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Apr

Goings and Goals

Posted by Christina A. Nelson  Published in Blog

In a few days I’m going off on a trip to attend a family vacation/wedding, so I shall be taking a three-week hiatus from blogging. I will likely give a bit of perspective on my trip upon my return, as I foresee reaping some wonderful writing ideas. While I’m gone for my extended time, I [...]

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Tags: blogging, countdown, editing, methods, script frenzy

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16

Apr

The Mad Muse: In Praise of Miyazaki-San or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Anime

Posted by Christina A. Nelson  Published in Blog, Mad Muse

<< Edited May 12, 2010 >> What defines inspiration to a writer? I’ve spent a good deal of time reading, and have found some favorite authors, but there’s always more to it than just BOOKS, isn’t there? Stimuli is all around us. An artist’s source of inspiration is the very world around them, and they [...]

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Tags: films, hayao miyazaki and studio ghibli, inspiration, movie, reflecting

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12

Apr

What I Look Like Doing Research XD

Posted by Christina A. Nelson  Published in Blog

Wow, I actually have something to post on my YouTube account: I’ve been trying to think of trailers for my book to create, but for now I think I will put that on the back burner til it’s being edited seriously by people other than me. But I still want to post things up on [...]

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Tags: origin, reflecting, youtube

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12

Apr

Christina A. Nelson Google Search for Fantasy Novel Research

Posted by Christina A. Nelson  Published in Vlog

The medieval studies topics are actual search tags I have used extensively to do research before. ^_^ Share

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Tags: a., and, author, author@google, baby, Child, christina, Eagle, fantasy, fun, illuminated, inspired, instruments, JRR, lord, love, manuscripts, medieval, monasteries, musical, names, nelson, novel, of, Pub, research, rings, search, story, sweet, the, Tolkien, writer, writing

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1

Apr

April LOLs Day (& some writer link spam)

Posted by Christina A. Nelson  Published in Blog

Usually I avoid April Fools Day as much as possible, but for whatever reason, feeling cheeky today, I posted an April Fool’s joke telling all my personal Facebook friends that I was getting published by Random House. When I clarified that it was a joke, there was talk of medieval torture and witch burnings XDHad [...]

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Tags: facebook, holidays, inspiration, publishing, resources, work

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