Writing
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October means a lot of things to many people. It’s the approach of autumn, it’s the time where I’m pretty sure pumpkin spice is legally mandated to infiltrate everything consumable, and it’s all topped off with the spooky fun spectacle that is Halloween. Of course, there’s something very particular that it means to writers: “OHshit,…
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I always love coming across interesting little bit of writerly fun out there. Twitter has been both a source of entertainment and a source of torment for me, but, every so often, one of these pop up that make me grateful I have an account. The Penny Dreadful is doing a neat little Twitter competition…
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Every so often, a thought hits me and it inspires a mild panic in me, and a great desire to have more time to do what I truly love (which is writing, duh). Ever since I pooled together all my short stories of the past decade and put them together to publish Bowlful of Bunnies,…
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I can think of very few tests to your will as a writer than transcribing your written draft into a typed one. Having about three different projects for which I have filled up entire notebooks already, I decided it was time to get a jump-start on the typing portion of my writing by going ahead…
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It’s hard to believe that we’re practically half-way through September already, but the calender does not lie. In a month and a half, I will be officially closing the Submissions for my first attempt at a literary review, World Unknown. I have, unfortunately, not had the time to promote it as much as I would…
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One of the skills I’ve been trying to cultivate this year is the ability to keep plowing through a manuscript, even if I’m not “feeling it.” The most important thing is that I’m still writing toward an end point; making it perfect and improving it can wait for the edits. I’ve found that I’m very…
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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” -W. Somerset Maugham Whenever you publish a new post on WordPress, I’ve noticed they always present you with a little quote following information on how this is your five-hundred and whateverth post. They’re amusing, more often than not, and I…
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