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The Ideas Bible

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Recently I had an amazing catchup with my writing buddy Renee Dahlia (http://www.reneedahlia.com/) who is well on her way to becoming a prolific romance author. Now I do romance as part of my overall plots, and I love to read them, but it's not my jam to write. My jam is fantasy, as well you might have guessed. Her jam is romance. While we caught up about the usual (family, friends, work), we also chatted about writing, which is one of my favourite things to do. I am fascinated with the way other writers work, and comparing that to the...

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Ideas that just take their time

caro geelen author in 2000s

See that picture? That's me in 2000. With the long hair up in a ponytail (that hasn't changed) and the bedroom wall positively covered with posters of movies and movie stars (Joseph Fiennes was the man of the moment I can see) and the grim look that says taking selfies with an actual camera is hard. This is also the year I had an idea. Or at least, I think I had the idea then. My notes from then are completely lost, which is a shame. I've transferred ideas from paper to paper, from note to note. At university I...

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