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Fifty states in the rear view mirror and
Hundreds of blog posts ahead of me.
Find my real-life adventures and my #OnTheForest novels at PamPortland.org
@pamportland.orgGo to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like. We weren’t the only ones on the ocean returning from Dry Tortugas National Park
@pamportland.orgI ordered this cute French Bulldog pin online for my friend for Christmas. This is why I start shopping in October.
@pamportland.orgI don’t get this. I have yet to figure out anything that AI can do to make my home or work life better. I’m thoroughly unimpressed. How do people blow this kind of money?
@pamportland.orgMy son turns 30 next month, so I think we’re getting close.
@pamportland.orgI did.
@pamportland.orgYeah, I used to post links 2x daily (back in the days of real Twitter), but it didn’t gain me enough traffic to make it worth my time.
@pamportland.org#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15
I have yet to have any marketing success, weird or otherwise.
@pamportland.orgThis is a step in the right direction, but I think some tribes might still be missing from this map. Nimipu (Nez Perce) and Navajo come to mind.
@mychal3ts.bsky.socialReposted by @pamportland.orgReading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!
@kww.bsky.socialReposted by @pamportland.orgA little bit of recentism here, but I've been impressed by Helene Wecker. For three books she's kept about four parallel plots going and none of them get in the way of the other.
@pamportland.orgSubplots, hosted by @kww.bsky.social
#WriteStuff
@pamportland.org#WriteStuff #SelfPromo
Okay, since I've been yammering about my most recent novel and its non-linear timeline and subplots, here you go:
@pamportland.orgSounds like dangling is approved! #WriteStuff
@jessmahler.bsky.socialReposted by @pamportland.org#WriteStuff A6
I may be the wrong person to ask, since my main stories tend to NOT conclude. But no, subplots don't need to resolve neatly. They can, and it can make for a fun story. But it isn't necessary
@pamportland.orgHooks for the next books! I love this! #WriteStuff
@pamportland.orgA6: I think they can absolutely dangle. Mine did. #WriteStuff
Ex: My MC fools around with the friend of her husband in a flashback. We don't know what happened to the friend.
@pamportland.orgI use them because my last novel was a non-linear timeline. My flashback were subplots (and occasionally other characters), and even indications of my MC coming apart at the seams, that eventually fit into the current timeline of her melting down. #WriteStuff
@pamportland.orgSnippity is allowed at #WriteStuff. You be you.
@kww.bsky.socialReposted by @pamportland.org#Writestuff A5 Yeah, I led the witness there. But for everyone struggling, this is the key. You have supporting characters to interact with your main character and those interactions have to have a foundation. If you can't get that foundation in your main plot, build it with a subplot.
@pamportland.orgA5: While subplots absolutely should serve this purpose, it is not why I use them. #WriteStuff
