Featured Friday: Dread the Edit
BY R. M. RIDLEY Used to be I dreaded edits. Didn’t matter if I was working under my own supervision or another’s; the term itself was enough to set my teeth to clenching, my gut to churning, and my mind to building defensive walls. Somewhere along the way, I...Featured Friday: Resonating With Your Readers
BY ERIC WHITE Every author has this point hammered into their creative little skulls: Write what you know. This wisdom is expounded in every book and blog even remotely related to the writing craft. It is tweeted, posted, and shared by authors ad infinitum daily. Now,...Featured Friday: Getting the Story Straight
BY PETE FORD Or, why you need to timeline. Here’s how I develop a story: I get an idea, roll it around in my head for a while, adding more and more detail until, eventually, I reach a point where I can write the story, one short paragraph per scene, from beginning to...Featured Friday: Steamstock Tour, Chicago
BY ALYSON GRAUER There are some who might argue that steampunk was a literary genre first and an aesthetic movement second. I happen to agree, but by no means does that mean the case is closed. Not only has steampunk spread its coiling, copper-wire roots out into the...Featured Friday: Writing, writing—Squirrel!
BY SARAH HUNTER HYATT Twitter and Facebook and Blogging… Oh my! Since I have taken on the, dare I say, challenge, of accepting that I am a writer, I have found that keeping up with that all entails can be quite a harrowing task! First of all, I’m not solely a writer;...
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