Tag: writer’s bane
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How to Know Someone Famous
Do you know J. K. Rowling? Neil Gaiman? No? Me neither. I know the settings they created as well as I know any place on the solid spinning world my body inhabits, but I’ve never met them. I know their characters with an intimacy I can’t claim of most living, breathing people, but I can’t claim…
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Writing Emotionally Pt 2: A Descriptive Focus.
In a recent post (About the Feels) I rambled a bit about the importance of giving characters authentic emotions and offered my perspective on the lifelong task of embracing feelings in the name of research. The trick of writing emotions boiled down to two points: truly know yourself, and deeply analyze others. Exploring those concepts…
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Cursing, Sex & Violence
This is one of Those Posts. A post by association. A post sparked by other posts on both sides of a philosophical chasm: a schism that divides Authors Who Use Expletives from Those Who Disapprove. It’s also a post likely to be filled with capital letters, as I am feeling the need to Express Myself…
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Writing & Self-Publishing: Lessons Learned
Flight Plan hits print-on-page September 30. Trees will once again die for my imperfect art. Yes, I know, I published an ebook edition in December 2013, but that was then, and this is now. This is paperback. I incorporated reader suggestions, revised details and re-edited. I doubt most people would notice the changes (other than the…
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Writer’s Confessional: A List of My Sins
I am an unrepentant writing sinner. There. I’ve said it. I suspect I’m not alone, but it’s rare to hear anyone admit to these human problems. Today I’m coming clean, and it feels good. I think I’ll call it pixel therapy. Most conventional wisdom rubs me the wrong way every time I read it. (Every.…