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8 Gift Ideas for DMs & D&D Players Who Already Have Everything
Maybe you're a D&D player trying to bribe the DM to fudge the next crit on your level 15 singing-bowl-playing Monk-Bard multiclass character.
O...
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How to Exaggerate Everyday Life Into a D&D Campaign Idea
It’s time to prep for your next game session. You’ve got books of monsters. You’ve got rulebooks on your shelf that you’ll keep on those shelves wh...
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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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No Black Friday Deal. Instead, We're Fundraising for Black Lives Matter.
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who participated! You raised $110 for Black Lives Matter!
I decided not to do a Black Friday sale this year.
Instead,...
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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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3 Song Lyrics That Would Make Killer D&D Campaign Ideas
Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes, a moment changes your life, and the only way to process it is to share it in the form of a powerful sto...
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NaNoWriMo for RPGs: How to Create a D&D Campaign in 1 Month
I've already talked about my love for NaNoWriMo, the one-month novel-writing binge that unites writers all over the world.
But as a Forever DM alwa...
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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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