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Great Expectations

May 8, 2023 Emilya Naymark Fiction, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, Writing

Talking about what your readers expect your story to be and how this can be used to create tension, add surprise, and entertain.

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Three Personal Favorites: A Week of Reading

April 26, 2023 Marni Graff #inspiration, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Writers inspirations

Reading three books a week means I have a towering ToBeRead Pile. Every writer will tell you they have authors[…]

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Writers Habits–Who Knew?

April 3, 2023 Marni Graff Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Writers habits, Writers inspirations

You might have heard Amy Lowell and George Sand both smoked cigars while writing. I thought it would be interesting[…]

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5 Things I Learned at the Pitch Conference (and one thing I forgot)

March 20, 2023 Susan Breen #inspiration, Conferences, Inspiration, Writers' Conferences

I spent the last four days at the New York Write-to-Pitch Conference, helping a group of 15 fabulous authors write[…]

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J. Ivanel Johnson: A Mystery 75 years in the Making

March 15, 2023 Marni Graff #inspiration, Books, Fiction, Inspiration, Writers inspirations

Please welcome our guest, J. Ivanel Johnson, who will share her wonderful story of a mystery that took 75 years[…]

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What Happens When Robots Dream For Us

March 6, 2023 Emilya Naymark Fiction, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Writing

What are we going to do when machines become better at all things creative than we are? When they dream for us?

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Creating a Character Bible

January 13, 2023 Marni Graff Creating Characters, Fiction, Inspiration, Writers inspirations

Let’s talk about character bibles. When I took a screenwriting class years ago at NYU, creating a character bible, lowercase[…]

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WINTER: A Writer’s Paradise

January 2, 2023 C. Michele Dorsey #inspiration, Inspiration

Not so long ago, I thought the perfect winter was one spent in a tropical paradise. After years of vacationing[…]

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Charles Dickens: Word Inventor

December 26, 2022 Marni Graff Inspiration, Language, Writers inspirations

Happy Boxing Day! While Charles Dickens first used the term in The Pickwick Papers, the OED lists its first mention[…]

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Holiday Traditions (and a FREE GIFT!)

December 23, 2022 Connie Berry Historical Mysteries, Inspiration

Tradition is the means by which the vitality of the past enriches the life of the present. T. S. Eliot
Traditions are important, especially during the holidays. However we may celebrate, family traditions give us a sense of belonging to something greater than ourselves.

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