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Archive for the Writing Category

Uncooperative Characters

On February 5, 2020   /   Writing  
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Why They Fail the First Time

On January 29, 2020   /   Writing  
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Questions about Plot Skeletons

On January 22, 2020   /   Writing  
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Problems

On January 15, 2020   /   Writing  
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Conflict Isn’t Necessary

On January 8, 2020   /   Writing  
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

On December 25, 2019   /   Writing  
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Grids and Trees

On December 18, 2019   /   Writing  
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First time for anything

On December 11, 2019   /   Writing  
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“Why me?” asked the protagonist.

On December 4, 2019   /   Writing  
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Thanksgiving and Other Holidays

On November 27, 2019   /   Writing  
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Recent Posts

  • Endings are Beginnings (and Vice Versa)
  • Modern vs. Period Fairy Tale Retelling
  • The Dreaded Writer’s Block
  • Writing forsoothly
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Books

  • ThirteenthChild
    Thirteenth Child
    Book One covers Eff’s childhood, from the age of five (when her parents...
  • GreatBarrier
    Across the Great Barrier
    Eff is back in Mill City, while her powerful twin Lan and her...
  • FarWest
    The Far West
    The discoveries that Eff and her friends made out in settlement territory didn’t...

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