Category: write
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Noveling Archives And What (Not) To Do With Them
Getting ready for NaNoWriMo 2019, I’ve made the dubious decision of opening the “Noveling Backup” folder in my Drive, and I’ve even started reading an unfinished novel from 2011 I couldn’t remember almost anything about, other than the MC’s name (it’s one of the better ones from my writing past, duh). At the exact same…
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8 Weird(ish) Issues With Self-Editing
Self-editing, n. Hitting the keyboard with your head, repeatedly, until one of you gives in. During the Great Edits of the Second Werewolf Novel in 2019, I’ve discovered several things. Obstacles. Issues. #1 I migh be passable as a writer (the jury’s still out), but I’m absolutely horrible as a continuity person. Earlier today I had…
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Free Fiction: Storm Protocol
In a sunken world of a future Mediterranean, Luca is a lighhouse keeper stuck with dating two beautiful people above his rank—and at the exact same time. What’ll happen when they find out they’re sharing a lover?
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The Importance of Reaching 40 (k words)
You don’t have to be a superperson. Nor a fast typist. Nor a ‘professional’ writer, whatever that even means…
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8 Words I Abhore (But Still Sometimes Use) as a Writer
No two writers were created equal, and no writer has ever managed to write the perfect copy – one that just every single human being in the world would enjoy. Here are just a few word-wise tricks I try to remember while writing and/or doing line edits on my own copy. #1 beautiful One of…
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8 + 2 Reasons to Read: KJ Charles
You might have heard of her – I hear she’s been the talk of Tumblr, among other things, lately – but you haven’t been sure whether it would be worth the effort to try something from a new author. The accounts which follow are just a few of my humble hints and nudges to help…
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6 + 1 Reasons to Read: Yoon Ha Lee
So, thing is: my partner and I have spent countless hours discussing and (yup) worshipping Yoon Ha Lee‘s amazing The Machineries of Empire series this past winter. Here are just a few of the reasons I think probably everybody over the age of 16 (especially in the sci-fi ranks) should read the series. Now. Before…
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Three Great & Goofy Romance Novels About Writers
As a person who writes fiction, reading about writers feels a bit dirty, a bit too self indulging. Still, I’m not one to say to to some generous self care, and – more importantly – I’ve been privileged enough to run across and enjoy these three novels about writers who are neither male, nor middle-aged,…
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6 Creative Ways to Avoid Writing
#1 Read something else. From what I see, a great number of writers have the issue that, when faced with a tasty looking book by another writer, we would rather spend some time (preferably hours) with that person’s characters and plots, than play around our own. Even though there’s literally no way for one to…
Vesna Kurilic 