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Tim Waggoner said something the other day on Facebook: Because stories are about people dealing with problems, the most important things to know about a character are how he/she responds to obstacles and handles stress. Even if you know nothing else about a character, knowing these two things will allow you to plot your story.

There’s a house in your dreams, THE HOUSE.  It isn’t the same house, except it is.  Although sometimes it’s a submarine or a skyscraper, or, in my daughter’s case, a spaceship.  There is a story that has to be carried out, in this house.  Everything that happens there, you seem to be an outside observer,

Now available at Amazon, Smashwords, Gumroad, and Kobo, with Apple and this time Barnes & Noble coming in hindmost this time. Ep #1: blog, Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, Gumroad, Apple, and more.  Free at the blog, Kobo, and Smashwords links; the others will follow. Ep #2: Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, Gumroad, Apple, Kobo, and more.     “You don’t even know what Latitude and Longitude are!” Ina exclaimed. “I do so! Latitude

This was just too weird not to share. Incan ritual dagger-shovel, known as a Tumi, that was used to a) pry open/crack open ribs, b) shovel out innards.  Obviously, the one pictured here (from Wikipedia) is a recreation (P E R U) but it’s still disturbing. The godlings on top of the tumi are named

Title?  Tentative. 1.  Intro Purpose:  Spend less money, spend less time cooking when you don’t want to, spend more time with the people you love. Sweet spot:  finding the restaurants where you go when you don’t feel like cooking but don’t have a special reason to go out to eat. Past vs. present:  We used

This is for the folks from the Pike’s Peak Writers’ “Write Your Heart Out” event, but you can play along anyway. IF YOU KNOW THESE BOOKS OR HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE, DO NOT BLOW IT FOR THE REST OF THE PLAYERS IN THE COMMENTS.  Email me personally if you like and I’ll confirm how

Right, this weekend (after talking about flaws in front of PPW) I have to meet up with Becky Clark and talk about indie publishing, soup to nuts.  She’s funnier than I am, so I want to make sure she doesn’t distract me too much with her jokes, and so therefore I’m writing a possible outline for

Now available at Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, Gumroad, and more. Episode 1 can be found at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Smashwords, Gumroad, Apple, and more.   “Cro-quet. Croooooquet,” Alice responded. “An invitation to play croooooo-quet to His Highness from Miss Liddell.”   “I invited you first,” he said. “An invitation to play croooo-quet to Miss Liddell from Prince Leopold.”   “Here’s your invitation to play croooooquet.”