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Friday, October 21, 2011 9:12:19 AM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled CHARACTER VS. PERSONA:
Rachna said, "What is the difference? The persona is what your protagonist projects, what image she cultivates and how she wants to be perceived. The character is what drives her inside; it’s what she lives with, or faces in the dark of the night.An analogy..." more
Saturday, October 8, 2011 1:53:09 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled WHAT'S IN A NAME? Part II:
Rachna said, "Finding the right name for your character can be elusive and sometimes it seems you'll never find the one that fits best. Here are some tricks to try:If you're absolutely stuck and can't unearth your character's name, the chances are..." more
Monday, September 26, 2011 6:26:33 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled WHAT'S IN A NAME? Part I:
Rachna said, "A question I am frequently asked is: "How do you name your characters?" A better, perhaps more accurate, way of putting it though, is: "How do you find your characters' names?"There is a difference: naming your characters has a subtle..." more
Saturday, September 3, 2011 2:23:46 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled Character Development Tip -- The Body Repeats the Landscape:
Rachna said, ""The body repeats the landscape. They are the source of each other and create each other." Meridel Le SueurLately I've been thinking much about landscape, having recognized anew how forcefully and viscerally my landscape is the north shore of P.E.I...." more
Friday, August 19, 2011 2:31:10 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled TRUST IN SERENDIPITY:
Rachna said, "I love how the seemingly random events in your life can tie in so readily with what you're working on. I love the coincidences that feed the characters we work on, the way we spot traits in people around us, just when we need to. ..." more
Friday, August 5, 2011 2:32:32 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled A Writer's Wise Words:
Rachna said, "Here's a website worth checking -- JANE YOLEN'S -- in particular her words for writers. Wonderful words on the muse, on writing for joy, serendipity and much more."
Friday, July 22, 2011 2:27:35 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled SPEED VS. DEPTH:
Rachna said, ""The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb." Sir Walter RaleighI've been thinking lately about how we're getting faster and faster as a society. We do more, we write more, we talk more, we multi-task. If we don't multi-task we're considered..." more
Friday, July 8, 2011 2:30:22 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled Some Sage Advice ... Including on Promotion:
Rachna said, "Check out this blog, about the best and worst advice a writer, Michelle Gagnon, received. It provides a down-to-earth take on so many lunatic ideas about promotion, and also offers advice on what does work to sell books...." more
Friday, June 24, 2011 2:26:25 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled TIPS ON WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION -- PART II:
Rachna said, "More tips on writing historical fiction -- with the same caveats as in previous post:8) Research into background can take time, so be patient. Sometimes, it can take ages to dig out one tiny piece of background detail – such as the appearance of..." more
Sunday, June 12, 2011 8:36:57 AM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled TIPS ON WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION -- PART I:
Rachna said, "Here are some tips about writing historical fiction, the usual caveat being that there are no golden rules – these are just things (great catch all word that – things, although thingie is even better and a personal favourite!) that worked for..." more
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:34:24 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR TALES: Spinning Family Stories into Fiction:
Rachna said, "I am delighted to announce that my novel THAT BOY RED published by HarperCollins Canada, has now been released. Set in P.E.I. during the 1930s, it follows the adventures and misadventures of eleven-year-old Roderick “Red” MacRae and his large..." more
Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:11:03 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled WILLIAM SAFIRE'S GREAT RULES OF WRITING:
Rachna said, "I love this list -- it covers many basics!~ Do not put statements in the negative form.~ And don't start sentences with a conjunction.~ If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that agreat deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading..." more
Friday, April 15, 2011 3:53:19 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled THANK YOU MRS. CHAUBAL – AND ALL TEACHERS WHO READ ALOUD TO STUDENTS:
Rachna said, "In my previous post I wrote about the long circuitous road to my newest novel THAT BOY RED, and how it started with my love of a book, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, by L.M. Montgomery. This is how I first met Anne... It was a hot day in late Spring, in..." more
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 10:45:05 AM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled COMING FULL CIRCLE – THE ROAD TO RED:
Rachna said, "My latest book, a middle-grade novel THAT BOY RED (HarperCollins Canada) will be out in bookstores in mid-April. Set in Prince Edward Island during the Depression the book follows the escapades – sometimes hilarious, sometimes hair-raising – of..." more
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 7:40:06 AM
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 5:39:15 AM
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Friday, November 4, 2011 3:40:09 PM
Rachna Gilmore wrote a blog post titled CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TIP -- COLOURING OUR CHARACTERS:
Rachna said, "There are so many ways to develop and come to know our characters. Sometimes, oblique, odd questions can bring flashes of insight so the character comes into focus, clear and fully formed with shades of intangibles that somehow bring them to..." more