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Dear Writers, Welcome the New Year with Change
Hey, it’s 2014! I have a lot to look forward to, like a royalty statement that will definitively answer the question, “How’s Elisha Barber doing?” And the release of Elisha Magus in July, which I’ll be sure to talk lots … Continue reading
Posted in character development, essays, fantasy, writing, writing advice
Tagged 2014, change, resolutions, writing, writing advice
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Clarity of Writing, Thanks to Charlemagne
When I’m writing for the web, one of the things I keep in mind is to note the length of my paragraphs. Too long, and readers’ eyes will simply glaze over. We seem willing to focus a little longer on … Continue reading
Posted in medieval, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged calligraphy, carolingian miniscule, carolingian minuscule, charlemagne, grammar, medieval, medieval writing, paragraph, writing
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Sowing the Seeds of the Perfect End
I recently submitted a story to an online journal, and received some feedback from the editor, a couple of changes she wanted to see: first, the character’s motivation was unclear, second, the ending didn’t work. Well, motivation’s not too hard, … Continue reading
Fantastic Beginnings: taking it slow, with Carol Berg
I have recently started reading Transformation, the first of the Book of Rai-kirah, by Carol Berg. I met the author on a panel about torturing your characters and recognized each other as kindred spirits. She’s actually the first person both … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, fantasy, writing, writing process
Tagged author, books, Carol Berg, character, fantasy, fiction, Rai-kirah, Transformation, writing, writing process
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Respecting Dan Brown
If you read Elisha Barber all the way to the end, you’ll find an Acknowledgements page. One of the first names on that page is Dan Brown. Yep, the same author everyone’s talking about this week, with the release of … Continue reading
Hack Writers and Falconry: What’s the connection?
One of the most popular sports of the Middle Ages was falconry, the art of training a bird of prey to hunt on its master’s behalf. There are places today, like the New Hampshire School of Falconry, where you can … Continue reading
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Tagged falconry, falcons, hack, hack writer, hawks, history, medieval, medieval sports, Middle Ages, writing
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Drowning in the Seas of Knowledge: Social Media World-building
This has been my week to make a stab at getting my act together on-line. The end of the year is approaching fast, I’d hate to miss out on my resolutions. So now my blog has widgets, my Facebook page … Continue reading
Posted in book promotion, essays, medieval, personal, social media
Tagged medieval, self promotion, social media, world-building, writing, writing process
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Three-act Structure Eureka!
Okay, I’ve heard about the three-act structure for quite some time, from a variety of sources, and had it sketched out for me in at least one workshop. Quite frankly, it didn’t seem all that relevant. But I finally picked … Continue reading
Posted in writing, writing process, writing series
Tagged fiction, novel structure, plot, structure, three-act structure, writing, writing process
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Writer’s Blech
Over the weekend, I had a chance to talk with a writer-friend about one of the problems we all seem to face: the moment we realize the work-in-progress (WIP) is, in fact, crap. I think there is at least one … Continue reading
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Tagged author, fiction, revision, writer's block, writing, writing process
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It was a Dark and Stormy Night. . .
Those of us in the Northeast are bracing right now for the “storm of the century” (yep, another one), and thinking about that old saw on New England Weather, if you don’t like the weather, just wait a minute. Me, … Continue reading
