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3 Common Mistakes Writers Make with Conflict – By Janice Hardy…

on Fiction University: Conflict has caused more than its fair share of writer frustrations. Like many writers, I’ve spent countless hours creating … 3 Common Mistakes Writers Make with Conflict – By Janice Hardy…

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Should Authors Quit Social Media?

An attention-grabbing headline is known as clickbait. Clicks in the virtual world hold great value. Not to authors, unless we’re running ads that … Should Authors Quit Social Media?

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National Walking Day

Since I’ve been doing as much walking as I can thanks to Pokemon Go, I thought I’d post about this holiday.  Haven’t been able to walk as much as I wanted during the winter thanks to that polar vortex in … Continue reading

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What to Know About Interactive Storytelling?

Jacqui here at Story Empire with my next 2025 post. My theme this year: Trends, Questions, Concerns among Writers In this monthly post, I’ll discuss … What to Know About Interactive Storytelling?

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How a sampling of international authors approaches marketing: Part 1, Authors Ken Stark and Melisa Quigley weigh in.

Greetings to all! Joy York here today. In my last post, I shared my quest to gain some clarity for how to best market to readers. My research proved … How a sampling of international authors approaches marketing: Part 1, … Continue reading

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The Review Black Market

Author– I hear you can provide legit reviews. Dealer– I might be able to help you. A– Well, I’d like one for my newest book. D– When did it release and how long is it? A– Two weeks ago.  It’s … Continue reading

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Writing Your Character’s Faith

Use faith to enrich your story and create compelling characters. Find out how here! Writing Your Character’s Faith

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Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

With me on the blog today is my good friend, Afton Rorvik, who is here to talk about her nonfiction book, The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace. It was … Check This Out: The 1896 Leadville Ice Palace

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Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

Greetings, Storytellers!  Diana here for Part III of our punctuation review.  So far we’ve covered the colon and its neighbor, the semicolon. Now I … Punctuation Part III: Hyphens, En Dashes and Em Dashes

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Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

Greetings, SE’ers. It’s Jan again to continue the exploration into different colors and how we can used them in our stories. Let’s take a look at the… Colors – how they can enhance our settings and characters #3 Blue

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