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10 Ways to Quickly Master Jealousy in Writing Groups
There I was in the Monday night DWG, looking at the names and faces. I knew everyone there except for one new face. The leaders came on and introduced the new author as I felt my first pang of…... Jealousy, right in the center of my gut. How many authors have I...
Overcoming My Fear of Sharing My Work
Like many of us, I find reading my work in a writers group causes a real pucker moment. “Am I really going to follow my evil antagonist through acts of brutal violence? You betcha. Stephen King writes about his muse, the man in the basement. The dark man. During...
World Building – Characters
Call into being things that were not Consistent & charismatic worldbuilding through character development “I have made thee a father of many nations”….Even god, who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that are not. Romans 4:17 Worldbuilding is a...
Embrace the Beta – Let go of the need for Validation
When I first began to contemplate that I might be a writer, I was knee-deep in social media feeds for writers, Reddit and Twitter mostly. Reddit because I always learn something from Reddit posts and the population of Reddit seems to be international; I end up...
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