This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series […]
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Amazon | Goodreads | Author Website Author Facebook Page | Author Goodreads Page | Author Amazon Page Welcome to fellow author M.J. Bell, also author of The Chronicles of the Secret Prince trilogy. Previous interviews with Richard Bamberg, Rob Chansky, P.R. Adams, Megan Rutter, and Jason Dias are also available. 1. I know you worked hard on making the time travel as accurate as possible. Can you tell
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On June 23, I went to an introductory lockpicking class, The Art of Lockpicking, hosted by Atlas Obscura and taught by Jeremiah Jensen. It was held at the Lighthouse Writers’ Race Street location, which I’d never been to before. It’s a charming location aswamp in parking issues, so I was late getting there. Fortunately, although
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Amazon | Goodreads | Twitter | Patreon | Author Website Author Facebook Page | Author Goodreads Page | Author Amazon Page Welcome to fellow author Jason Dias, author of Sanguine Vengeance, The Worst of Us, Endpoint of Sentience, and more. Previous interviews with Richard Bamberg, Rob Chansky, P.R. Adams, and Megan Rutter are also available. 1. Your book starts out with a character, Jaye, who feels she isn’t human because she was,
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I survived Denver Comic-Con, and all I got was a stupid Nakitomi Plaza Parking Permit! Actually, I got a few other things, but none of them cost more than a dollar. Or were eaten before I left for home. Friday: I was on a panel for Indie Book Publishing
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…or that at least didn’t succeed as hoped. Once upon a time, I wrote a book for a ghostwriting client. It was one of those dream projects that paid pretty well and that I had a lot of freedom on. The only requirement was that it have some kind of sci-fi element to it. The
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This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series
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I’m trying to look at books the way a librarian might, in order to help get me better at thinking from a reader’s point of view. Here are the other posts in the series. … By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, Link The Stanley Parable is a video game, not a book.
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I don’t have much time this week to blog (a deadline is a week earlier than I thought it was!!!), but I’ll get back to the study series as soon as I can. … Failure is life’s way of telling you that you need to change. Not necessarily that you need to completely dump
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This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. … Techniques to help handle reading issues (post-reading!): You’ve read the book. Now what? I’ll go into more depth about
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