Year-End Review of 2024 Throughout 2024 I tracked and logged my progress on 3 levels Personal – Fitness, Guitar, Reading, Money, and Learning Writing – Blogs, Chapters, and Novel progress Work – Projects, Certificates, Annual Reviews Of these 3 levels, I broke them down into areas of interest as shown. I am primarily following James […]
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Epic Echoes: Hot Topics Shaping SFF Today Welcome to a space where the realms of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) collide, generating ripples of thought that resonate across the speculative landscape. Here, we embark on a journey into the heart of contemporary SFF discussions, exploring the current trends of discourse that shape the ever-evolving narrative
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Books I’ve Read This Year 2024 This report is what I captured via Audible and Goodreads. My reading goals were to increase my novels from last year and improve my reading selections to be more positive. In 2025 I am looking to increase my count even more. I’ve set a new goal of 40+ books.
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Use the Power of Emotion: Persuasive Storytelling Emotional storytelling is a powerful tool that allows the writer to connect to the reader by appealing to a reader’s emotions. Tapping into your audience by evoking empathy, sympathy, joy, or other relevant feelings, writers can influence a reader’s opinions, decisions, and behaviors. Methods such as advocating for
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The Journey of Writing a Novel Challenge of Plot Complexity I am writing a novel. While I want to add enough plot to keep the reader turning the pages, I don’t want to write such a plot to overwhelm me as the author and forget loose ends. This blog is about overwhelming plot complexity. Some
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The ABCs of Awesomeness: Adding Brilliance to Your Manuscripts Writing is a grand tapestry, woven with threads of creativity, imagination, and words. In a world where countless narratives compete for our attention, it’s the distinct and unconventional stories that stand out. What are some areas that set your written work apart from the rest of
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Crafting Universes: Your Guide to World-Building Mastery Think of world-building as the giant playground where your characters romp around. It’s like pizza dough, and your characters are the delicious toppings. In other words, it’s the spice that makes your story nachos extra cheesy, or in this case, the X dimension that makes your tale a
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Create a Compelling Structure: Persuasive Storytelling This blog will explore how a well-crafted structure can enhance the persuasive power of a story. After all, the way you introduce your otherworldly realm, develop your characters, and weave the magic or technology into the narrative can make or break your SFF tale. Nobody wants to write 100000
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Build Tension and Conflict:Persuasive Storytelling I think I use too many food analogies. So, in advance, I apologize and want to relate I am a foodie and it’s a real issue. Please forgive my mind for thinking of food….All.The.Time. Let’s get on with this important blog. I want to talk to you about building tension
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Catch Readers by Surprise: The Unexpected Hook Why, you might ask, is hooking the reader in novel writing as important as asking for extra toppings on your favorite pizza? Well, let’s just say it’s the secret sauce that keeps them nibbling away at your words. A great hook isn’t just a friendly handshake; it’s a
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