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THIS WEEK’s WRITE-BYTES Blog Post for  WRITERS September 23, 2022 By  Linda S. Gunther T he topic this week : DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTERS Go to  my author website:  www.lindasgunther.com Click on Write-Bytes at top of screen and enjoy this week’s brief blog byte. You may not be a writer  now  but you are thinking about writing or you have been writing stories or memoir for a while and you’d like to read something that might be helpful from another writer’s perspective.  MINE! And I want to share with you. Each week is a new blog post and all previous blog posts appear   for your convenience! ​           P.S.  If you read the WRITE-BYTES blog, let me know if it’s of value to you.  Please contact me on website.   Linda S. Gunther has written five novels: Ten Steps From The Hotel Inglaterra, Endangered Witness, Lost In The Wake, Finding Sandy Stonemeyer, and Dream Beach. She grew up in New York City, ...

As he stood there open-mouthed, his wife gave the other woman, in this order: her final installment, a thank you and goodbye as the other woman handed over the baby and the diaper bag. *** One Year and Two Months Earlier. The oomph of the temptation was a wonderful distraction she, until today, had only dreamt of; flummoxed, she faltered, slightly dazed, no, actually stupefied, by his charm. He, all the while, nodded in agreement but was breathless at the ease with which they came together! He gave no thought at all to his wonderstruck wife at home. - The door to the hotel room opened quickly, and they fell into each other's arms without speaking as much as a word. Their attraction was intense and inventive. They took time with each other and hardly spoke. The man was happy and had no idea their afternoon was hardly as spontaneous as he believed. It was the perfect time of the month for her, and she had taken the prescribed hormone enhancer to ensure success. Why not have ...

    (CLICK on WRITE-BYTES at top of home page.)    THIS WEEK’S TOPIC : SETTING THE SCENE (posted Sept 16, 2022)   NEW WRITE-BYTES POST AVAILABLE EVERY FRIDAY MORNING!  QUICK READ – 5-7 minutes                                                         You may not be a writer now but if you are thinking about writing or you have been writing stories or a memoir for a while and you’d like to read something that might be helpful from another writer’s perspective. MINE! And I want to share with you. And please share with your friends who are yearning  to write.    ENJOY! All the best, Linda   Linda S. Gunther has written five novels: Ten Steps From The Hotel Inglaterra, Endangered ...

The birth of an opinion is complex It comes from the gut Shaped by beliefs, values and experience There exists no human life devoid of hypocrisy I get it! I also know that within the universe of each individual Who walks this Earth There are conflicting drives The good cop and bad cop Sitting with pride on opposite shoulders Despite this Most of us latch on to one side of an issue Hold it tightly Push an opinion to influence friends and family Or sound off on social media I am no innocent here Of late, I force myself to watch FOX News alongside CNN Flip channels for ten or fifteen-minute chunks of time Curious about what the hell makes the other side tick To consider how passions can become twisted Finessed into a blustering “stand” I’ve begun to see some overlap between the two extremes Contrasted with the scorching “dis” between the parties The venomous words tossed from one bank to the other Yes, I admit that I heavily lean to one side And...

                                          ANNOUNCING A WRITERS BLOG                            From Linda S. Gunther You may not be a writer now but you are thinking about writing or you have been writing stories or memoir for a while and you’d like to read something that might be helpful from another writer’s perspective. MINE! And I want to share with you.              I HAVE A BLOG titled  WRITE-BYTES on my website at:                             ...