Fantasy Cliches
Hello Readers! I posted another fantasy blog on There And Draft Again that I think you should check out (especially if you’re a fantasy author). It takes a look at a few typical fantasy clichés and how you can either make them your own, or break them entirely. Given the competition in the fantasy realm […]
Flash Fiction Riddle
We collect together in a vast bastion, overlooking the darkened land below. Not a single face around me is the same. We belong to the same legion, and yet none of us are alike. Young and old, large and small. I can see warn out lines that wrinkle some of the hardened faces, and the […]
2013 Conferences
For today’s post, I thought I’d put together a small collection of writing conferences. The season of writers gathering together is about to begin! Can’t you feel the fluttering stomachs and hear the clicking of keys? The scratching noise of pens on paper echoes in the air, mixing and tangling with the spoken word. Ah, […]
First Draft Myths
Over the holidays, I finished up the first draft of my newest story, and realized when I was done that people tend to have misconceptions about those preliminary versions. There’s a lot of expectations and assumptions that readers and authors can sometimes feel as they read a work in progress. I thought it might be […]
Pitch Wars Mentee 2014
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