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Christine Wall: A kid, some chocolate and a life lesson learned
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Friday, July 4, 2014. A kid, some chocolate and a life lesson learned. Tonight, on my way home from work I stopped by the grocery to pick up something for dinner. Upon entering the store I spied a kid, probably around eleven, hawking chocolate bars. He fidgeted in a casual way, targeting people who came out of the store, probably figuring if they had money to spend on groceries a few dollars more might find its way into his hands as well. They're one for three dollars or two for five.". After a few more ...
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Christine Wall: July 2015
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. So you've signed your book contract, what's next? The Cover and my reveal for my next book! For those of you who have published a book, the process is pretty standard. Once your contract is signed, your book goes into the editing process. From both of my publishers, there was a waiting period of about four months before my manuscript came back with suggestions and edits from the first of two editors. Which option should you use? Is it a mystery? Keep the following in mind when maki...
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Christine Wall: Happy Canada Day and a few thoughts on gratitude
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Happy Canada Day and a few thoughts on gratitude. A big Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians and an early Happy Fourth of July to my American friends. With a full day set aside for writing I can't help thinking about gratitude and all of the things I am grateful for on this wonderfully sunny and hot holiday. Finally I am personally grateful to the publishers of my books - Soul Mate Publishing for The Fog. And Black Opal Books, for Showdown at Evil High. In her first novel,.
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Christine Wall: The Importance of Setting Goals
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Thursday, July 3, 2014. The Importance of Setting Goals. I find the hardest challenge I fight, beyond the usual monkey on my back of writer's block is that of discipline. The discipline of writing every day, that is. Of course ending sentences with a preposition is another one, but I digress. When I think back to the art of discipline - and it is an art, I usually freestyle it, which means I write based on whims and impulses. Does it work? When a cursed family heirloom sends Gretta Dobbs back in time, a ...
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Christine Wall: July 2014
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Friday, July 4, 2014. A kid, some chocolate and a life lesson learned. Tonight, on my way home from work I stopped by the grocery to pick up something for dinner. Upon entering the store I spied a kid, probably around eleven, hawking chocolate bars. He fidgeted in a casual way, targeting people who came out of the store, probably figuring if they had money to spend on groceries a few dollars more might find its way into his hands as well. They're one for three dollars or two for five.". After a few more ...
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Christine Wall: The Big Easy Blog Tour
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Monday, June 30, 2014. The Big Easy Blog Tour. Many thanks to Tierney James, a fellow author of mine from Black Opal Books.She invited me to be a participant on her tour, so for those of you joining me for the first time, a few answers that she posed to me. What Am I working on? I have an equal love of writing Paranormal Romance and Young Adult Paranormal. Currently I am working on three different projects. The first is a paranormal romance mystery with a working title of The Reunion. Since I was a histo...
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Christine Wall: November 2013
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Saturday, November 2, 2013. So you want to write a book, huh? Some suggestions on how to get started. Several people have asked me how I write books and my answer is always the same - I write the movie I see running in my mind. So how did I get to a point where I write books? Well I started with screenplays. One thing that was obvious is that writing screenplays comes easy to me because after plot and structure a script is primarily dialogue and action. How can I put characters into impossible situat...
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Christine Wall: April 2015
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Thursday, April 2, 2015. In Defense of Target Canada - A reflection on my past in the trenches. I arrived not knowing what position I would be managing or which store I would be placed in, but the excitement of Target was in the air and after a grueling six months of interviews and beating out thousands of managers for a position with a brand I loved, I didn't care which place I had in the family, I was just honored to be there. How were we going to integrate our experience into the Target brand? I came ...
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Christine Wall: In Defense of Target Canada - A reflection on my past in the trenches
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Thursday, April 2, 2015. In Defense of Target Canada - A reflection on my past in the trenches. I arrived not knowing what position I would be managing or which store I would be placed in, but the excitement of Target was in the air and after a grueling six months of interviews and beating out thousands of managers for a position with a brand I loved, I didn't care which place I had in the family, I was just honored to be there. How were we going to integrate our experience into the Target brand? I came ...