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7 Tips to Using Curses in Fiction: Eye of Newt Can Expire

Curses can have a lot of pitfalls when you use them.  Have they been done already and in the same fashion?  Do they have a purpose in the story beyond window dressing or a comical reaction?  Is it really a … Continue reading

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Curses! Not the Censored Kind

I don’t think I’ve touched on this topic outside of a casual mention, so I’m going to attempt to go below the surface.  Curses show up in a lot of genres even when magic isn’t a main component.  Some are … Continue reading

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Using Ships in Fiction

Ever now and then, I have my characters travel on a ship.  Started in Prodigy of Rainbow Tower and it happened at least once in War of Nytefall.  The reason is because you can’t always stay on land when traveling.  You can … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Summoning Part 22 #fiction #throwback

(Previously on Immortal Wars.) (Again, we shall revel in my teenage originality.  Everyone groan in unison.) Disclaimer: Immortal Wars was the book I came up with and wrote in high school.  I hadn’t even hit college by the time I wrote the … Continue reading

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Sal’s Sublime Submarine Supermarket!

So, you’re looking to journey to the depths of our world!  Not the rocky ones, but the watery ones that have plenty of critters to haunt your nightmares.  Well, since you’re lacking gills and fins, you’ve come to the right … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Writing Underwater Adventures

First, I really wanted to find a cool underwater adventure picture or gif, but nothing worked.  So, I got frustrated and went with Sebastian from ‘The Little Mermaid’.  Okay . . . Moving on.  This is a simple post about … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Summoning Part 21 #fiction #throwback

(Previously on Immortal Wars.) (Again, we shall revel in my teenage originality.  Everyone groan in unison.) Disclaimer: Immortal Wars was the book I came up with and wrote in high school.  I hadn’t even hit college by the time I wrote the … Continue reading

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Immortal Wars: The Summoning Part 20 #fiction #throwback

(Previously on Immortal Wars.) (Again, we shall revel in my teenage originality.  Everyone groan in unison.) Disclaimer: Immortal Wars was the book I came up with and wrote in high school.  I hadn’t even hit college by the time I … Continue reading

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The Dreaded ‘E’ Word = Editing

Most people feel that this is an inevitable trial.  You finish the first draft and know that it isn’t where it should be.  Why would it?  You were still discovering the story as you went even with your detailed outline.  … Continue reading

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Pet Tales from the Olden Days (D&D Games)

So, one of the reasons I came up with this week’s topic is because I remembered a few stories of when I played Dungeons and Dragons.  These are the earlier days of high school where we were goofing off and … Continue reading

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