March 20th, 2019
Firearms: What Can’t Be Silenced?
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Bayard & Holmes | Craft
By Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes
In both movies and books, we are inundated with magic sniper rifles that fire with a whisper, bodies that silently crumble to the ground, assassins who shoot successive shots from silenced pistols without a hiccup, and all other manner of .… Read the post
March 11th, 2019
Inviting Creativity Through Meditation
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Blogging Guests | Inspiration
It’s a practice we’ve started building into our family evenings each night, and something I hope to one day be good at. Meditation is good for managing anxiety, depression, stress. It’s also good for learning to be open to new ideas and people who may be threatening to our own ideals.… Read the post
February 27th, 2019
Getting Unstuck and Avoiding Writer's Block
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Blogging Guests | Writer's Life
by Tiffany Yates-Martin
You know that feeling—like you were coasting along on a greased golden road through your first draft (or second…or twelfth), and suddenly you come to a bone-jarring halt, like Wile. E. Coyote sent an avalanche right smack into your creative pathway.… Read the post
February 25th, 2019
How To Make Dominant Female Characters Like-Able
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Blogging Guests | Craft
Many of us love to create female characters who are in charge. They are the boss, the leader, the take-charge and kick ass types who keep everything from the local PTA to an entire country running just the way they like it.… Read the post
February 18th, 2019
How To Create a Fascinating Cast of Characters
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Angela Ackerman | Craft
by Angela Ackerman
Let me ask a question: how much time do you spend crafting a character for your novel, say a protagonist? Ten hours? Twenty? Fifty or more?
Whatever you answered, I bet we all agree that characters require a lot of work.… Read the post
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