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A filled template called "Story Meter", with metallic gears in the background. It has a caption "My current WIP / Debut..." and then has several "gauges" represented as horizontal bars. The gauges are as follows: "focuses on the characters vs. focuses on the world" where the mark is on the characters' side, "is romance driven vs. is plot driven" where the mark is about in the middle but closer to the romance side, "fades to black vs. gets spicy" where the mark is heavily on the spicy side and "has romance burn slow vs. has romance burn fast" where the mark is approx. in the middle
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A template called "Story Meter", with metallic gears in the background. It has a caption "My current WIP / Debut..." and then has several "gauges" represented as horizontal bars. The gauges range from: "focuses on the characters vs. focuses on the world", "is romance driven vs. is plot driven", "fades to black vs. gets spicy", "has romance burn slow vs. has romance burn fast"
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Inside the Mind of a Criminologist: Building Crime Fiction Through Authentic Human Behavior with Susan Magestro Wed, October 21, 2026; 6pm AZ Time/PDT What happens inside the mind of a criminologist? Can that knowledge transform your writing? Peek behind the scenes at real-world criminology to see how understanding human behavior creates stronger characters, richer relationships, and more compelling stories. Crime is only one chapter of a person's story. So criminologists don't simply study crime; they study people! Register at: DesertSleuths.com Find us on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, Pinterest, & YouTube Images: Desert Sleuths logo plus headshots of guest speaker
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The set is a monochrome cityscape. There are hoses and industrial equipment nearby. See, Benjamin Tempora comes on from the right stage. Walking slowly with his cane seemingly contemplating something important. He begins to sing the opening number, Infinite no Infinitesimal. BENJAMIN TEMPORA Can I change our fate…? The kids and I…? I surely hope so… Benjamin Tempora walks into his workplace as the set pieces move to reveal the inner workings of a museum he had once been standing outside of. The other employees looked at him as if he was in trouble.
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One of my favorite parts of writing 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟 was the fashion. I love the clothes of this era, and in the rough draft, I was absolutely not afraid to write every damn detail. 😂 This is Lottie’s gala dress, based on Lucile’s 1916 “Happiness” gown. And apparently Rough Draft Me looked at it and thought, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑎. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑡. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑅𝐼𝐵𝐵𝑂𝑁𝑆. But sometimes less really is more. By the final draft, all of that became: “In the mirror she shimmered like liquid moonlight; lace whispering fragility over something steadier beneath. The skirt floated at mid-calf, old-world elegance with a modern flair.” Same dress. Same image in my head. A lot fewer words getting between the reader and Lottie. Swipe for the 𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯 𝑫𝑹𝑨𝑭𝑻 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵™, back when I apparently thought I was writing the museum placard too.
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