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Taking A Lesson From George R.R. Martin – Guest Post by, Jaq D Hawkins…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Have you ever set out to write a long series? I haven’t. I’ve had two trilogies manifest organically out of what was intended to be stand alone novels, but I’ve never committed to anything longer. With my reader hat on, I see a lot of long…
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You Don’t Have to Write Every Day — But You SHOULD Do This
Originally posted on Meg Dowell Writes: “If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day.” This is quite possibly the most controversial piece of writing advice out there. The reason it’s so widely debated is because many people fall into the “because it worked for me, it will work for everyone”…
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How Novelists Can Say More with Less – by C.S. Lakin…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: on Live Write Thrive: Less is more. More impacting. More riveting. More intriguing. Throughout history, marriages have failed and wars have been won or lost over a mere word or two. Jesus said, “Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no.” Simply stated, as…
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Seven Links…5/10/19 Traci Kenworth
Seven Links…5/11/19 Traci Kenworth Writing: 1. https://killzoneblog.com/2019/05/escapism-rocks.html “There’s always been a certain amount of stress associated with being alive. In pre-historic times, this was largely based on concerns over being eaten by large animals. Or by having pointy things stuck into your body by the tribe down the road. At the same time, you had…
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Lord of the Deep: Stepping beyond…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: When Lord of the Deep was being written, decisions had to be made about which elements of the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh to include, which to leave out altogether and which to adapt to aid the flow of our story. We do not slavishly follow historic texts, as,…
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Ruby Wax-What’s So Funny about Mental Illness!
Originally posted on juantetcts: The most important lesson learned since 2010, is not allowing my son’s walk with mental illness to control my life. I was definitely consumed the first four years of his diagnosis because I needed a crash course in mental health. I knew nothing about Schizophrenia, or that it ran in my…
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A Small Guest Post Rant
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Those of you who’ve been following me for a long time know that I don’t do rants. But I have to make a small exception now. As you may have noticed, I welcome guest posts on my blog. This is mainly to help writers who’re looking for a break,…
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Road To A [Horror] Comic: Week 8-9
Originally posted on Author Steve Boseley – Darkly Disturbing Fiction: I don’t feel I’ve been as productive this week as I could have been. A number of things have cropped up in my personal life which have meant writing and drawing have taken a back seat this week, but never fear! I have made some…
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Traci Ashbe Dark Epic Fantasy Author 