I like to write suspense. Maybe because I zone into the dark side, with an untameable what if...

I like to write suspense. Maybe because I zone into the dark side, with an untameable what if...

Friday, January 29, 2010

What Type Of Embellisher Are You?

"That's Some Imagination You Got!"

Only the look I received was strange.

Almost as if the silent query was are you all right?

 I just smiled as my mom kept needing help with the computer mouse to continue to scroll down.

I had her over for coffee and she was reading about the antagonist in my novel The Third Power.

She said "he gave her the woolies;" ahem, I wondered if maybe I did.

Is the natural ability to embellish a writers gift?

On my word doc I can live in a fantasy land and my thriller romance genre can be any type of lunatic I want and I still can call myself normal, talented, and gifted.

Well, bless my soul!

Embellish: According to the dictionary it means; 1. to increase the beauty of something by adding ornaments (we call them words) 2. To make an account or description more interesting by inventing or exaggerating details. (Yep I’m thinking I kinda always fit in with that description) 3. To add extra notes, accents, or thrills, to make it more beautiful or interesting (ever over research something to death? - any honest critique yawns and says boring.)

Writers, what type of embellisher are you?

3 comments:

  1. I'm 2 and 3. :) People have told me that the real event didn't take as long to live through as it does when I re-tell it!

    Nice to meet you. I came over from the critique loop at ACFW

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  2. I like the photo of the ocean. I presume the woman in the hat is you. ;) I liked the shot so much I showed it to my hubby who is a professional photographer, and he said, “Nice picture. It draws you in.” I think it’s captivating. :)

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  3. Hi Ginny, Thanks for dropping by. Actually the picture is not me, but I too found it captivating. My Romance Suspense novel occurs on Martha's Vineyard. This photo decribes me to a T

    Blessings, Diane

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