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by Benny Sims
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Load Up Your Boxing Gloves
Writers, do you ever intentionally add little twists of fate into your storylines? Do you ever wonder what would have happened to your...
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Nola Nash
Mar 16, 20192 min read
It's Not Me, It's You: When you need to break up with your manuscript
You sit across from it staring at it, and it stares back. Just staring. So much of your time and energy poured into this relationship....
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by Benny Sims
Feb 17, 20192 min read
The Unspoken Language
In my soon-to-be published novel Code Gray, there is a line that reoccurs numerous times throughout the story. The posture of resignation...
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Nola Nash
Jan 15, 20192 min read
Strange Bedfellows- Writers and Day Jobs
All I really want to do is write all day. Even the editing part. Hell, even the writing the book synopsis part. But I can't. I have a day...
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Matt Coleman
Nov 25, 20183 min read
Five Rules for Hating On Writers Who Make Lists for Other Writers
Thanksgiving is over. Let’s talk pure, unadulterated rage. One of the most interesting things to happen in Twitter land lately has been...
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Laura Kemp
Nov 4, 20183 min read
Writing THAT scene... or 'How to face your relatives after they read your book.'
I remember it clearly- I was attending my college professor’s book reading at the local library, a successful man I had a great deal of...
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Matt Coleman
Oct 25, 20186 min read
Some NaNoWriMo Advice From a Never Timer
Let’s get this out of the way up front. I have never participated in National Novel Writing Month. Not one time. Didn’t even start it and th
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Jule Selbo
Sep 19, 20186 min read
Jule's TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES
A SIMPLE FAVOR (2018), MADAME CURIE (1943) Second week of September and that back-to-school feeling and the crisp Maine day had me back...
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Jule Selbo
Sep 16, 20184 min read
JULE'S TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES BLOG
Jule's TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES Rainy, autumn days have arrived and I wake up every day, check the movie schedules at my local...
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Rachel Schoenbauer
Sep 15, 20182 min read
Resting
I’m a big proponent of letting your manuscript rest prior to editing. This is because, for most writers, a great deal of writing happens...
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Tony Ollivier
Sep 10, 20183 min read
To outline or not to outline - what was the question?
I'm at the end of a 3rd draft (rapidly becoming a 4th) of a middle grade adventure novel. My 13 year protagonist/hacker moves into his...
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Laura Kemp
Sep 4, 20183 min read
Go for the Gold!
When I sat down to think about what to write about this month I came up with… absolutely nothing. And that got me thinking. This...
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Matt Coleman
Aug 25, 20186 min read
Setting the Table for Suspense
In a relatively famous interview, Alfred Hitchcock talks about suspense. He describes a five minute conversation about baseball around a...
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Ward Parker
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Write With Your Ears
If you specialize in literary fiction or poetry, you might not need to listen to my advice. But if you write commercial, genre fiction,...
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by Benny Sims
Aug 17, 20182 min read
The Right Set of Eyes
Once upon a time, I was so desperate to have my manuscript accepted by an agent or publisher that I listened to any advice that came my...
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Benny Sims
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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...
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Nola Nash
Jul 15, 20182 min read
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...
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Sherrie Orvik
Jun 18, 20181 min read
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...
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Dana Faletti
Jun 12, 20182 min read
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...
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Nicole Asselin
Jun 8, 20182 min read
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...
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