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Can’t Please Everyone

You write what you want Because you are what you write Others will do what will Start your story off slow Or start it off fast The pace is yours to grow Follow the trends if you so wish Or … Continue reading

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Origins: Angel of Tears

The top of Windemere Impenetrable ice crown There since the beginning Unchanged and unclimbable Walls to slick for hands or gear Those that fly Will never find the top And spells are eaten by the ice Even the gods are … Continue reading

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What Do You Look For in a Flashback?

One of the biggest tools for an author is the flashback.  These can help reveal information about a character, place, or situation.  For the few that don’t know what this is, you move the attention of the book from the … Continue reading

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Tight Soak

The muscle aches begin So I drug my gut And drown it in hot tea Still the pain ensues Drastic measures Needing to calm down A warm bath With comedy on my phone Son of a beyotch! This tub is … Continue reading

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What Do You Look for in Child Protagonists?

In my opinion, one of the most difficult things to write is a child protagonist in a book that isn’t made for children.  It’s difficult for adults to relate to the child and many adults find them annoying.  As we … Continue reading

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Welcome to . . .

This is going to be a fun (possibly disastrous) tease at a few fictional worlds.  Here we go and I apologize in advance: If you live in a world the size of Australia where chicken are invulnerable to swords and … Continue reading

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What Do You Look for in a Humorous Villain?

Now, we’ve seen villains with a sense of humor in comics (Joker), cartoons (Hades), and comedies (Dark Helmet).  You can obviously have a villain with a sense of humor that is goofy, sarcastic, or twisted.  They can still be effective … Continue reading

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Battle to the Death . . . Or Not

“My head is killing me,” Nyx groans as her eyes open. She looks around the large room to see that she’s not alone and her roommates are starting to wake up.  A long-haired girl with vampire fangs zips to the … Continue reading

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Miserable Melvin and Laughing Lenny

Melvin and Lenny were co-workers, but they weren’t friends.  They were far too different from each other.  Melvin was always moody and never laughed.  Talking to him meant that you would hear how miserable his life was.  Lenny laughed at … Continue reading

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Possible Tips on How to Write Humor

I get asked a lot about how to write humor, which is strange because I don’t consider myself successfully funny.  I come from a family that makes horrible puns, so I never know if what I think is funny while … Continue reading

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