Marty Vee

Author: Marty Vee

  • Oh the Endless Film Adaptations 

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    I love being told stories. I eat ’em up. I’m that person that leans in when we get to the “good part,” that gasps and says, “Ah,” at intrigue and full body jumps at shocking moments (as my husband will tell you.) I have a particular love for books in every form; reading the words…

  • Books That Travel

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    It’s 3am and I’m sitting in Detroit airport. I’ve never seen it so quiet; not that I have a lot of experience with airports. But I can hear the escalators and the nonlabored breathing of a man ten feet away from me.  My husband is in search of a vending machine, we didn’t eat before…

  • Writing Collaboration

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    There are somethings going on with me that have really tossed my plans around; therefore, I’ve been struggling to get writing done and I feel like I need to get out of my own head. So, I’m sending out a calling card. I would love to do some collaborative writing exercises with someone. I thought…

  • Reading the Red Wedding 

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    This blog will contain spoilers, for George R.R. Martin’s Storm of Swords. So if you’re one of those weirdos, like my husband, who has not read or watched this series then stop reading blogs and pick up these books. I’m down for reading dark subject matter and A Song of Ice and Fire has a strong…

  • I Need Your Opinion. 

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    As I’ve mentioned, I’m writing a romance and mystery novel. But I’m also editing the prequel to that romance novel. I wrote all of these with multiple POV (points of view.) These POV switch within chapter and I continue to receive the critique that it is “jarring.” I like switching among characters, because then the…

  • In My Internet Travels

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    I follow Writerish Ramblings by Kristi S. Simpson. She gets daily prompts from StoryADay.org and writes these fun stories. And I would like to do the one from today. The prompt is below and my story follows. Prompt: Visibly Invisible Today’s prompt is about the inner self of your character trying to break out, to be…

  • It’s Not That Hard

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    So Writer’s Block is a real thing. For about two weeks now, I have sat down at my computer and stared at the screen until my eyes are bleeding out of my head and nothing happens. No words on the page. My process is to work on two different stories at once. I write on…

  • Flash Fiction: Forsaking and Gathering

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    CW: spousal drug addiction, this is not a romance and does not have an HEA. Sitting on the edge of our bed, I’m looking at our room. It’s a mess, as it always is. It’s been difficult without you. But it always is. I’m thinking about you; wanting more time. I’m wishing I could go…

  • An Ode to the Adolescent Years and the Romance Novels that got Me Through Them

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    I cringe when I think how young I was when I started reading romance novels. A combination of a love of the written word and hormones threw me into the embrace of steamy books full of leading men and dramatic women. It may not be exceptionally unusual that I was around 13 when I picked…

  • Assigned Reading

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    Assigned reading was the worst at times, but mostly because I don’t like to be told what to do, especially when it comes to activities I enjoy. When I look back on the books I read for school, I appreciated most of them. There were the classics here or there that I didn’t connect to,…