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PSYCHIC DISTANCE

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

©2003-2010, Vicki Hinze Psychic Distance is the amount of emotional space you put between the reader and the character. Writers use psychic distance to manipulate the intensity of reader involvement in whatever event is occurring within a scene. Largely, writers...

CYBERSTALKING

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Two years ago I wrote the following article. It’s in the Writers’ Library–and, I think, in this blog, but since I’ve received several requests in the last few weeks to run it again, I’m figuring it’s getting hard to find. 🙂 I’m including the Tip Sheet that was...

WHAT’S THE VALUE OF HALF A PENNY

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WHAT’S THE VALUE OF HALF A PENNY? by Vicki Hinze No one wants to pay more in taxes. Especially those who are clinging to jobs by a thread, whose economy is tourist-based and relies heavily on beaches put out of commission for most of the season by an oil spill. ...

TIP: CHARACTER CREATION

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WHAT IS YOUR AUTHOR THEME?

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

My voice is back, and I’m feeling tons better. I’ve been getting cluster questions about Author Theme, so I did a Mini-post on it. For those to whom this is an unfamiliar term, there’s a long article on it in my writer’s library you might read for guidance on...

DEADLY TIES BOOK SHORT (TRAILER)

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 27, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

I’ve been without a voice for three days now–sound like a frog in distress–but then received the new book short (trailer) from Troy and Bill at WRITERS-IN-MOTION and suddenly I feel a whole lot better. Thought I’d share it with you, and hope it makes you...