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Facts Tell, But Stories Sell
I know I’ve been preoccupied with life recently. So I thought I’d pass along this inspirational tale from Kim Klaver’s blog, “A blind man’s new […]
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Justice, Masthead Style
Magazine Man recently posted a particularly good story on his blog Somewhere on the Masthead. Actually, everything he posts is particularly good, and we’re fortunate […]
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Character Ideas Through Substitution
Here’s another way to generate character ideas. Substitute one reaction for another. We all tend to make our characters behave like ourselves or like people […]
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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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Spotlight: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (the movie) (Review)
A review of Smilla’s Sense of Snow, the movie. I first encountered this underappreciated sci-fi mystery flick when Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave it […]
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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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