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SL Writers! - Celebrating Progress, Diversity, and Creativity in Our Anthology Project
The SecondLife Writers Community is making incredible strides in our anthology project, and we’re excited to keep everyone updated on our...
Sylvia Woodham
Aug 27, 20242 min read
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Second Life Anthology
Where should I start? Are you a fiction writer? Are you a member of Second Life? Those are two basic things required to participate in...
Sylvia Woodham
Jun 20, 20242 min read
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White Umbrella: Behind the Story
My first self-published story, a longish short story, Gothic Romance, The White Umbrella has been getting great response at a weedly...
Sylvia Woodham
Jun 4, 20243 min read
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Online Behavior: How Much Can We Really Know?
We've all said it - people act differently when they get bahind a computer. But how much of this is true? In my experience, a lot of...
Sylvia Woodham
May 29, 20243 min read
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White Umbrella: First Solo Title - Gothic Romance
This weekend my first solo title comes out! I will list available online sellers for the ebook and the paper back will be coming soon....
Sylvia Woodham
Mar 3, 20241 min read
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The Story So Far... (A Romance)
Dear Dairy..... I met him years ago. I thought maybe he was into me. I went to the office to mind my own business, and he was bouncing...
Sylvia Woodham
Feb 1, 202412 min read
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What's in a Cover?
This is a fun and interesting debate. There are some genres that have clear rules or guidance about the style of cover to be...
Sylvia Woodham
Jan 30, 20242 min read
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Gothic Literature: What is it REALLY?
This weekend I started a new story (another dream sequence) that screamed Gothic romance to me, based on the traditional rules and...
Sylvia Woodham
Jan 29, 20245 min read
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It’s a Jungle out there. Guest post: D.A.Cairns
“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you fall down,...
Sylvia Woodham
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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The Shirt
It was a rainy day on campus, the flagstones slick and a slipping hazard. There was a dark coloured flattened out lump on a stone ahead...
Sylvia Woodham
Nov 9, 20233 min read
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Stalkers
I have mentioned my previous experience in my adult life having more time consumed by being stalked than anyone should have in five...
Sylvia Woodham
Nov 6, 20238 min read
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New Stories and Events!
Lots of exciting news! Out this week is a reprint of Erasure also Going Nuclear, with the ending reworked. Dark Horses Iss. 22 Nov. 2023...
Sylvia Woodham
Nov 5, 20231 min read
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On International Social Interactions
Today I was listening to German radio station and just enjoying the representation of different lanugages like Spanish and Portuguese in...
Sylvia Woodham
Sep 29, 20238 min read
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Dream Sequence (soundtrack incl.)
I have a lot of lucid dreams. Some of them are clear linear plot lines that become stories, like my most recently published. I have...
Sylvia Woodham
Sep 17, 20236 min read
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Health Progress!
At the start of the summer, I posted how daily social group interaction of an in person course this summer was a big transition for me...
Sylvia Woodham
Sep 9, 20234 min read
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Sylvia and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Editors
I have been blogging about horrific experiences in the world of "para publishing" freelancers The most recent examples might be the most...
Sylvia Woodham
Aug 22, 20237 min read
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Brenda Hsueh: Diverse Creatives
I will start by being direct: GO SEE ELEMENTAL IN THE THEATER. Now I'll tell you why. Brenda is an amazing human, and Brenda more than...
Sylvia Woodham
Jul 8, 20232 min read
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The Racketeers - Publishing
I have cracked the secret behind all of my posts observing what's wrong, why minority writers complain about running into BS. Someone has...
Sylvia Woodham
Jul 4, 20236 min read
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Coming Out - of Isolation
Officially, the pandemic/ lockdown phase ended for us a year and a half ago, but that doesn't mean that isolation hasn't lingered on for...
Sylvia Woodham
Jun 21, 20233 min read
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On Cutting Toxic Ties
Sounds like other people have had some rough life patches recently. There were some situations that exploded with a literary agency that...
Sylvia Woodham
May 15, 20238 min read
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