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getting published – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. Saturday, 6, August, 2016. Look what got delivered to my doorstep this morning! I’m so happy to finally have it in my hands. Will you look at that stunning chapter heading? There’s a different one for each story. And mine is perfect. The next leg of the journey. Saturday, 1, November, 2014. I know it’s a cliche to compare producing a novel to having a baby, but bear with me for a moment. And a whole new aspect of the novel-as-baby comparison occurred to me.
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polishing – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. Wednesday, 27, August, 2014. I love getting edits. It’s like having someone else brush my hair. I love having to focus on a word or a sentence or a paragraph and really think about what I wanted it to do. What is the meaning I want it to convey? What is the feeling I want it to build? Which other bit of the story do I want it to point to? Which pieces of information do I want it to connect? Saturday, 26, April, 2014. Sunday, 27, April, 2014. Ugh, the shame.
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ideas – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. The Museum of Broken Relationships. Thursday, 3, March, 2016. Thursday, 3, March, 2016. What a fascinating idea…. A new Museum of Broken Relationships will be opening in Los Angeles in May, and they are seeking donations of things that remind people of their once-broken hearts. It started as a collaborative project between two Croatian artists, Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić, after the end of their four-year relationship. Saturday, 25, July, 2015. IR...
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mechanics – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. Thursday, 21, April, 2016. Supporting your writing practice. The Wordcount is a capricious beast. It is simultaneously the carrot and the stick. The milestone by which you mark what you’ve achieved, and the one that tells you just how far you have to go. But I’m more of a pantser. I. We’re halfway through. Have we just set out to vanquish the nemesis? OK, that’s the 3/4 mark. George R R Martin on writing. A Dance With Dragons. I just have to keep on swimming.
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life – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. Object Therapy Part 2. Tuesday, 1, November, 2016. Tuesday, 1, November, 2016. Remember that broken crockery and the dismembered rocking horse? Well, here is the happy ending to that story. This treasure chest of beautiful brokenness went to artist Halie Rubenis who did remarkable things with not just the chipped, cracked and shattered contents of this “big box of abject clumsiness”, but the actual box itself. Below centre and right). In. But once you get u...
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images – Leife Shallcross
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Spinner of fairy tales and other magical yarns. Sunday, 22, May, 2016. Sunday, 22, May, 2016. Today has been a good day. Today I have been working on a couple of scenes in my WIP involving a handsome 18th century man in various states of deshabille. It’s always important to get the details right, so here are a few helpful images I’ve been using for research and inspiration. Firstly, you’ve got to get the clothes right. That gap at the neck of the shirt is. Exactly what can you see? If you’ve got a ...
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