Middles are hard, y’all. For many, many years and many, many stories, I really struggled to know WHAT went in the middle of a story. Like, yeah, okay, it’s supposed to exacerbate the conflict. It’s supposed to complicate things. It’s supposed to get the protag. to the climax and there should be a reversal in […]
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Okay NOW it’s Friday and I can post a video after all :’D :’D Totally cheating: here’s the interview I recorded last week with the lovely Barney from StoryComic 🙂 What have you been watching lately? Read more:Voicemail ProblemsIn Which I Am Actually Super Dumb, You Know.When My Subconscious Hates Me, It Throws Me Spiders
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Heyyaaaaa! Just a quick note today to let you know that I was on a podcast/video interview thingy earlier this week with the lovely Barney from StoryComic! The slightly-abbreviated version is now up and available for freebies on YouTube, so if you want to go hear me chat about writing and books and overscheduling my
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve kind of had my fingers in my ears going LA-LA-LA when it comes to the calendar lately. I guess some people might have reacted to 2020 by eagerly awaiting the dawn of 2021, but idk. For me, it’s been very la-la-la. Nevertheless, it’s now basically halfway through January
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So I found out yesterday that How Not To Acquire A Castle has been shortlisted for the ACT Publishing Awards for 2020 for Best Fiction? How exciting!! Apparently I only have until Friday to wait for the results, so that’s also much excite. In other things-which-are-exciting, I think I neglected to mention here that I
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Phew. Okay. The blog still exists. The power still works. Water hasn’t gone mouldy in the sink. Good good. In other words, HI HOW ARE YOU LONG TIME NO POST?!?!?! The last month has been kind of… tumultuous, and keeping my head on straight has taken pretty much all of my energy. However, things seem
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As promised yesterday, the “The drawing advice that changed my life” video! Although he’s talking about drawing, the advice clearly applies to creative work of any kind – or even skills of any kind generally. Broadly applicable. Much advice. Such good. /nodnod. What’s some good advice you’ve found on the internet? Doesn’t have to be
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I had a question about this from a student this week, and since I went to all the effort of typing out a long response, I thought I’d share it here too in case anyone else finds it useful 🙂 The question is, in essence, Why Am I Having A Creative Block And What Can
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The Kickstarter, ermagersh. I just cannot BELIEVE how well it is going. Thank you so much to all of you who have checked it out over the last couple of weeks <3 I genuinely appreciate your interest, and am SO excited to start bringing the Inkprint Press Fan Kits to life. In other news, writing
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Unprecedentedly (which seems appropriate for our unprecedented times), WMG Publishing is offering a THIRD half-price sale on all their courses, lectures and memberships this week. This time, the sale is for FIVE days, rather than just two, so you have a little more time to jump in. Go to https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com and use the code SummerLearning2020.
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