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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 ...
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It’s no secret that writing is hard work. It’s an activity that sucks creative juices from the moment you sit down at the keyboard. Figuring out the plot, naming characters, ...
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The most surreal thing in the history of things has happened today. My debut novel, A Study of Ash & Smoke, is officially available for purchase. I’m absolutely overwhelmed to ...
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For the uninitiated, roleplaying is simply the exercise of collaboratively telling a story with the use of a system (usually dice-based) to determine the outcome of various actions – as ...
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“You know, if I had the time I’d hammer out a YA book filled with all the tropes,” he says, as he leans back in his chair and stares into ...
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If you’ve ever had a character stabbed or shot and bleeding, this post is for you. “We must take out the bullet, Jack.” Jack poured rum over Mary’s wound. “You ...
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Monday begins with grumbles about mornings, inhaling coffee and complaining it’s never enough, and a trek to work through the beleaguered throngs of nine-fivers to start my day-job as an ...
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I’ve recently been planning a new novel. I’ve done this a little differently from my previous attempts in that I’ve looked at it partially from a tropes perspective. When I ...
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I’m working on a science fiction book, a “generation ship” story, and my current writing research has been eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. A generation ship is a ...
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Books have always been magical for me. From my earliest memories longingly gazing at my parents’ bookshelves, and being mystified by the tales locked within the covers, and my teenage ...
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