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What’s the Story Anyway?
Many times in my reading and learning about the art of writing I stumble across people who define story as conterminous with plot. I feel this can be a limiting view of story and in the end is harmful...
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What’s the Story Anyway?
Many times in my reading and learning about the art of writing I stumble across people who define story as conterminous with plot. I feel this can be a limiting view of story and in the end is harmful...
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Gaining Clout by having Klout!
Authors as promoters – it is not a new concept, but it is certainly one that causes no end of grief if one is to judge by the amount of chatter about it online. Just managing all the social media,...
View ArticleI’m Baaaaack! Because there is a contest…
… I just had to tell you all about! Brave New Words is giving away not 1, not 2, but MONTHLY 25 page manuscripts critiques! Go. Now. Get in on this!
View ArticleI’m Baaaaack! Because there is a contest…
… I just had to tell you all about! Brave New Words is giving away not 1, not 2, but MONTHLY 25 page manuscripts critiques! Go. Now. Get in on this!
View ArticlePromethea and the Sweeper of Dreams
Synopsis: Humanity lies sleeping as The Sweeper of Dreams enters making his daily rounds to clear away the night’s imaginings. The Sweeper is very thorough and leaves no tatters or smattering of dreams...
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Filling the Waiting Hours:
Committing Story Adultery The Arc Riders is currently in the hands of a remarkable agent, and she is prepping revision notes for me before we place it on submission. This means that I need to down...
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Can you Defend Rape?
The interwebz blew up this afternoon with reaction to this article: In Defense of Rape. The author make some reasonable points and says a few spurious things as well. To paraphrase where he was...
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The Next Big Thing
1) What is the working title of your next book? Treachery Aboard The Palace du Mar 2) Where did the idea come from for the book? I have been getting into Steampunk lately, and the idea for this book...
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Rape Culture and an Author’s Responsibility
Rape culture has been receiving a great deal of attention in the Blogosphere lately, and this is a good thing. As a culture, we have a long way to go before we think of women as fully autonomous beings...
View ArticleHow Much Sex is Too Much?
Read moreFirst, read this: Sex in YA Fiction. I have a comment on that post where I say this: Ok – not to get too personal – but are we doing a disservice to YA readers? I remember my first ‘truly...
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