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Category Archives: Writing Life

A Tale of Two (or Twenty) Titles

by Leigh Bardugo — Recently, Savannah at SeeSavRead.com posted about how confused she was by the similarity of these three book titles:   As the author of one of those books (Shadow and Bone, on the far right), I had to admit, even my head got a bit muddled. But if you take a look [...]

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Revealing Character through Details

by Julie Eshbaugh — Is creating a character like designing a building? Mies van der Rohe (German born, American architect, 1886-1969,) famously said, “God is in the details.” This quote is a reference to the fact that it’s the small, subtle design elements that can make a building (or even a book, perhaps?) transcend the [...]

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Writing critiques

by Jodi Meadows – When I’m between drafts and revisions for my stories, I like to catch up on critiques for my crit partners. (Guess where I am right now.) So I thought I’d tell you a little about how I do critiques. Keep in mind, this is just how I do critiques. Everyone has [...]

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Pub Brawl: Strong Heroines?

by Vahini Naidoo — One of the things I often see writers and readers say they want to see more of is strong female leads. Strong heroines. The kinds of characters who are going to influence the younger generation of young women in the right way. And when I see these comments, I always wonder [...]

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Listen Up! My Secret Solution To Stealing Creative Time…

by Amie Kaufman — How do you make the most of every minute you have? Soon I’ll be blogging about how to squeeze every moment you can out of your writing day, but today I’m going to share one of my top secret tips. When it comes to making the most of the time you [...]

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