Open Book Blog Hop – 14th September

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Setting music aside, describe some of your favourite sounds. I’ll list them below, not in any kind of order, but as I think of them: Silen…

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Hearing that Takes me Back - Open Book Blog Hop #546

Sound is a powerful sense that can affect the human brain in numerous ways. The trend of ASMR took off because people respond well to sound. I mean, look at how much we enjoy music! Of course other so...

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Do You Hear What I Hear? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Setting music aside, describe some of your favorite sounds.

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Acting Out - Open Book Blog Hop #545

Being multi-faceted as an author makes you a stronger writer. Don't mistake that that means you have to be as good at the other things as you are at writing to make it matter. That is far from the tru...

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Open Book Blog Hop – September 7th

Greetings from sunny Suffolk. Today’s blog hop topic is: Do you ever act out your scenes to immerse yourself and test them out, to be sure they really work? Not to actual scenes, but what I d…

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You Put Your Right Foot In #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Do you ever act out your scenes to immerse yourself and test them out, to be sure they really work?

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Open Book Blog Hop – August 31st.

Welcome to today’s blog hop, where the topic is as follows: From a writing perspective, how do you view advertisements for products or services (on TV, in magazines, online)? This is the last…

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Black Hole Ads #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

From a writing perspective, how do you view advertisements for products or services

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Open Book Blog Hop – August 24th

Welcome to another blog hop – this time from the Isle of Wight and not from Suffolk. Today’s topic is: Name one thing that a writer should never do. I would say to never assume that lit…

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None Of It Is Trash … Well, Almost #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Name one thing that a writer should never do.

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Open Book Blog Hop, August 17, 2026

What’s one thing about your writing that you would change if you could do it easily? Write more–there is nothing worse, some days, than the feeling of characters and plot queuing up in some d…

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To Change My World #OpenBook Bog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

What’s one thing about your writing that you would change if you could do it easily?

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Open Book Blog Hop, August 10, 2026

(Pixabay:jmangi1) From the Aquarian Tarot, my first deck. Do you collect anything in particular? Before the move to Portugal, indeed, before my move to Maine from New Hampshire, I collected Tarot c…

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Is It Clutter Or Pleasure? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Do you collect anything in particular?

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Open Book Blog Hop – 3rd August

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Have you included any of your major life events into your stories? The answer to that is yes. I write about what I know. I wrote about my initia…

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Writing My Life Story #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Have you included any of your major life events into your stories?

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Open Book Blog Hop – 27th July

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Have you modelled any of your characters on a real person? How do you disguise them (if needed)? Yes, I have modelled a few of my characters on …

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Open Book Blog Hop – 20th July

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: What are you working on right now (as far as writing goes)? What’s going right? What’s going wrong? Over the winter I wrote a 50,000 word novel …

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Open Book Blog Hop – 13th July

Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Is there a childhood toy or book or item that you wish you still had? Being an only child I was quite protective of all my childhood possessions…

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A Tiny Symbol #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Is there a childhood toy or book or item that you wish you still had?

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Making The World A Better Place #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

What have you done to make the world a better place?

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If It’s A New Name, Is the Person Any Different? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

June 29 2026 If you had to choose a new author name, what would it be? I started off as Bobbi Jo Aspen. That was back when I was writing poetry. I even had a few poems published under that name. I sti...

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Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026

(pixabay:Vilkass) Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)? I’m not sure why I feel space is the place to travel over the deep ocean. Both entail harsh environments and the…

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Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026

(pixabay:Vilkass) Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)? I’m not sure why I feel space is the place to travel over the deep ocean. Both entail harsh environments and the…

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To The Stars, Alice #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)?

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Open Book Blog Hop, June 15 2026

Have you learned anything new this week (or recently?) Any topic. Learning to market my novel has been an ongoing experience. The last time I published, in 2017, I didn’t try half as hard to …

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Where The Deer And The Bear Roam #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Have you learned anything new this week?

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Open Book Blog Hop, June 8, 2026

Do you have a favorite site for free photos to use with your writing? Or do you use paid photos? I’ve gone to Pixabay first for years and years now, and for author things I’ve used paid…

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A Picture Is Worth #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Do you have a favorite site for free photos to use with your writing?

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Open Book Blog Hop, June 1, 2026

Which of the senses is the hardest for you to include in your writing? I have to say it’s usually touch that’s hard to remember to include. Then smell. And taste. The world my most recent main char…

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