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If you’re thinking of writing a novel, by now I’m sure you’ll also have heard about the dreaded editing process that’s sure to follow, (hopefully) at the hands of a professional who’ll take their scalpel blades to your manuscript and go at it. And authors often tell horror stories of ...
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In my previous article, “Where Visual Art and Creative Writing Meet” the projects I described were equally balanced between visual art and writing. Some of the stories came out of drawings or doll-making. Some drawings were inspired by the stories. Since then my focus has shifted away from visual art ...
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We've received some questions about exactly how the Skolion process works. So strap in for this tour of how Yolandie Horak's A Study of Ash & Smoke was made 1. Author Writes a Book Every book starts as a twinkle in an author's eye. For A Study of Ash & ...
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In mid-2018, I was having a rough time and I got a bit depressed. It wasn’t the first time I’d experienced depression and it wouldn’t be the last. Like all the times before, my productivity nosedived and, along with it, my ability to find joy in the activities I would ...
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Although ‘talking books’ have been around in some form or another since the days of the phonograph they only became easily accessible with the invention of portable listening devices such as the Walkman. And then the internet happened… I have many read articles that lament the rise of audiobooks as ...
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The United Kingdom has been spoiled for all things Leonardo da Vinci this year. The genius inventor and painter died 500 years ago, in 1519. To celebrate, we had the 'Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing' exhibition. 200 drawings from the Queen's collection went on display around the country ...
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This is a guest post by writer LJ Cohen. She is a Boston area novelist, poet, blogger, ceramics artist, geek, and relentless optimist. After almost twenty-five years as a physical therapist specializing in chronic pain management, LJ now uses her anatomical knowledge and myriad clinical skills to injure characters in her ...
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Ever feel like no matter how long you’ve been writing, how many books you’ve written and edited, how many stories you’ve sold, conventions you’ve attended, or other writers you’ ve worked with, you still know you’re a fraud? It hits us at every stage, whether we’re just starting to make ...
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Before I knew the “The Rules”, I spent whole days writing without pause. The story would flow from my head through my fingers and onto the keyboard. I was a conduit, not an author. I never thought about the process of writing. I just wrote. One scene would go on ...
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I have no formal training in creative writing but I do have a great deal of training in visual art — I completed a degree in fine art and an advanced diploma in bronze casting. For most of my life I thought of myself as a visual artist and it ...
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