At least, it would be if I had the brain power to write an ode right now. I’m at the point of tired + pregnancy hormones where I tried to lock the kid’s fridge at preschool with my car key last week. Oops. BUT. SCRIVENER. I took the plunge and bought it back in January […]
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Just a quick final reminder that Holly’s How To Think Sideways course, her comprehensive how-to-write-a-novel-and-make-writing-your-career course, is closing in a little over 2.5 hours until early to mid 2016. See more info plus my recommendations here. And not that it’s much of an incentive, but if you DO sign up through my link, you can
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JUST SAYING 😉 [View the story “Why You Want To Buy #FGU” on Storify] Read more:7/7/7 Meme (Thanks, V & A)FGU Outtakes: 9 Awesome World Things You Should Know AboutWhee! (have a cover)
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Just a quick announcement that in about 30 hours, Holly Lisle’s biggest course, How To Think Sideways, will close registration for the rest of the year. She’s been making noises for a while now about moving her big courses to once-a-year-only registration, and that time is here. The cons: You only get a limited time
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Urgh. Doing the last little bit of research for #FGU (more properly known as From The Ground Up: Building A World That Works) and I’ve been doing a bit of comparative work with some of the other worldbuilding books that are out there – and trust me, there are surprisingly few, which is why I
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1) Panic, because the book was supposed to be YA. 2) Research the heck out of the difference between MG and YA. Some good starting points are here, here, here and here (this one may contain ‘language’). 3) Ask for a bunch of volunteers to read the book for you. Look for volunteers who read MG
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“Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.” — Natalie Goldberg (via middecember) I keep writing about drugs, killers, and bad choices… what does this say about me? ~ Liana Brooks Me, I write about people who find strength
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Click on the image for the Tumblr post that has a link to awesome resources at the bottom. Read more:How To Theme: Chapter Three – Quotes Are Usually ThemesIntroducing April Showers: A Writing Challenge For Me And A Book For YouWoo! Early Release for How To Theme!
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Okay, again with another inaccurate time reference in the opening due to this being a repost, but you get when I mean 😉 Two Fridays ago, I made a promise to you that I would be back this week to contradict myself. Well, ta da!, here I am B-) In said post, I discussed the concept
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I read this fantastic article the other day about drawer novels. If you have a minute to spare, definitely go read it – and make sure you check out the comments, where people have to give a 25 word (or less) description of a novel they’ve drawered. There are some hilarious ones there – it’ll make you
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