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Year-End Review of 2024 Throughout 2024 I tracked and logged my progress on 3 levels Personal – Fitness, Guitar, Reading, Money, and Learning Writing –...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...