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Oh what a difference a letter makes! Transpose the letters “l” and “e” in these two words, and you end up with very different meanings. An angel is a supernatural being with feathered wings on its bac...
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Sometimes to keep a story moving forward, background information must be given. When this information interrupts the story flow, it is referred to as backfill. Depending on the approach use to provide...
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So 1260 words of outline has turned into 6200 words of actual prose This ratio feels pretty good for a first draft of a YA novel. Wanting this one to end up being 60-70k. Wait, that means I've already written about 10% !! 😍
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Signed up for a 25k in 7 days sprint event and I know I’m being overly ambitious but I really do need to finish this damn book. (The Rejected Shifter’s Required Bride)
It’s already announced and part of a collab so June 23 is my launch no matter what state it’s in.
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“Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“The short story is as diverse and exciting a form as the novel, offering the condensed satisfaction of a good poem.” - Sean O’Brien “Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your s...
inventingrealityeditingservice.typepad.comLunch? In the tummy. Famotidine #2 of the day? Also on its way to the tummy. Drink? Iced. Word document? Wide open. And I am beyond ready. Let's get some shit done. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky
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One temptation to avoid when creating characters is to use an author surrogate. An author surrogate is a character who the writer models after himself, such as Jubal Harshaw is author Robert A. Heinle...
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“Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it’s so hurtful to think about writing.” – Heather Armstrong“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must …
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“This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself” RICHARD II, II, i
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Don’t raise a flag telling your readers that you don’t know when to spell words like signaling (Or is it signalling?).The doubling of the l when adding a suffix to a word tends to be a British conv…
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A look at Vol 3
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The #WIPSnips word for May 19th is "choke"
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SMPTE bars of life
Between front and back porch time
Color burst pulse scan
#dailyhaikuprompt - porch
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What is a Front Porch used for?
What is a Back Porch used for?
What does it mean by active video?
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“[Editors] drive us nuts. We go from near-worshipful groveling when we submit to bitter cursing when they reject us.” – Ken Rand“Editor: A person employed…whose business it is to separate the…
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Thomas Hardy's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 (1878)
⛰️ This novel was first published in twelve monthly installments from 9 January to 19 December, 1878.
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When promoting your self-published book, consider offering additional valuable content. This tried-and-true technique can drive readers to a service you provide or to other books you are selling.Yo…
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Typo of the day: She handed over a long wool goat.
That should have been 'coat'!
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Give your character what they think they want, but turn it into a dilemma by showing how it wasn’t what they actually needed.
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Among the best things about being an indie writer is control. You control when your book comes out, you decide what the cover will look like, you determine if a chapter will be edited out, you sele…
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Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial int…
inventingrealityediting.comIDEALIZE (+): aggrandize, enshrine, extol, overemphasize, shield (≠ decry, judge, slam) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting
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Suffering from writer’s block or need to add some spunk to your writing? The problem may be that you need to change up your routine. To that end, try this tip: Outline a story idea in your project bib...
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Creating online advertisements for your book or website/blog promoting your writing is easier done than said – literally. All you need to do is create a web widget. A web widget is an application that...
inventingrealityeditingservice.typepad.comRemembered one of my characters lacks a character arc (how?) and so getting them one is my assignment today. Everyone else has one but the fact this one doesn't is probably why some of the first draft was wonky to me #amwriting
… everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. – Sylvia Plath
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Professional Book Editor: Having your novel, short story or nonfiction manuscript proofread or edited before submitting it can prove invaluable. In an era where you face heavy competition, your writin...
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The Amazon.com page that sells your book may perhaps be the most important item in your entire marketing effort. All of your press releases, news articles, blog reviews of your book, radio appearances...
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As a self-published author, you’d be wrong to think that landing a television interview is out of your realm. There are a number of local and cable programs always on the look for people to interview,...
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Another page you’ll definitely want to have on the website promoting your book is a Contact page. This page provides information about how to reach the author or whoever is responsible for handling yo...
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Today is Day 1 of 8 of consecutive 11- to 13-hour workdays.
Send coffee.
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Alt: A gif of a brown-haired white woman in a pink short-sleeved shirt tapping her inner left elbow. Caption reads: "I need coffee in an IV."
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#Writing day! I'm determined to get through the final action sequence of my #WIP at the very least. Dammit.
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
A stupid little man runs into the arms of another stupid little man. Biting ensues.
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
A billionaire goes to the forest on a spiritual journey, has his day ruined by two bickering sisters.
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Sometimes this is true and sometimes I really AM more productive at night. At least until 4am when I remember I have a day job! 😊
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“Writer Luck: Five Ways to Make Your Own” by Bess McAllister via DIYMFA #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writingadvice #writingtips diymfa.com/community/fi...
A lot of things are out of a writer's control. Writer and Editor Bess McAllister shares five ways that writers can make their own luck, despite that!
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True reasons...
Choke
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The #WIPSnips word for May 19th is "choke"
Thanks for hanging out for another week of WIPSnips!
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#WIPsnips "choke"
Aliana and Konryle (both wood elves) are not used to having ale with their meals. Neither is Braelyn 😂😅
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The #WIPSnips word for May 19th is "choke"
Thanks for hanging out for another week of WIPSnips!
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#QueerPrompts Day 19: what would you do if you woke up in your story?
I would probably panic 😂 depending on exactly *where* I woke up, I'd either panic more or have a better chance of surviving.
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#QueerPrompts Day 2: obscure fact about your MC
I can't really think of one for Braelyn without being a major spoiler. As for Mathius, he has a minor sensitivity to the sun (the "Upper World's light") due to being half-demon.
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#FantasyIndiesMaytober Day 19: hardships
Braelyn definitely went through some hardships when she was young. There was a period of time where she wasn't sure where she was going to get her next meal, and then almost dying of illness.
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#FantasyIndiesMaytober Day 2: introduce your villain(s)
It'd take too long to introduce all the villains. I'll stick with Velimiar, the second-born son of the demon king Seithenin, and Mathius's twin brother. He is desperate for his father's approval and hates Braelyn immensely.
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For whoever else might be checking, the entire publishing industry is currently closed to queries. Please check again in Fall, 2025.
Meanwhile, keep writing! The world needs to hear your voice!
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The #WIPSnips word for May 19th is "choke"
Thanks for hanging out for another week of WIPSnips!
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She felt the true song
Its rhythms beat with her heart
She began to sing
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As a reader, I can forget a lot of writing sins if the characters really shine. Characters help us travel from book to book. Characters make a book. - Wrtr #amwriting #Writing #author
I #amwriting tonight. I finished the first draft of my next short. WC: 9761. It will appear in an #erotica anthology released in June. More details soon! #WritingCommunity
Describe your WIP in the worst way possible:
If they’re assigning her a mandatory spouse to bang at the end of the masquerade ball, might as well go with the unstable guy in the wolf mask.
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
It's all the parts of a book no one bothers reading, with none of the parts they do.
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Recent research for the novel is often surprisingly delightful. I stumbled upon the fact that apparently there's a World Parasite Day and now you know, too. What's your favorite alien parasite? #yeerks #animorphs #amwriting #amwritingscifi #writingcommunity
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
A billionaire goes to the forest on a spiritual journey, has his day ruined by two bickering sisters.
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
It's all the parts of a book no one bothers reading, with none of the parts they do.
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Yes, The Gods in Chronicles of Death will all be hot. And half of them will be awful (but hot) while the others will be morally gray (and also hot).
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Describe your wip in the worst way possible:
It's all the parts of a book no one bothers reading, with none of the parts they do.
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Describe your WIP in the Worst Way Possible:
A time traveling robot assassin kidnaps a scientist and teaches him not to be an asshole.
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Describe your WIP in the Worst Way Possible:
A time traveling robot assassin kidnaps a scientist and teaches him not to be an asshole.
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