Monthly Archives: May 2010

Sex for the Oppositional

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’m sure I’ve seen another discussion, somewhere on the Internet at somewhen, a discussion of villains and sex. If I could remember where or when, I would hunt it up and post the links for your reading pleasure. But since … Continue reading →

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Less Is Enough

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

There’s a reason stories aren’t made up of eighty percent description. It’s because there has to be room for the reader. Reading is a collaborative exercise, between the writer and the reader. The writer has a shape or picture (or … Continue reading →

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Conflict

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

This is one of those posts where I’m writing about something obvious, but writing about it helps me to internalize it. You can’t have a story without plot, and you can’t have a plot without conflict. Conflict is wanting what … Continue reading →

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Wordles for my novels!

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I made some Wordles. Actually, I did this before, but I didn’t save them. Click to see a larger version – you’ll be sent to the main site. It’s an application that transforms a large chunk of text (in this … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Editorial Impressions"

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Editorial Impressions He seemed so certain ‘all was going well’, As he discussed the glorious time he’d had While visiting the trenches. ‘One can tell You’ve gathered big impressions!’ grinned the lad Who’d been severely wounded in the back In … Continue reading →

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"Water Music" free read!

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve put a new, downloadable free read up on my website. It’s my first published story from December 2000, lesbian erotica titled “Water Music.”You can download it here. When I participated in a reading for this anthology, at Bluestockings in … Continue reading →

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