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National Novel Writing Month

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Well it’s here again.  The National Novel Writing Month begins November 1st.  For 30 days the goal is to write 50,000 words by midnight November 30th.  In honor of this, and for those Mac fans out there, Jason Snell over at Macworld has put together a short list and video review of writing tools to [...]

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Are You Up for Writing Horror?

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With the recent launch of the Absent Willow Review I have received quite a few inquiries regarding the content of the site.  While it is open to horror, fantasy, and science fiction there seems to be a lot of interest in the horror aspect.  I’m a fan of horror fiction.  I have my opinion on [...]

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Writing For Kids

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If you’re a children’s book writer, or an aspiring one, this website may be the place for you.  Check out Write4Kids.  I spent some time on it to make sure it would be of use to you and it appears to be a chock full of ideas. It made the Writers Digest.com list of websites for [...]

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What Makes a Short Story Short?

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A while back a very respected writer corrected me regarding the length of a short story. I thought I would take a look at the other lengths as a sort of guideline for writers out there who may be curious.  I’ve found that there can be many exceptions and interpretations on length but these numbers [...]

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Interesting Tidbits: Mind Your P’s and Q’s

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Have you ever heard the expression “Mind your P’s and Q’s”?  Common usage of the term is to tell someone to mind their own business or to pay attention to their own business. I never really thought that much of it until I was told that it had to do with old printing presses.  It appears [...]

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