Writer in a Foreign Land

Fiction writer with German mother tongue writes in English. How to bring these ideas into good stories, well told.

Sunday, February 22, 2015

We Have No Clue What Will Come

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We have arrived in 2015. A truly exciting year. This year we will see the invention of flying cars and highways in the clouds. We will see ...
Monday, January 19, 2015

German Words in English

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My second blog post was about a German word used in English: Wanderlust. In English it has the connotation of longing for far places while ...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

X-Mas in Writing

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It's been looking a lot like X-Mas outside. I love the Holiday Season. Even though work seems to triple during this time, there is a sp...
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Diversity in Writing

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Last week Chuck Wendig published a blog post  which is like mirror or like a punch in your face, depending how used you are to be candid wi...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Every Word Counts

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"..So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Different Faces of Discipline

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It's NaNoWriMo and NaNoWriMo means discipline. If you don't sit down every day and write, you will end up with a huge pile of words...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

How to Get the Tears

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Have you ever heard "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader". It is part of a quote from Robert Frost. The sentence is fo...
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