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M. Jaynes

Movies That Do A Book Justice

March 1, 2010

Cover of Shutter Island: A NovelWhen a movie comes out and it looks interesting, I try to find out if it was based on a novel. If it was, I make it a point to read the book before seeing the movie. Currently, I am racing through Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island. The writing is inspired, [...]

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As a Writer, Know When it is Over

February 15, 2010

Image by Tony the Misfit (Getting Back) via FlickrThe story, that is. Recently I finished a sweet little Regionalism novel about two sisters growing up in 1950’s Milwaukee. It started out well with clever anecdotes and interesting characters, but when I got to the end of the book (or what I thought should be the [...]

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A Woman’s Advice to Hollywood

February 1, 2010

Image via WikipediaHollywood is guilty of committing many offenses. Among them is their idea of what women want to see in movies. Following is number one of perhaps several bits of advice an average woman such as myself would like to pass along to those that make movies:
Stop trying to inject love stories into action [...]

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Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop Out: Timothy Leary’s Advice Twisted to Talk to Writers

January 18, 2010

Okay, “Turn On. Tune In. Drop Out.” Is the correct phrasing but while trying to get to sleep the other night, it occurred to me that if we tweak Leary’s counterculture contribution, we can use it to help us as writers:
Turn Off: One of my New Year’s resolutions was to keep the television off until [...]

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Research and Writing

January 4, 2010

Recently, I had the interesting task of researching Amsterdam brothels for a piece…I was writing. I found a lot of useful information and even considered a career change after seeing how much money one could make in the Red Light District (joking). Over the past year I’ve researched psychic children, moonshine, gardening, name origins, serial [...]

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