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My 5 Favorite Character Types

Tropes or not, I can’t get enough of these characters (when they’re done well)… The Character Whose Bark is Worse Than His/Her Bite  Why? Grumpy people used to scare me when I was younger. I was delighted to find out that a lot of them are softies on the inside. This discovery never gets old …

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Indie Author Interview #5 Bethany Jennings

I found Bethany Jennings through her hashtag game #WIPjoy and soon started hearing about her short story Threadbare. The premise piqued my curiosity and I decided to dive in. I’m so glad I did! The story is moving, genuine, and engaging. I immediately connected with the themes, almost as if this story was sparked from …

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Why Your Setting is Not Made Up of Adjectives

This is a throwback post, originally published about a year ago.  Gasp. What?! What about all of those writing workshops where we stuffed one hundred adjectives into every sentence? I am not saying there is no value in learning how to be descriptive and expand your vocabulary. But you can describe every single detail of …

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Indie Author Interview #4 Katelyn Buxton

Meet Katelyn Buxton! So one of the things I love about the indie writing community is that everybody is at different places in their writing journey, and I get to learn from them all! It takes boldness to put your work out there. If I had put my 15-year-old story about a lighthouse on the …

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An Open Letter About My Book “Out of Darkness”

Oh, the joys of the internet! I tend to be a private person. I’m not much of a sharer in my day-to-day life, even with friends I trust. So you can imagine how guarded I tend to be on the internet. But then I remember that I actually published two books which arguably bare my …

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Indie Author Interview #3 Nate Philbrick

I stumbled upon Where the Woods Grow Wild a couple months ago and was unexpectedly delighted by it. I had just begun my foray into the indie author world and this book will always stand out to me as an example of how good indie fic can be. It’s a clean, light-hearted tale full of imagination. I felt …

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5 Keys to Writing Stories Full of Feels

You may think this is a strange topic. But “feels” in books is a legitimate trend. When I first started writing I had no concept of what “feels” were and very little interest in writing them. For some reason I wanted my writing to be high, intellectual, and dry. I wanted to move the readers …

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Indie Author Interview #2 J.E. Purrazzi

 J.E. Purrazzi’s prequel novella Revelation was just released on April 23rd! I got to read it ahead of time and was intrigued by the worldbuilding, the technology, and the questions raised in this book. Luckily I snagged an interview with her and I appreciated her genuine answers. I hope you will too! Me: So, “Revelation” is the …

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Storytelling vs Plotting

Do you know anyone really good at storytelling? I’m not talking about writing a novel, but just telling a story to a group of friends. Some people have natural instincts about what will keep their audience engaged. They know what information to leave out until the last minute. They know what to emphasize and when …

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Indie Author Interview #1 Kyle Robert Shultz

I’ve had my eye on The Beast of Talesend for a while now. But I only recently got around to reading it. I enjoyed it so much that I just had to feature it on my blog and author Kyle Robert Shultz was kind enough to give me an interview! For those of you who …

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