I’ve always been interested in folk and fairy tales, as far back as I can remember. I grew up with Grimm’s fairy tales, as a lot of people like me do, and for a long time I thought that was that: Grimm’s was how a fairy tale should be told. Later, of course, I started […]
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Ever After Fairy Tales #2: Innocence and Deceit Universal Buy Link | Goodreads (reviews) Cinderella’s not so innocent, but neither is Prince Charming. Innocence and Deceit, the second volume in the Ever After Fairy Tales anthology series, contains fourteen fairy tales retold, reimagined, and reinvented. Enter the magical, unpredictable, wonderful world of fairy tales! Contains my short story,
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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 when
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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 when
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I didn’t have the time or energy to write a long post this week, but yesterday I ended up checking in with myself about what I know about marketing. Admittedly, this isn’t much. But when I started trying to bootstrap myself out of complete lack of sales, it was less, so I’m gonna count it
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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 when
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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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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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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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