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Playing with Fire!…er…that is…Video!
While I don’t blog as often as I used to, I have been spending some more time out and about at conferences and conventions, connecting with other readers and writers more one-on-one, talking on panels, and giving other presentations. I’m a bit of a muddle when it comes to the…
Leave a CommentAfter hearing about it from friends and peers over the past several years, this was the first time I had the chance to attend the SuperStars Writing Seminar, held in Colorado Springs, CO. Haven’t heard about this event? It’s not your typical writing conference or convention, that’s for sure. Many writing…
7 CommentsWrite Strong Guest Post: The Surprising Habit that Makes Me a Better Gamer, Publisher and Designer
by Creighton Broadhurst (Note: This is a “reprint” guest post with permission given by the original author!) I’ve a surprising habit that makes me a better gamer, publisher and designer. It’s not illegal or deviant and almost anyone can do it. A couple of years ago, I discovered running. My…
Leave a CommentWrite Strong: The Never-Ending Story…
“We’re all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?” – Dr. Who, The Big Bang “Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are…
Leave a CommentFailing as a writer sucks. Can we all just be honest about that? Nobody goes into a writing project or career thinking, “I can’t wait to be a huge failure at this!” Yet failure is inevitable. In fact, for the vast majority of writers, it’s practically the norm. We face…
Leave a CommentWriting is made up of cycles, often ones that constantly overlap one another. We are forever absorbing new input, generating new ideas, brainstorming new worlds, creating characters, drafting scenes, finishing drafts, revising, submitting, publishing…and then doing it all over again and again. There’s no real end to a writer’s work,…
Leave a Commentby Danielle M. LeFevre Writing is too often a lonely, sedentary profession. For many years I approach writing and health the same way: something I wanted to do, but couldn’t find the time. That changed during the first year of my MFA program in 2007. In an introductory course, we learned…
Leave a CommentDoes sleep annoy you as much as it does me? Honestly, what’s with this whole having to let the body go into a nightly hibernation state? And don’t get me started on dreams. It’s like our brains want to remind us how weird we are. Many writers have imagined a…
Leave a CommentI like diversifying myself as much as possible as a writer, both in my fiction and nonfiction work. This means expanding my experience in different genres, industries, story lengths, formats, and styles. It’s a way to stretch myself, a way to push myself beyond current limits and reach for new…
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