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The Power of "What If..."
I have a coffee cup that has “I Write. What’s Your Superpower?” written on the side. It may seem a bit smug and self-important at first...
Benny Sims
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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Writing: Old Isn't Always Bad.
It isn't always good, either. Picture it. Nashville, 2018. (Sorry, just channeled my inner Sophia Patrillo for a minute.) An author...
Nola Nash
Jul 15, 20182 min read
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Editing as Play
Oftentimes in speaking with writers, I find that editing is perhaps--shall we say--not their favorite phase of the process towards a...
Rachel Schoenbauer
Jul 15, 20182 min read
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How to Fail at Writing in 5 Easy Lies
Was there ever a group of people more prone to self-defeating rhetoric than writers? We can be insanely adept at finding ways to talk...
David Valdes Greenwood
Jul 5, 20183 min read
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That Nasty (9 Letter) Word
Rejection- that awful nine letter word that makes all human beings- not just writers- cringe. It’s the number one fear of most human...
Laura Kemp
Jul 3, 20183 min read
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The Journey of an Author Begins with Brand Building
Some writers may start out thinking that if they write a book everyone will want to read it. It’s kind of like in the movie Field of...
Elgon Williams
Jun 28, 20186 min read
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What Do You Mean by "Scary?"
I’m a mystery writer and reader, but for a couple of weeks every summer, I read a bunch of horror novels. Horror novels don’t really...
Laura Ellen Scott
Jun 26, 20183 min read
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The Balance Between Darkness and Light
I started to write this post intending to let you know more about myself, since you’ll be seeing my name run through this blog now and...
Joanna Evans
Jun 23, 20182 min read
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The Glamorous Life of a Novelist
People often ask me, “Ward, what’s the glamorous life of a novelist like?” I usually respond, “People, it’s really challenging.” Here I...
Ward Parker
Jun 21, 20182 min read
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Just Write
Ask most writers for advice on how to write or get published, and you’re likely to hear the seemingly obvious ‘Just Write’. Louis...
Sherrie Orvik
Jun 18, 20181 min read
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I Have A Pet Named Peeve
I think it’s safe to assume everyone has a pet peeve. Since I’m a writer, mine involve words, phrases, and punctuation. To me, language...
Benny Sims
Jun 17, 20182 min read
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Finishing the Unfinished
Writing a book is a massive project to tackle, a veritable marathon of words. Sometimes--a lot of the time--that book will go unfinished....
Rachel Schoenbauer
Jun 15, 20185 min read
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Momming And Writing – All In A Day’s Work!
Writing in the summer is hard! When the sun is shining, and the sky is clear, I don’t want to be inside the house or even at the coffee...
Dana Faletti
Jun 12, 20182 min read
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Finding your people
Writing tends to be a solitary pursuit. You lock yourself away in an office, bedroom, or library and churn out the kind of words that...
Nicole Asselin
Jun 8, 20182 min read
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Summer Inspirations
We’re now into the beginning of June which means that summer is almost here! Just recently, fellow writers and I were talking about how...
Jessica Reino
Jun 5, 20182 min read
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Stephen King did it...
I was a wistful kid, always fluctuating between what I ‘wanted to be when I grew up’ and what was happening in the here and now. One day...
Laura Kemp
Jun 3, 20183 min read
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I've completed a first draft. Now what the hell do I do?
Stuck on what to do after you've finished a first draft? Learn the easy steps to move your manuscript to the next level.
Tony Ollivier
May 28, 20183 min read
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Dancing as Fast as We Can
We all know that feeling in our chest. The clutching, painful stab if we dance too fast, too hard, pushing our body into overdrive. It's...
Jill Hannah Anderson
May 27, 20182 min read
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Wanna Be a Famous Writer?
In May of 2005, Ariel Gore’s friend Allison Crews sent Ariel an e-mail asking her to be her mentor. She agreed to Allison’s request, but...
Penni Jones
May 24, 20182 min read
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Help Wanted
I‘m about to dive deep into the writing of the first draft of the next book in the New Royal Mysteries series (the title is still...
Laura Ellen Scott
May 23, 20182 min read
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