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Author in Transition

I know. I’ve been neglecting you. I could give you a list of reasons, all of them good, logical, honest and inadequate. The truth is that I have been writing intermittently; switching projects, writing new stuff, writing old stuff, then writing some more new stuff. I have been in-between different jobs in my other […]

9 Hacks That Will Help You Get More Writing Done (and in Less Time)

http://www.inc.com/glenn-leibowitz/9-hacks-that-will-help-you-get-more-writing-done-and-in-less-time.html

Regret – A Sufi Poem

Regret is such a fine emotional blessing It causes forgiveness in the wrathful Feel remorse for those who we offended Repent our trespasses against our Lord Cherish what moments we have left together – Nasrullah Anwar

Hero Syndrome

A friend of mine posed a question on Facebook about who are our favourite fictional heroes. The archetypal hero is tall, handsome, square-jawed, muscular, white and male. He charges to the rescue without a second thought and heroically goes about looking for damsels in distress and no-gooders up to no good. Think Kevin Sorbo’s Hercules […]

How to Create Friction Between Character and Scene

Originally posted on Read to Write Stories:
What Burns Away, the debut novel by Melissa Falcon Field, has been called “thrilling” and “perceptive” by Tin House executive editor Michelle Wildgren. In life, people tend to work together. At weddings, when the crazy uncle is drinking too much and telling offensive jokes, the rest of the family…

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Three Parts of the Writing Process That Get Authors Stuck: And How To Work Through the Halts

Originally posted on Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
One of the toughest things about writing fiction is getting stuck. We get stuck SO OFTEN as authors…. One of the keys to success is simply finding ways to overcome the doubt about our stories and our abilities that getting stuck thrusts upon us. Me, I’ve…

Siri-ous Dialogue

Guest Post by Raven Oak, author of Amaskan’s Blood Ooooo! It’s a Siri dialogue! Go ahead, read it. Heck, you probably did before you even took a glance at my words. If not, you’ve more self-control than most people, so go ahead and give it a read. Welcome back! What’s the main thing that pops out […]

The Trinity Syndrome and the Objectification of Women

I just read this article on ‘The Trinity Syndrome” (link to the original article is below) and was reflecting on the fact that there is no ‘strong female’ in the Adventures of Some Kid. There are three ladies in the story, Pauline Tate (Ted Glory’s Executive Assistant), Mrs Stevens and her daughter, Erica, and each […]