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Writing Prose vs Screenwriting: What’s the Difference?
Most people are familiar with prose (even if they aren’t familiar with the word), but screenplays aren’t general seen by the movie going audience. So, as someone interested in writing one, the other, or both, the differences can be a little mystifying at first. But, as a writer that has…
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Paperback vs. Hardcover vs. eBook vs. Audiobook: How Do I Read?
I’ll start by saying, I do not care how someone else receives their stories. I think there are nuanced differences, sure, but I also think that as long as you are consuming stories–and more importantly, understanding them–then how they make their way into your brain is irrelevant. The story is…
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Reader Recs: Cosmic Horror
Hello all! I’m keeping it short this week and trying something I’ve never done on this blog before: putting out a call for your book recommendations! I’m currently working on the outline for my third novel–this one a cosmic horror set in NorCal (in a fictionalized version of the town…
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My Favorite Things to Write: Genre Mashups with a Historical Bent
Wow. Yeah. That’s a mouthful. But as I look over the projects I’ve had published, as well as those I’m currently working on, this is undeniably true. I really love writing genre mashups that have a certain (if varying) historical element. Here’s what I mean by that. Cibus City, and…
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Writing Roundup
We’re more than halfway through 2026, so it feels like a good time to share a run-down or roundup or whatever you prefer to call it of my writing so far this year! Let’s start with what’s been published! Short Stories While I have ramped up my novel writing, short…
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
Today, we’re going to talk about a subject every writer faces from time to time: Writer’s Block. Everybody deals with it, and everybody’s got their own two cents to add to the discussion on how to overcome it. Here’s mine! I want to start by making a distinction. When I…
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Characters vs Plot: What Inspires Me First?
I’ve seen this question come up several times among writers: do you think of characters or plots first? I can’t speak for every writer, but for me, it’s both–and sometimes neither. Character First The story idea that inspired me to become a writer (and is still rattling around in my…
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Cosplay (Sort of?) Reveal!
With a title like that I should probably start off by saying this isn’t a big, full-blown cosplay, and I am not a big-time cosplayer. I have dabbled a bit for specific events (many, many years ago I went to Burning Man and made a few things for that, and…
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April Anticipation Brought May Flowers
Back at the beginning of April, I wrote a blog post titled Writing News & April Anticipation. And now that it’s May a lot of that anticipation has paid off, so I thought it was time for a follow up! Contest & Awards Laramie Awards I won’t bury the lead,…
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EdiE: Diesel-Punk PC No More, Long Live MCM Retro-Future PC
About a year ago, I shared that I was going to be building a diesel-punk PC. Life got hectic, and that project, having only just gotten started, was put on the indefinite back burner. But then my every-day PC died, and due to financial constraints, I was forced to long-term-borrow…
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