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Where visual art and creative writing meet

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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Some useful generators you can use to speed up writing

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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Out now: A Study of Ash & Smoke

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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A roleplaying wizard

Why every writer should roleplay

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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Long live YA: Why this genre matters

“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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Medical Resources for writing character injuries

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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How well do we know our YA readers? What a teacher learned at school

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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The merits of tropes: a battle for the aeons!

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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Is science fiction a dangerous lie?

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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Authors’ co-operatives offer hope

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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