Category Archives: Writer Lady Sings the Blues

Kurt Vonnegut dissects storylines

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

One of my all-time favorite authors, the late (and sorely missed!) Kurt Vonnegut, whips out the chalk to show us just how simple (or not!) a basic plotline can be: Of course, his own novels tend to be a lot … Continue reading →

Why this is an ad-free blog

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I’ve been getting a huge uptick in traffic lately. Good thing, right? I thought so, until my brother asked if I had ads on my blog. “You could make money off it”, was his rationalization. But here’s my problem: I … Continue reading →

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Teh Heterostoopid: “Sugarbabe” needs an insulin shot–and a dose of hard reality

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

So there I was, this dark and stormy, just bopping around the web, when I chanced on this interesting little interview at Lemondrop. Seems that some cute young bit of fluff, supposedly a psychologist, has written a book saying that … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: And while they’re busy reaching their conclusions…

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…I’ll be reaching for something else:Yup, another awesome Canadian band. This song is dedicated to the antihero of my novel. So’s this one:

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One hundred thousand words…

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…and all is well. I think.I just hit a major milestone on my novel today, and what happens? I lose the word count indicator at the bottom of the page. This happened on my last draft, too, as soon as … Continue reading →

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Woe Blight and the Seven Dorks

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is, obviously, a short story à clef.Once upon a time (the present), there was (is) a little red-headed Canadian princess (ahem–QUEEN!), who lived (lives) on the north shore of Lake Ontario and swore (swears!) she could see across it … Continue reading →

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A bizarre dream I had the other night, or, L’esprit de l’escalier

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Staircase/bookshelf designed by Tim Sloan, featured in Marie Claire Maison. Now this is what I call a dream worth having!I’ve been debating with myself about whether or not I should blog this, because it’s so embarrassing and personal and silly, … Continue reading →

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I’m back, sorta…

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Well, here I am again. Same old crappy keyboard and sound card; same old crappy problems on my 15-inch PowerBook, in other words. The crappy repair shop couldn’t get new crappy parts to replace the old crappy parts, so I’m … Continue reading →

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Back to the novel, back to bliss (kinda sorta)

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”–Gene Fowler Well, not quite. If, as I do, you do most of your writing on a computer … Continue reading →

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