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Who Ate Jane?

The legends have been confirmed: the colonists were eating each other. Who ate Jane?

45 Holes in 32 Skulls

What if they weren’t trying to save your life?

New Year’s Resolutions: Don’t

Goals bum me out. There are lots of things I’d like to do, and I do it, but not when I  tell me I have to do it.

Demystify Your Characters with Myers-Briggs

I have looked for ways to understand free-thinking characters beyond lying awake until 2 a.m. I’ve written out backstories that will never make it near the story, had conversations with them, tried to step back into their headspace and usually failed -- until Myers-Briggs.

Dead End

Maybe that was all he wanted, at first—a laugh. One night of blood-soaked earth for one really great chuckle. One thing was, without a doubt, not a “maybe”: after that first day, that first great laugh, someone was going to have to stop him.

It was just too good a joke to stop telling.

Killer Clowns: Why Am I Afraid?

The clown approaches with a balloon. Maybe we take it and share a smile, maybe the clown uses the string to strangle us, maybe we lose our senses and stab the clown.

Oubliette – The “Forgotten Room”

Have you ever looked down a sewer grate and shuddered at the thought of finding yourself beneath those iron bars?

Roman Soldiers: Are They Still Among Us?

The Romans abandoned their hold on the British empire in the 5th century A.D. Why, then, did maintenance man Harry Martindale see a contingent of them march past in February of 1953?

The 5 Cornerstones of Characterization

Originally posted on A Writer's Path:
? by Michael Mohr ? David Corbett—New York Times Notable author of many novels including Blood of Paradise (2007), Do They Know I’m running (2010), and The Mercy of the Night (2015)—published a sparkling, extremely-helpful nonfiction writers’ guide in 2013 entitled, “The Art of Character.” In this book,…