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Midwifing Your Story: From Conception to Birth

Babies are kind of weird. On paper, at least. You gestate a parasite for nine + months (during which time, said parasite will make its presence known by kicking/punching/sitting-on-your-bladder at 2am), and eventually lose it through an excruciating torture-session delivery, which usually results in tears and lots of people staring at your privates. Sounds like writing to [...]

Where’s my Friday Post??

Sorry for the delay, everyone, but slight change of plans: baby plans, that is. I was planning on having my normal Friday post yesterday, but my beautiful wife decided that going into labor was more important. And that’s difficult to argue with (and dangerous), so instead of a post on writing, blogging, or gopher hunts, [...]

9 Words You Hate (But Don’t Know it Yet)

Hate is a strong word—my wife tells me I’m not allowed to say it around my daughter. And yet, there are some things I really don’t…like. Cooked spinach, for one  (it’s so green), or maybe shovelling the sidewalk. But you know, strongly dislike isn’t cutting it for these next nine words. I hate them. And so do you. You just [...]

Guest Post: Finding Your Blogging Muse by Lindsay Rom

Today we have the first in a series of guest posts by the incomparable Lindsay Rom, from Adventures of a Modern Cavegirl.  Over on her blog you can catch Lindsay discussing the Paleo lifestyle, staying healthy, and meditations on spirituality. Somehow I’ve talked her into doing four guest posts on blogging, each releasing on consecutive Fridays. So stay tuned…there’s [...]

9 Things You Should Know About Your Main Character

Your Main Character is the life-blood of your story. Without an engaging, unique MC nobody’s going to give a gopher’s fart about your tale, no matter how great the setting.  You may have a fantastic concept (“tarantula-gophers invade a New Mexican hospice), but it don’t mean a thang without a great protagonist. But how do you [...]