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Dip Up the Fire and Put It On Paper
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Book Review: “Outlining Your Novel” by K.M. Weiland
The following book review was originally published in SouthWest Sage, December 2013, and is reprinted here by permission of the author. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success by K.M. Weiland A Book Review by A.R. Aeby J.K. Rowling…
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Speculative Fiction Writing Contests: 2nd Quarter
Do a Google search for writing contests and you’ll find over 44 million results. That huge pool of general fiction contests is one reason I don’t submit my work to them anymore — the thought of my speculative fiction entry getting…
Posted in Writing Contests
Mary Haarmeyer Talks Screenwriting, Part II
Producer, director, and writer Mary Haarmeyer continues her discussion of screenwriting in this second of a two-part interview. Mary has won awards for her scripts since 2007, including first place in the screenplay category of the 2010 SouthWest Writers Annual…
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A Writer Is…
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Book Covers Then & Now: The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novels (as well as The Hobbit) have been my favorite books since I first discovered The Fellowship of the Ring back in 1969. I brought the set down from the shelf the other…
Why We Read Fiction
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Puppet Strings: Mercy Killing & Murder on “The 100″
In The CW’s new series “The 100,” a group of juvenile prisoners are secretly exiled from a dying Ark – 12 linked space stations housing the survivors of nuclear holocaust – and onto Earth’s surface to test if our planet…
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Hold On to Your Inner Child
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Handling Writing Rejection
Freelance writer and storyteller Peter D. Mallett recently stated that everyone identifies with three things: failure, hard times, and rejection. The response to his post “Receiving and Rising above Rejection” was greater than any article he’s written for his website Writing…
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KL Wagoner 