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Behind the Scenes: Music and My Writing Process

Posted on June 22, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

In one of my writing groups over on Facebook, there was a discussion not too long ago about music and writing. I was seriously surprised that so many of the writers (many self-published professionals) don’t listen to music while they work…I have a hard time not listening to music during certain parts of my process….

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Muddled Moments: As If

Posted on June 15, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

Grab a Clearly Canadian, put on a velvet babydoll dress, throw on a lace choker and some Doc Martens, watch an episode of Friends or Buffy the Vampire Slayer and sit back because – the 90s are back, baby! Want to know how I know? Bath and Bodyworks just brought back their old original scents…

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Creating a 3-Act Structure with Tarot Cards

Posted on June 8, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

I’m back for part two of my writing exercises using the Tarot for Writers book and my tarot cards.  Last week I created a new character, named Leo, and this week I’m using an exercise on page 72 about creating a three-act structure with two plot points.  I did not pull a card for the climax (seen in…

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Character Creation 1-2-3: A Tarot Exploration

Posted on June 1, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

I wanted to play around with another couple of exercises from Tarot for Writers by Corinne Kenner. I call this Character Creation 1-2-3 and it’s from the section of the book on simple tarot spreads. I’m using a one card spread to give me an overall view of the character, a two card spread to give…

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Behind The Scenes: Modern Art and The Art of Lying

Posted on May 25, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

Today I’d like to share with you another look Behind the Scenes of The Art of Lying and talk about my love for Modern Art and how it influenced my main character, Rachel.   Rachel is a young artist on the verge of a big break and her own gallery show.  I love visiting museums…

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Binge Worthy

Posted on May 18, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

There are so many choices when it comes to television watching these days. Since we don’t have cable, we use Netflix and Hulu for our TV binge sessions and they have some amazing original series.  Here’s what I’ve been watching, both new and old favorites – now with GIFs! The Handmaid’s Tale Amazing book, even…

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A Journey through “Tarot for Writers” – Part 2 the Story

Posted on May 11, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

NOTE:  This is the short story I finally wrote based on the tarot cards I pulled during this post HERE – A Journey through “Tarot for Writers” – Part 1 the Exercises.  I enjoyed this process, sorry it took so long to actually finish it and get it posted.  If you enjoyed these two posts,…

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Muddled Moments: Not Cooking with Gas

Posted on May 4, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

Today, I’m starting another new series I’m starting on the blog called Muddled Moments – little slices of my life (that’s not necessarily related to writing) – today is about the lack of gas coming into our apartment building. What happened? So….a few weeks ago, right around the time of Career Day actually, there was…

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Behind The Scenes: Locations in The Art of Lying

Posted on April 27, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

I thought I would start a new series here on the blog called Behind the Scenes.  I’m finishing up my final round of revisions on my current novel, The Art of Lying, and I will be sending it to an editor before self-publishing later this year.  I thought it might be fun to do this…

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Career Day

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

It has been hard to call myself a writer in the past, but I’ve been pretty serious the last few months about changing my mindset regarding this word and how I apply it to my life, so when the opportunity came about to speak at my son’s school on Career Day as a Writer I…

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