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Out of the Ether in 2011

As a mermaid, I'm granted the power to draw from the ethereal and as such I've wiped clean the waters of my 2010 existence here on the blogworld. Save for my little fish and my handy tackle box, I'm...

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Passage to Mythos

Story Starters are a fun way to link up around the internet using an absolute free-for-all creative, word-wrangling, juice-pumping fun tool. Here's how it works. Take the following idea and write a...

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The Fall of Jane Grey

Story Starters are a fun way to link up around the internet using an absolute free-for-all creative, word-wrangling, juice-pumping fun tool. Here's how it works. Take the following idea and write a...

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Tree Posie

Story Starters are a fun way to link up around the internet using an absolute free-for-all creative, word-wrangling, juice-pumping fun tool. Here's how it works. Take the following idea and write a...

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Kentucky Derby Diva

Story Starters are a fun way to link up around the internet using an absolute free-for-all creative, word-wrangling, juice-pumping fun tool. Here's how it works. Take the following idea and write a...

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The Naked Violinist

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Thawing Your Words

In his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King states that he doesn't edit a word until he's let the story sit in entirety for at least a month. You've probably heard similar advice a...

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February Contest Announcements

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest The 19th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. Any type of original short story, essay or other work of prose is...

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Plot Versus Character by Jeff Gerke

What is more important in a story, character or plot? All novels are built on both character and plot. Surely no good novel can stand strictly on one or the other. As a writer, the question you should...

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The Quantum Physics of Writing

So you're writing a novel and the chapters are readily flowing from your stream of consciousness to the page, (maybe even with a little help from the Metaphysical Mermaid.) Maybe you have an outline,...

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Why do you write fiction?

I get that question on nearly every interview and because it seems a simple one, I always feel the need to provide a simple answer. On recent interviews, including My Twitterview that only allowed the...

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Writer's Contest - The Fulton Prize for Short Story Writing

Adding a new contest to my writer's contest page today. Sharpen your pencils all you short story writer's!The Fulton PrizeHosted by: The Adirondack ReviewPrize: $400 and publication in the...

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Query Rejections - Life of Pie

Here's a great analysis of one agent's reasons for rejecting queries. The mermaid especially finds the pie chart exciting. As you may know, we sea creatures, frequently navigate by sonic cues, but...

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Writing Fiction From Experience - Write Every Day!

by Lee LibroAuthor of Swimming With WingsDoes one have to be old and well-seasoned in order to write good fiction? No, there are thousands of young authors demonstrating otherwise on a daily basis. In...

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Rewrite This Sentence

Just as doctors sometimes make the worst patients, authors sometimes make the worst editors of their own work. Yes, there are certain mandatory principles a good writer has engrained in their craft,...

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