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With me on the blog today is Steve Bramucci, one of my awesome VCFA comrades. He’s here to discuss his latest middle grade adventure novel, The Race … Check This Out: The Race for the Ruby Turtle

With me on the blog today is Steve Bramucci, one of my awesome VCFA comrades. He’s here to discuss his latest middle grade adventure novel, The Race … Check This Out: The Race for the Ruby Turtle

I’m talking about my newest release, Goodbye Old Paint, today. Most of my followers and readers are authors, and some of you might appreciate this … The Recipe

Hi SEers! Denise here to talk about that scare factor in a story. I covered Writing with Tension which plays into scary, but how can you create a … SCARY WRITING

This post explores the origins of homonyms—words spelt and pronounced the same but with different meanings. We’ll discover how we use them in … Homonyms with Harmony, Part 8–Commonly Misused ‘E’ Words

With the publication of Goodbye Old Paint, it brings the series to seven titles. I always tell people these are stand-alone stories that simply use … Series Background

Today I am at Teri Polen’s place, participating in her Bad Moon Rising feature.  This feature is an annual event bringing together authors for the … Bad Moon Rising with Teri Polen

Hi, SEers! Thank you for joining me for another Mae Day on Story Empire. If you’ve been a follower of the blog for several years, you might recall me… Beating the Snallygaster: Pantsing, Endings, and Working with Your Muse #writers

Hello, SE’ers! It’s Jan again to discuss another metaphysical element we can include in many different ways in our fiction stories. You may … Metaphysical Elements in fiction writing – #meditation

Greetings Storytellers. Diana here. With NaNoWriMo looming in the future, I’m taking a short intermission from my “tightening your prose” series to … Nanowrimo – Redefining a Win