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Writing Fantasy? Grow up you nerd.
I came across an article on writing fantasy. It was written a while ago in 2005 by Sandra Miller and in this, she rehearses the arguments that most of us need when we talk about ourselves as writers–if...
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Dwight Swain and why did the chicken cross the road? Hmmm.
Dwight Swain and why did the chicken cross the road? Hmmm. I said I wouldn’t post about writing technique, but recently I tried to reply to a post that appeared regarding Swain and the MRU and my reply...
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To be (yourself) or not to be (yourself). Pen names are the question.
Okay there are several schools of though on this one. The first is that it’s a waste of time and likely to result in terminal confusion for you and your readership. Social media is the necessary evil...
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A while since I posted. We’ve been busy at Hipposync. See for yourself. The Publisher’s Marketplace announcement for DC Farmer’s 400LB GORILLA went live yesterday. Here’s the announcement: From...
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Writing fantasy, warts and all.
I posted in September 2012 about writing fantasy and the guilty pleasure it gave me. That idea came from an article written in 2005 by Sandra Miller and in this, she rehearses the responses that most...
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Lucky writing ideas: Fortune favours the weird.
Google ‘Luck’ and you’ll get 600 million hits. Some people consider themselves lucky, others do not. There’s a whole world of luck-related pop psych out there, some of it common sense, some of it less...
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Ebook reviews the safe way. Aaargh!
So what’s the big deal? two years ago, John Green wrote on his Tumblr that hundreds of people send him notes to say they illegally downloaded one of his books, “as if they expect me to reply with my...
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Follow the story, not the joke. Adding the funny to fantasy.
I’ve written about humour in fantasy before here, and how it can be a double edged sword when it comes to blurb and Choosing the Best Browse Categories on Amazon. But when you write a funny anything,...
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