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Avast, Ye Airships!
Continuing from the theme of last week, this week we take to the air with the pirates again and begin a discussion of Avast, Ye Airships. 🙂 In 2015, Mocha Memoirs and I wanted to publish a Steampunk anthology. As … Continue reading
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Tagged airships, anthology, Avast Ye Airships!, pirates, Pirates Vs. Dragons, Steampunk, walkthrough
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GUEST POST: Crymsyn Hart — Forest of Bones
Today, we have a guest post from author Crymsyn Hart about some of the influences behind her novel Forest of Bones. Having edited this book, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Forest of Bones Inspiration I … Continue reading
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Tagged Crymson Hart, Forest of Bones, horror, influences, vampires
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Writing Tip: Found Object Poetry
When I was in the theater, I ran across a unit for creating characters by taking found objects and listing characteristics of the object to build aspects of your character. For example: This fern might be characterized as vulnerable delicate … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, poem, poetry, writing process, writing tips
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Another Monday…Let’s Get After It!
First of all, the review of what we’ve gotten done so far: The desk is still neat, underneath still uncluttered to the part I’ve finished, but today I am going to take a break from sitting on the floor because … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, cautionary tale, cleaning, product recommendations
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RIEVIEW: Odd Thomas
Like a pair of looms, using sunshine and their own silhouettes, two enormous California live oaks wove veils of gold and purple, which they flung across the driveway. Penny appeared to shimmer and to darkle as she passed … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Snow, Dean Koontz, Moonlight Bay, Odd Thomas, reviews
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Collaborating with Pirates…
Several years ago now, I received an email from my good friend Marc Gunn asking if I wanted to do another collaborative album after Don’t Go Drinking with Hobbits. This time, it would be a collection of songs about airship … Continue reading
Things that Go Bump in the Night…
Everyone is afraid of something…whether it is walking alone down a dark street at midnight or losing one’s job. These fears are real and tangible. They are depressing and often out of our control. Perhaps this is why we … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Shadows, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, horror, It, Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King, vampires
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Writing Tip: What’s Your Word Count?
Staring at at a blank page can be daunting, but remember…you don’t have to set out to write a novel every time you begin to write. There are almost as many flavors of fiction as there were of original Baskin … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, books, NaNoWriMo, novel, word counts, writing
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It’s Monday! That Means Cleaning!
First of all, I am extremely proud that after a week, my desk still looks like this: (Which may still look cluttered to some, but remember where we started last week…) Now, to tackle the Down Below: Would you … Continue reading
RIEVIEW: American Horror Story
Welcome to the first of the Friday RieViews. Today, I am going to talk about one of my favorite fascinations, American Horror Story. For those of you who haven’t stepped into the world of AHS, it is an anthology horror … Continue reading
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