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Shadow Dancing (writing prompts)

Writing Prompts

Shadow Dancing (writing prompts)

Back with prompts in time for holiday time! Let this inspire you to write, should inspiration you wish! As ever this is for Anarion because she takes such a delight in these and gives delight with the stories she tells. Let your story find voice by sharing what's in that beribboned box. Or what you see at the corner of your eye when you look at those dots. Maybe the tale you'll tell is about what shadows see in the dark, or how Hades feels about the color black. Perhaps you'll start there and veer to a story about rain...

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Your Writing Career: How to Make Sure It's a Real Short Trip

Publishing Reference Your Writing Career: How to Make Sure It's a Real Short Trip

Your Writing Career: How to Make Sure It's a Real Short Trip

By Atlin Merrick First: I hope you have a fantastic writing career, full of exciting challenges, wondrous peers, and the respect of a dozen editors and publishers. Now let me tell you how not to have any of those things. How to be Sure Your Writing Career is Short Be rude. That's it. That's the whole post. Be rude to your editor or publisher and it's the best way I know to make sure you have a really short writing career. I'll refine what I mean by 'rude' by saying first that no your editor isn't out to get you....

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What To Do When the Rejections Get Overwhelming

Tamara M Bailey

What To Do When the Rejections Get Overwhelming

By Tamara M Bailey Are the rejections piling up? Are you dreading the ding of another email? Do you know by heart the form rejection template? Are you this close to quitting? Too many of us have been there, and honestly, there’s not much you can do to change the responses of agents and publishers. What you can do is change your mindset. Here are five steps to find joy in your writing again. Step 1: Clean up your writing space Enjoy the process. Turn on some music, daydream as you dust, open the windows. Put away the sticky notes,...

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Sneak Peek: The Other Olivia

Sneak Peek Tamara M Bailey The Other Olivia

Sneak Peek: The Other Olivia

A tense sneak peek into The Other Olivia, the just-published thriller from Tamara M Bailey: She fell into Matt's chair and watched his email account update. A dozen new work messages, along with one from Sarina, received eight minutes ago. It had a lot of silly gushing and heart emojis. Olivia scrolled down to see what Matt had sent earlier this morning. She's still acting weird, it said. I really think she knows. Part of me hopes she does, because every time I'm with her, I think of the next time I can be with you. I love you, my...

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How to Disagree With Your Editor

Publishing Reference

How to Disagree With Your Editor

By Atlin Merrick We don't start off knowing this stuff. When my first books were published I knew nothing about anything. Do I have to make every change the editor asks for? Can they do it if I don't agree? Will they hate me if I disagree? No, no, and no. Edits to Your Beloved Manuscript Every writer is edited. All of us. Oh sure, maybe not the famous ones, but you've read a later work of a superstar, the stuff no editor touches because the writer's too powerful? Yeah, well then you've seen how those books too often needed...

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