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Playing in Your Book’s World Part 2: Back Story

Back story. Those words used to haunt my dreams and torture my waking hours. I didn’t know about this concept until I had been writing for eight years. How was I supposed to know a characters back story? They didn’t … Continue reading

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Writing Exercise: Interest Re-Evaluation

It occurred to me today that it has been almost ten years since I wrote my first novel. To be more accurate it has been eight years and four computer crashes since I wrote my first novel. As frustrating as … Continue reading

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Finding Balance: The War of Art Book Review

I’ve talked about this before kind of a lot actually. I usually talk about this when I’m struggling with finding balance but this time I’m writing about it because I’ve actually found some! I almost had a heart attack yesterday … Continue reading

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Who Would Play Your Novel’s Main Character?

This is a fun question I thought. I was thinking about this the other day and was curious about if anyone else does this. I probably got the initial idea from studying scriptwriting but more likely my imagination has run … Continue reading

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Switching Between Writing Projects

Recently I have been feeling like I’m cheating on someone I love. This someone I love happens to be living and breathing and currently in the dark about what I am doing behind their backs. Only they’re not human. They’re … Continue reading

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