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Mary Castillo
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Read anything amazing lately? Looking for a book with substance...
The last book that really took me for a ride was "The Lost Hours" by Karen White. The heroine is very tough in the beginning - you kind of want to shake her - but the journey she takes you on is wo...
Replied Nov 13
Read anything amazing lately? Looking for a book with substance...
I love these books, too! Sometimes I pick up my dog-eared copy of "A Women of Substance" and relive the drama.
Replied Nov 13
Favorite movies you can watch over and over
Casablanca, Pride and Prejudice, Notorious (the look Cary Grant gives Ingrid Bergman as they fly over Rio ... ay yi yi!) and Shakespeare In Love.
Replied Oct 23
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Without thinking about it, the other day I happened to mention on Facebook that writing my WIP (a TV pilot set in Hollywood 1944) is like playing with Barbies. But super awesome 1940's Barbies who wear hats, gloves and stockings. Underneath the gl...
Well, that pretty much sums up what I have to say. My writer's brain is a strange contraption. It takes me to places and creates people that I swear are real. And just when I've got a handle on a character, the key to a scene or a sparkling bit of...
Thanks Holly! I'll have to look up her webinar.
I usually wait 3-4 weeks before following up. But I recently participated in a webinar hosted by Linda Formicelli (The Renegade Writer) and she says she only waits two weeks!
Hi All: I have two queries with national magazines and I wanted to ask how long do you wait before following up? I waited three weeks after I sent the first query and still no response. I know they're busy ladies but I want to get some traction!
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The last book that really took me for a ride was "The Lost Hours" by Karen White. The heroine is very tough in the beginning - you kind of want to shake her - but the journey she takes you on is worth the wait!
I just ordered a box of books from ...
I love these books, too! Sometimes I pick up my dog-eared copy of "A Women of Substance" and relive the drama.
The hardest part of a story to write is the first line. Speaking from my experience as a reader (e.g. what pulls me into a story) and a writer (what has sold my work), a character has to make an entrance. Or, if told in the first person, a stateme...
Casablanca, Pride and Prejudice, Notorious (the look Cary Grant gives Ingrid Bergman as they fly over Rio ... ay yi yi!) and Shakespeare In Love.
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- What is your blog link?
- http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/
- What is your twitter URL?
- http://twitter.com/chicalitwriter
- A little about yourself...
- I'm the author of three novels and two novellas with another short story coming in Orange County Noir, April 2010. My articles have appeared in Latino Future, Romance Writers Report, LatinaVoz, Tu Ciudad and Animation World Network. I have a four year-old son and my husband is a screenwriter.
- What kinds of things do you typically Twitter about?
- Q&A's I've done with other authors & artists, my life as a writer & mom
- What are your areas of interest?
- mommyhood, home & garden, social media, the arts, green living, writing
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WWII Barbie
Without thinking about it, the other day I happened to mention on Facebook that writing my WIP (a TV pilot set in Hollywood 1944) is like playing with Barbies. But super awesome 1940's Barbies who wear hats, gloves and stockings. Underneath the glamor, they hide secrets, wrestle with insecurities and ambition and use whatever they've got to get ahead in a man's world.
(If you ask my mom, she'll tell you that this was how I played Barbies when I was a kid. She once caught my Barbie in bed with a… Continue
(If you ask my mom, she'll tell you that this was how I played Barbies when I was a kid. She once caught my Barbie in bed with a… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:01am —
Note to Ego: Shut the Hell Up. Thank you.
Well, that pretty much sums up what I have to say. My writer's brain is a strange contraption. It takes me to places and creates people that I swear are real. And just when I've got a handle on a character, the key to a scene or a sparkling bit of dialogue, within the same brain Ego snidely whispers, "That sucks. You think that will sell? You think people will actually read that and not laugh at you?"
I don't know how many hours and days I've wasted caught up in the nastiness of when my brain a… Continue
I don't know how many hours and days I've wasted caught up in the nastiness of when my brain a… Continue
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:06am —
Entrances
The hardest part of a story to write is the first line. Speaking from my experience as a reader (e.g. what pulls me into a story) and a writer (what has sold my work), a character has to make an entrance. Or, if told in the first person, a statement. I don't mean just having someone walk through a door, or wake up in bed and most definitely not stare at herself in the mirror over the bathroom sink. Characters arrive. They have a presence that makes you turn to the next page and the next until th… Continue
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:50am —
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- At 1:08am on November 20, 2009,
Natalie Regoli, CEO said…
- Do you have a Twitter account? What do you tweet about?
I tweet about my fight with breast cancer and becoming a mom for the first time. I have been trying to find more people to follow me so that I can spread awareness:
http://twitter.com/ViralCEO
Natalie
- At 1:32pm on October 8, 2009,
Mommy Dearest said…
- Welcome to the site! I contribute here and have a site of my own. If you get a moment please take the time to bless it with your presences and I'm sure you will be blessed in return! May God bless you and yours!
--Mommy Dearest
Visit Mom-Me-Dearest.com
- At 1:01pm on October 8, 2009,
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