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*hugs* for all those who find it slowgoing. I'm in the same boat. Will keep that in mind if the dinosaurs make it to the final plot. :) I have...

I personally think having both third/present and third/past in one manuscript would end up feeling unorganized and messy, but my current manuscript...

I've been summoned! I felt the same way when I was looking at Urban Fantasy covers. I already had a strong idea from the beginning of what I...

Trump talked out of pardoning kids and Republican lawmakers

I can't tell if I should be trying to make my WIP novel-length or leave it as a novella. It's the longest thing I've ever written, it's currently at...

Vouch. Back when Tor was open to unsolicited short submissions, they could take a year to respond. And, very few short story markets allow you to...

From two to twelve. I'm glad the problem of white nationalists in law enforcement and the military is getting some attention but this is a...

I think what your cover needs is something that indicates 'urban' and something that shows 'fantasy'. One of those views down a long, built-up city...

Finished Raybearer last night, and very much enjoyed it! Interesting, engaging world with solid characters and a nice magic system. May take a...

I find the GOP more reprehensible than *rump. *rump never hid what he was. The GOP enabled all of it. There's no doubt in my mind we wouldn't have...

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The GOP was going to continue to enable Trump as long as he was useful to the party. Now that he no longer is, all but the most fervent true...

Not sure how to answer this. To the extent that I have one, it’s not something I consciously developed. It’s just the way I tend to story-tell. ...

Day 17-19Whoops. Sunday I wrote a little. Yesterday I wrote a little. Today I wrote for about two hours. I'm so confused though. This new project is...

How about "payoff" rather than "punchline"? Brandon Sanderson describes plot as Promises + Progress + Payoff, which I've found a really helpful way...

Oh, Trump followers love the idea of fascism because they think they'd be the ones doing the oppressing. Some of their demands I've read online...

a perfectly good sandwich in

My sister (AW's starrystorm) wrote and self-published a YA futuristic urban fantasy that didn't feature the protag on the cover. It features city...

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About Love and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov

I agree with everyone above, particularly the bit about the villain being the hero of their own story--or maybe the victim. A lot of terrible things...

The housemate brought home a warehouse-club pack of Twizzlers, so life is improving. ;) Margaritas and cookies. For everybody. Belle, double...

I used to be an administrator on a different writing forum where we allowed posters to post anonymously in one specific area if they had a sensitive...

One big problem you've got is the timeframe. Some pubs will read shorts pretty quickly, but others can take months to get through their submissions....