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Category: Research and Ideas for Writing

StoryStorm Ideas

Jan 17, 2020Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Plans and Dreams, Research and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

The Blog: I have not kept up with the blog, even though I know good and well there is awesome stuff in there. My Ideas: I have, however, kept up…

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Biological Tech in a Fantasy or SF World

Sep 26, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

Biotech Plants hear the sound of the honeybee and up the sugar content of their pollen quickly. Hadany’s team looked at evening primroses (Oenothera drummondii) and found that within minutes…

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Extraordinary Creatures

Sep 25, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

I attended FenCon 2019 and went to a couple of panels by science fiction and fantasy authors that I thought had useful information for writers. One of those panels was Extraordinary…

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Dressing Through the Portal

Sep 23, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

I attended FenCon 2019 and went to a couple of panels by science fiction and fantasy authors that I thought had useful information for writers. The leaders of the discussion were…

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Metaphors

Aug 26, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

Metaphors, as I have mentioned before, can be an interesting place to get ideas. In another life, I wrote about Metaphors with links to metaphor-related content: 13 centuries of metaphors…

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Prairie Dogs

Jul 22, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

I live in a town with a prairie dog reservation. While I am opposed to reservations, I am grateful that someone thought we might actually succeed in wiping these animals…

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Metaphors in Language Learning

Jul 21, 2019Suanna DavisFramework, Nuts and Bolts, Research and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey, Tap Creative Potential

While learning Bahasa Malaysia, I have discovered that some birds are metaphors in their language. The children’s dictionary says “owl” in English, for example, but the Malaysian translation is two…

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Second-Language Learning as a Writing Tool

Jul 19, 2019Suanna DavisNuts and Bolts, Research and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

Language Learning I am in the process of learning Bahasa Malaysia. I don’t live in Malaysia. I have only visited once, for two weeks. I don’t know if I will…

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African Mythical (?) Animals

Jul 10, 2019Suanna DavisResearch and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

I went looking for African Mythical animals and I found several. Mostly I wanted to find ones which, like Bernard Most’s creatures, were combinations. However, I did not find a…

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My Reading List

Jul 6, 2019Suanna DavisPersonal Inspiration, Research and Ideas for Writing, Share the Journey

My reading list is getting longer. It feels like the more I read, the more I have to read. Books I need to purchase to read, all winners of the…

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