tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18766365820121566352024-03-05T04:31:26.434-08:00Paul Schmid studioIllustration and ArtPaul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-18987703094566518602018-09-10T19:45:00.002-07:002018-09-10T19:45:25.231-07:00New Book!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From early sketches to a real book! Look what came in the mail, the first copy of my newest work LITTLE BEAR DREAMS, on sale October 1st!<div>
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Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-29846321032381766802016-01-07T15:04:00.000-08:002016-01-07T15:04:09.978-08:00newly for saleA few more paintings!<br />
Email me if you are interested. paul@paulschmidstudio.com<br />
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<br />Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-81697389973072580912015-12-31T09:16:00.002-08:002015-12-31T16:50:25.792-08:00Get them before the Met does!I've been messing around with paint for fun, and have some things I can sell. Email me at paul@paulschmidstudio.com if you are interested. Oil on canvas, 5" x 7", only about $140. each. Show this to your rich uncle!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrIggLMQhcLOcU6D33yZHPqWgf35nYRlU0ui3jF0igF1xYmdB800GyRWE_bWJytP1WzORP92UlAd5n2uwzOkb8yopkRP9Ca6t8F-mUl4TRXmdHuA0xv2B62wo_8NQfWqQxgSZL4EI5mI/s1600/red+pear1.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a>More work is also on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paul_schmid_studio/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-23107315013931889202015-03-02T09:01:00.000-08:002015-03-02T09:01:30.430-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another quick oil paint study of mine, and more wisdom from my figure drawing teacher, Mr. Parks:</div>
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"Simplify your drawing into 3 values: light halftone and dark. Keep the halftone area noticeably grouped with the light. (It will help define your shadow pattern.)</div>
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I’ve never had any training using oil paint, but have always been drawn to the buttery feel of it and that lovely smell.</div>
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It has been so many years since I last painted from life, I knew I had to return to the basics learned from my wonderful figure drawing teacher, <a href="http://www.scottburdick.com/BillParks.htm" target="_blank">Bill Parks</a> at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.</div>
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He gave us 4 questions to ask ourselves if we felt something wasn’t right about our work:</div>
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2. Is the VALUE too light or too dark?</div>
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3. Is the TEMPERATURE of the COLOR too warm or too cool?</div>
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Breaking the mess of what we saw in front of us down to 4 simple decisions, Mr. Parks taught us that critical thinking was the best tool we had in order to achieve accurate work. For those of us who didn’t spring out of the womb with the ability to paint like Sargent, the only way to learn to paint well was to constantly analyze what you saw in your subject, and what you saw in your work. As he often said: “If you are drawing without COMPARING, you are drawing without SEEING.”</div>
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I know I still have a long way to go to master his teachings, and I hope to track my progress occasionally in this blog. I’ll also be posting more paintings, and bits of wisdom from Mr. Parks and others that I have gathered over the years.</div>
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BTW, I intend to eventually sell some of these on Etsy, but if anyone wants to grab one as they show up here, shoot me an <a href="mailto:paul@paulschmidstudio.com" target="_blank">email</a>. About $125. each. Update: the bottle has sold! Thanks Beth!<br />
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Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-64067675128655600642014-06-18T09:04:00.000-07:002014-06-18T09:05:00.375-07:00New Oliver!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Look what came in the mail!<br />
Available July 1st. Pre-order <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/oliver-and-his-egg-paul-schmid/1117388622?ean=9781423175735" target="_blank">here</a>.Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-31897374614381266922014-06-05T11:44:00.001-07:002014-06-05T11:44:00.718-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I stopped visiting Goodreads quite a while ago, but needing a break from drawing yesterday, I found this review of Randall de Seve's wonderful book.<br />
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I just received news that Oliver and his Alligator made BookPage's best of 2013 list for picture books!<br />
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Yay Oliver!Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-87732804129758291212013-12-13T07:53:00.001-08:002013-12-13T07:54:21.704-08:00they keep coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another very nice review of Oliver, this time from Shelf Awareness:<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Paul Schmid's (<em>A Pet for Petunia</em>) hero Oliver, a cute-as-a-button, pastel-pencil blob of a boy, is scared of the first day of school. Clutching an apple and staring, pink-cheeked, at a long, scary sidewalk that leads to school, Oliver feels that his "brave [isn't] nearly as big as it [needs] to be." So he decides to bring along an alligator to protect him. If facing your fears is too hard, why not ingest them?<br /><br />Oliver cues the alligator with a command to "<em>Munch, munch!</em>" when he encounters the teacher, a friendly girl, the rest of the class, the classroom decorations. But once they have all been swallowed, Oliver begins to feel... lonely. The alligator, an expressionless reptile consisting of a green outline, three stripes down its middle and small feet, swells so large it can no longer fit on the page--and yet, it keeps munching, right up to the book's deeply satisfying conclusion. --Allie Jane Bruce, children's librarian, Bank Street College of Education<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From the <a href="http://booksforkidsblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Books For Kids</a> blog:<br />
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Oliver begins to feel a lot better, as his magic words make all of the bright colors and commotion in the classroom go away. His pale green and pink alligator is now as roly poly as a beach ball, and all the activity and noise are gone. Oliver pulls up a stool beside his rotund alligator in the empty room and waits for school to start. It’s very quiet.</div>
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It’s time for Oliver to say “Munch Munch!” one more time and put himself into the scene where the action is, in Paul Schmid’s first-day tale, Oliver and his Alligator (Hyperion, 2013).</div>
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Schmid earned a 2010 fellowship to study with the late Maurice Sendak, and it shows in this rather quirky tale of dealing with the first day jitters. While Schmid’s storyline shows the Sendakian hand (cf. the personification of Max’s angry feelings as Wild Things, in Where the Wild Things Are,) Schmid’s illustrations, done in soft, grainy pencil lines and pastel colors, are another matter. His “wild thing,” is a fuzzy-ish alligator who seemingly has no mouth or teeth with which to munch anybody, and Schmid’s narration is as non-threatening as his little first-day-of-school hero, who finds a way to face his fear, just as Max tamed his anger. Some children deal with an intimidating situation by daydreaming, mentally removing themselves, and Schmid’s subliminal message of how to put themselves back into life will find its mark.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-47332457862480654942013-06-20T07:38:00.001-07:002013-06-20T07:38:53.881-07:00book launch party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Come on down to <a href="http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/event/paul-schmid-oliver-and-his-alligator" target="_blank">Secret Garden Books</a> in Ballard Tuesday night, June 25th to help celebrate my new book 'Oliver and his Alligator'. There will be treats and beverages (adult beverages too,) and signings and readings and other fine party things.<br />
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Seattle, WA 98107Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-82463802446820473202013-06-03T07:58:00.000-07:002013-06-03T07:58:14.361-07:00A star from Kirkus!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Little Oliver gets a big starred review from Kirkus:<br />
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I have a form of rheumatoid arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis. It primarily affects the spine, and causes pain and decreased mobility.</div>
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I’ve had AS since 1993. My pain and stiffness increased over the years from a mild annoyance to a disturbing level of daily pain. I would wake up in the middle of the night with my ribs frozen into place, leaving me barely able to breathe. I could not do even one sit-up because my back would not flex. Simply rolling over in bed was an exhausting ordeal. Visiting a dentist, it would take at least five minutes for my spine to relax enough so my head would hit the back of the chair. But worst of all, pain occupied my mind almost constantly.</div>
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My doctor who diagnosed me clearly looked upset as she informed me there was no cure and handed me a prescription for mega-doses of ibuprofen.</div>
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Eventually I was on pain suppressants round-the-clock. By 2001 there was a growing list of things I could not or simply did not want to do. I looked gaunt and sickly.</div>
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While reaching something else, a Doctor Ebringer in London discovered that if his AS patients stopped eating starch, their pain and stiffness diminished. (I’ll save you from the explanation why...)</div>
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A few of the people who found relief this way publicized it on the web.</div>
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So in October 2001 I started a no starch diet. I was able to stop taking all pain killers by March of 2002. By 2006 I had gained back all my spinal mobility and to this day experience no pain at all unless I eat a basket of fries or some of that really fabulous double chocolate cake.</div>
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Most sufferers of Ankylosing Spondylitis are not experiencing this relief because their doctors will not suggest the diet. If asked, doctors will inform you there has been no research to prove the diet’s effectiveness.</div>
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Yes, there has been no research done on this cure for AS symptoms. Drug companies fund research. I have been off drugs for my AS these last 11 years. </div>
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I have informed doctors and rheumatologists that I am on a diet which has eliminated my pain and stiffness and have received patronizing nods but no questions. A patient’s real experience is clearly not as valid as a drug company’s brochure.</div>
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So that is why I am writing this very long and boring post. In the hopes that a fellow AS sufferer will find it and begin their life again, as I did. Or perhaps someone reading this knows a friend or family member who has the disease and will email a link.</div>
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Because you will not hear about it from your doctor. They will hand you prescriptions for mega-doses of drugs, and sadly tell you that is all you can do.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-56793653581000574752013-05-29T07:49:00.001-07:002013-05-29T07:49:40.238-07:00another Oliver review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Oliver, first seen cradling a toy alligator and staring at an uneaten breakfast, dreads the first day of school. He “felt his brave wasn’t nearly as big as he needed it to be,” so he invites an alligator to join him. When a “lady who wasn’t his mom” greets him and asks his name, he musters only two words: “Munch, munch!” Each time Oliver feels anxious, this response makes his alligator swallow the perceived threat. Soon his friendly fellow students and some intimidating educational materials are inside the ballooning reptile. Schmid (Perfectly Percy) sketches Oliver in a few angular dashes of pastel pencil. The soft, crayony lines belie Oliver’s anxiety, and his alligator, for all its alleged ferocity, never shows any teeth (and lacks even a visible mouth). Readers are left to imagine the offstage “munch, munch” and later learn—as Oliver questions his limiting desire for solitude—that the students are having fun inside the beast, while Oliver (temporarily) stays outside. Schmid focuses on how a child uses imagination to devour, and finally to conquer, a fear of socializing."</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-27553248845067930772013-05-28T07:22:00.001-07:002013-05-28T07:23:08.257-07:00long live Fauxtionary!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Critique Poup: </b>What your manuscript looks like the day after those so helpful bi-weekly get togethers.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-81436183399757342102013-05-23T07:18:00.000-07:002013-05-23T07:18:18.151-07:00new book news<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am delighted to announce that I will be illustrating a new book for editor Janine O'Malley at Farrar, Strous and Giroux. The author of this wonderful story (which I fell in love with before I had even read more than 3 or 4 lines into it,) is the great <a href="http://lauriethompson.com/" target="_blank">Laurie Thompson</a>. The illustration above is just a very early preliminary sketch, it should be interesting to see how it looks six or eight months from now!Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-46457708862825074462013-05-22T07:18:00.003-07:002013-05-22T07:18:54.118-07:00Oliver review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The School Library Journal has nice things to say about my next book, <i>Oliver and </i><i>His Alligator. </i>Here are some highlights:<br />
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Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-53654276903774379282013-05-21T07:19:00.001-07:002013-05-21T07:20:13.784-07:00more fake words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Bitterary Agent:</b> Your literary agent who does not phone you frequently to gush about your genius.</div>
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<b>Rehersal of Fortune:</b> Secretly writing your Caldecott acceptance speech. Boy Scouts say to be prepared.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-36536867336518048902013-05-20T10:57:00.002-07:002013-05-20T10:57:52.780-07:00Top Ten for Oliver<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My next book to be released, <i>Oliver and His Alligator</i>, which comes out next month, has started to garner some accolades. The American Booksellers Association has placed Oliver among their top ten <a href="http://www.bookweb.org/news/summer-%E2%80%9913-kids%E2%80%99-indie-next-list-preview" target="_blank">Summer 2013 Next List</a>, coming in at #7. Here is their review:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Oliver is a little insecure about his first day of school, so he brings an alligator for reinforcement. While the alligator takes care of one scary thing after another, Oliver starts to realize school might not be so bad — but he has to decide quickly before everything is devoured! Readers will identify with Oliver’s fears and eat up Schmid’s adorable pastel illustrations.” —Erin Barker, Hooray for Books!, Alexandria, VA</span></div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-28650583525624550232013-05-15T09:17:00.000-07:002013-05-15T09:20:58.379-07:00The next big thing: A global blog tour<br />
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<a href="http://www.benclanton.com/" target="_blank">Ben Clanton</a>, in addition to being the nicest guy, also has a talent to envy. Ben was kind enough to tag me for a game of blog “it” for authors and illustrators with new books coming out. Here are the questions and my answers.<br />
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My own first day in kindergarten. The teacher was sweet, but I didn’t know why the other kids had to be there.<br />
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How I wish Fred Gwynne were still around to play the alligator!<br />
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<b>7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?</b></div>
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It’s not the first draft you have to worry about, it’s the next two or three dozen versions of it. I re-wrote the first sentence over 40 times!</div>
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<b>8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?</b></div>
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None can compare.</div>
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<b>9) Who or what inspired you to write this book?</b></div>
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Maurice Sendak spoke often about children needing to explore their own fear. To protect them from this urge is merely self-indulgent on the part of adults. This quote from Maurice is especially relevant to what I wanted to address: <i>“Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We sentimentalize children, but they know what’s real and what’s not. They understand metaphor and symbol. If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous.”</i><br />
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<b>10) What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?</b></div>
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My daughter has told me kids like any book where things get eaten. Just about everything gets eaten in this book.</div>
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Next up is the delightful and delightfully talented <a href="http://cocoastomp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jaime Temairik</a>. You’re it!</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-45180807170633824052013-05-14T07:18:00.003-07:002013-05-14T07:18:54.238-07:00ever more Fauxtionary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Immaterial Hurl:</b> Your reaction to a review which failed to divine any meaning in your book whatsoever.</div>
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<b>Substance Abuse:</b> A review trying to hammer too much meaning into your book.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-30397491569525078642013-05-07T07:14:00.000-07:002013-05-07T07:14:34.221-07:00a couple more from the fauxtionary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Bangover:</b> Headache honorably earned after banging out an entire chapter/outline/story/dummy in one sitting.</div>
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<b>Johnny Faulkner:</b> The beverage you turn to so you can clear your head after a writing binge.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-7368518954521014972013-04-30T07:16:00.001-07:002013-04-30T07:19:48.148-07:00words, words, words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Slogma:</b> Having to sit through a passionate speech by a writer with a large list of should’s and shouldn’ts about the craft.</div>
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<b>Down the Brainpipe:</b> A phrase to describe the complete waste of time, brainpower, energy and self-confidence from doggedly pursuing a failed idea, despite suspecting from the start that it was probably crap.</div>
Paul Schmidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1876636582012156635.post-20588035227882495182013-04-23T08:19:00.002-07:002013-04-23T08:20:09.543-07:00from the Fauxtionary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Poltergist:</b> A potentially brilliant but evanescent main idea for a story that visits you at 3 in the morning and disappears at daybreak, although the whole perfect thing was all there in your head and kept you awake for more than 2 hours.</div>
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<b>Netscaping:</b> Incessant prowling the internet to check emails and Facebook rather than working on your book.</div>
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