I feel horrible. Day eight technically, but it feels like Day one of being reborn in a Cowardly New World. Luckily for me, writing is not the sort of thing that requires clear thought because I don’t…

  • National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is Coming!

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    It is time to buckle down and prep for NaNoWriMo! (I’ve actually been prepping since this summer when an idea came to me, and I started running to and fro with it.) This year I am writing the first book in a series of mysteries. I was inspired by the audiobook work on the Viola Roberts…