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Drunk on Audiobooks

Drunk on Audiobooks

by mvu | Aug 26, 2016 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

OK, you guys know I love audiobooks and also love not spending too much money,  so for me Audible sales like this are basically like taking a stroll through Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and eating the jelly apples off the taffy trees. Here are some of the...
ARCs of SHADOW SIDE, by Ellen Joyce

ARCs of SHADOW SIDE, by Ellen Joyce

by marissa | Oct 10, 2015 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

Hey, fantasy & paranormal readers, I have some Advance Reader Copies of a brilliant novel I had the pleasure of editing recently: Shadow Side by Ellen Joyce, to be released end of October by Evolved Publishing. It’s a beautifully written paranormal...
Joan Didion on the power of grammar

Joan Didion on the power of grammar

by marissa | May 23, 2015 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

On the Brainpickings website today, I stumbled into a few collections of Joan Didion’s thoughts, loved everything she had to say, and immediately bought two Didion books. 🙂 ♥ Here’s a favorite quote from her talk on “Why I Write”… All I...

Luke Burrage’s Science Fiction Book Review Podcast

by marissa | Nov 16, 2014 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

If you love science fiction, thoughtful commentary on writing, and complainers (I have no idea why I have such a soft spot for complainers, but I do!), then please may I direct you to Luke Burrage’s Science Fiction Book Review Podcast. OK, maybe it’s a...

“I’ll tell you the idea, you write the book…”

by marissa | Oct 23, 2014 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

I’m reading Million Dollar Productivity by Kevin J. Anderson, which I picked up in a recent StoryBundle. I haven’t made it very far yet, but I loved his response to the common and somewhat hilarious idea that becoming a professional writer (unlike any...

The Periodic Table of Storytelling

by marissa | May 10, 2014 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

Beautiful treat for writers! An artist named James Harris has illustrated the main storytelling elements (story structure, plots, plot devices, character types, and production terms) in an elegant Periodic Table of Storytelling. Each element is linked to the relevant...
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You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair–the sense that you can never completely put on the page what’s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.

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To be an editor, you have to be a reader. It’s the number one qualification. Because you could have all the editorial tools, but if you’re not a responsive reader you won’t sense where the problems lie.

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You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair–the sense that you can never completely put on the page what’s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.

— Stephen King

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