Category: writing
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Spotlight: Holly Lisle’s Website
Do you love good writing? Do you want to learn to write? Check out fantasy author Holly Lisle’s website.
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My New Blog
I’m not posting today, because last night I started a personal blog. This is a professional and career blog, as opposed to my LiveJournal on […]
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The Storyteller and the Wordsmith
This week, something a little different, a dichotomy Kate Wilhelm mentioned in her book Storyteller. It has been mentioned on at least one other podcast. […]
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Would you tell your story to help others?
Pam Stewart, er, I mean, Pam Slim from the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog posted a link to her interview with Glenda Watson Hyatt regarding […]
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Better Character Ideas: Throw Two Away
Here’s a simple way to generate better character ideas, or story ideas of any sort. This isn’t so much a source of story ideas as […]
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Writing Great Ezines & Blogs
I need to disclose to you what this post is about. I subscribe to the LinkedinBloggers group, which is for bloggers who are on LinkedIn. […]
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A Necessary Step to Creativity
The brain is a marvellous thing, the most complex organ in the human body, and the most important for everything we do. Why do we […]
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Anatomy of a Story Game 2
This is part 2 of “Anatomy of a Story Game”. This week, we’ll complete the basic story design and discuss some implementation issues in various […]
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A Simple Way to Improve Your Blog
Aside from choosing great titles, there’s another tremendously effective thing you can do for your blog.
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An Interview with Mama Maia
FilmFiler.com has an interview with Maia from saysmom.com. Anyone who’s participated on the writer’s boards will probably recognize her name as that of one of […]
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