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Too Late to Start Writing?

Too Late to Start Writing?

Too Late to Start Writing? A common piece of advice that authors give is that you should write every day. My own practice is to try to write five days...

Too Late to Start Writing?

Too Late to Start Writing? A common piece of advice that authors give is that you should write every day. My own practice is to try to write five days...

Two Families

Two Families

Two Families Here's the story of a lovely ladyWho was bringing up three very lovely girlsAll of them had hair of gold, like their mother,The youngest one in curls Here's...

Two Families

Two Families Here's the story of a lovely ladyWho was bringing up three very lovely girlsAll of them had hair of gold, like their mother,The youngest one in curls Here's...

Characters

Characters

    Characters The most common question writers are asked concerns where the ideas for stories come from. The other one we often hear is “how do you make up...

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Characters

    Characters The most common question writers are asked concerns where the ideas for stories come from. The other one we often hear is “how do you make up...

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Speculating About Food Supply

Speculating About Food Supply

I like to describe VIRAL as speculative fiction. The story isn’t really science fiction or fantasy and it wasn’t intended to be about reality. Speculative fiction asks the question “what...

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Speculating About Food Supply

I like to describe VIRAL as speculative fiction. The story isn’t really science fiction or fantasy and it wasn’t intended to be about reality. Speculative fiction asks the question “what...

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Writing About Talking About Writing

Writing About Talking About Writing

Writing about talking about writing A few months back, Matt, the publisher of Engen books sent me an email asking if I was interested in having VIRAL done up as...

Writing About Talking About Writing

Writing about talking about writing A few months back, Matt, the publisher of Engen books sent me an email asking if I was interested in having VIRAL done up as...

Goodbye 2020

Goodbye 2020

Goodbye 2020 It has always bothered me to hear people talk about how some activity or other “puts in time” or “passes away the hours”. The time we have is...

Goodbye 2020

Goodbye 2020 It has always bothered me to hear people talk about how some activity or other “puts in time” or “passes away the hours”. The time we have is...