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3 Tips for Staying Inspired to Write During Holiday Stress
Staying inspired to write is hard enough at the best of times, and I find it only gets harder around the holidays.
The time and energy you spend wi...
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3 Psychology Secrets Behind NaNoWriMo (and How to Stay Motivated to Write All Year)
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people they need NaNoWriMo.
Okay, that’s not quite fair. NaNoWriMo can be a transformative ...
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What Writers Want: 6 Holiday Gift Ideas for Writers
I'm a writer, and I'm notoriously hard to buy gifts for. That goes double for holiday gifts. I'm pretty sure it comes with the writer lifestyle.
Ev...
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I Asked for Wrong Answers to *What is NaNoWriMo?* and the Internet DELIVERED
Okay, so around the time NaNoWriMo kicked off, I posed a bold question to the Internet on my Facebook page, and was greeted with equally bold answe...
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3 Exercises to Get Your Story Unstuck (So You Can Write the Next Lord of the Rings)
The month of NaNoWriMo is upon us, and we’ve just reached the halfway point. In my experience, it’s also the point where a lot of writers get stuck...
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The True Meaning of NaNoWriMo (And Why the “Mo” Matters)
I’m a big fan of NaNoWriMo.
For the uninitiated, that's "National Novel Writing Month," when writers gear up to pound out 50,000 words of a novel t...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Vulnerability
Horror often gets short shrift as a pop genre low on literary merit. That never fails to get my hackles up.
Telling a good horror story requires an...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Suspense and Surprise
Horror is a genre that presses the buttons of human fear psychology to produce a profound response in the reader or audience. An important part of ...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Fear
In my last blog from the “How to Have Halloween at Home” series, I recommended hosting an online scary story circle as an alternative to going out ...
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How to Have Halloween at Home, Pt 4: Scary Story Circle
I’ve been on a mission to give people fun, spooky alternatives to going out on Halloween during COVID-19.
So far, I’ve given my suggestions for hos...
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How to Have Halloween at Home, Pt 2: Podcasts in the Dark
Maybe you, like me, are bummed out that Halloween isn't going to be the same with COVID-19.
But, just because you're staying home and avoiding the ...
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How to Have Halloween at Home, Pt 1: Horror Book Club Recommendations
I’m a big horror fan, and I'm bummed that Halloween isn't going to be the same this year with COVID-19.
So I put my horror-loving brain to the task...
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