All About tjoyce

Tina Joyce Beckett is the product of a Navy upbringing. Always on the move, her travels eventually took her overseas, where English reading material was scarce. Desperate, she started writing her own stories fashioned after the romance novels she’d loved through the years. She finished that first book and moved on to the next. After the tenth story, she realized there was no going back...she was officially a writer. Today, Tina divides her time between Brazil and the United States and loves to use exotic locales as the backdrop for many of her stories. Her debut novel: Doctor's Guide to Dating in the Jungle will be available in January 2012

Blog Posts from Tina Joyce

Writer, Pace Thyself

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Sep 25 2012, 12:01 am

I bet you thought this post was going to be about story pacing. Not quite. But it is about learning your limits and working within them. I’ve discovered the importance of pacing myself over the last couple of weeks. And unfortunately, I tend to be one of those people who learns the hard way. The [...]

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String Theory

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Apr 25 2012, 12:01 am in craft, plotting, writing tips

String Theory? I bet you didn’t know I was actually a budding physicist in disguise? Right. I only wish I understood the ins and outs of String Theory. It makes as much sense to me as the rationale behind ice-hole swimming. Brrr. The thought of it boggles my mind. This post is about something a [...]

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Eating…or Cheating?

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Dec 5 2011, 12:01 am in characterization, craft, writing tips

It’s December, and I’ve been doing a lot of eating lately. How many of you tiptoed in here today with a guilty glance at that slab of leftover pumpkin pie on the plate beside you? Relax! I’m not talking about dieting. At least not our own. This is all about the characters who inhabit our books. It’s [...]

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Stuck in the Middle

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Feb 3 2011, 12:01 am

We’ve reached the midpoint of the Winter Writing Festival, and I have a confession to make: I don’t like middles. Of anything. Put me on a treadmill for a 30 minute walk/run, and I start off great. Such energy. Such lofty goals. But as I reach the halfway point, something strange happens. A sense of [...]

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What Kind of Pumpkin are You?

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Oct 29 2010, 12:01 am in Free-For-All Friday

Today is still Free-for All Friday, but since it’s also Halloween this weekend, I decided to roll both things into one post (and Halloween is a pretty cool holiday in my book). So, I’m interested in knowing what kind of pumpkin carving you do, and whether or not that pumpkin ends up being a reflection [...]

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Pointillism in Writing: Connecting the Dots

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Apr 22 2010, 12:01 am in craft, pointillism

Several years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit The National Gallery in London, and while wandering the halls admiring the various paintings, one by Paul Signac caught my eye. The piece, comprised of dots of color, fascinated me. I moved closer and studied it, and then backed away, amazed at how my eye could [...]

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Hula Hoops and Writing: Momentum is Everything

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Apr 5 2010, 12:01 am in momentum, motivation, writer's advice

A few months ago, I bought a hula hoop. Not for exercise purposes (although I sure could use some), but because my daughter, in all her 16 years, had never tried one. Not once. And what kind of mother would I be if I didn’t make a fool of myself in front of her at [...]

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Free-For-All Friday

Posted by Tina Joyce Beckett Feb 19 2010, 12:01 am in Free-For-All Friday

Well, the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood is at it again. We’re here to answer your deepest, darkest questions…well, okay, maybe not the deepest, darkest ones.  But anything to do with writing is fair game. As I was preparing for this blog, I realized I’ve been doing a lot of procrastinating lately. Why? Because I’ve hit that [...]

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