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The winners of July’s Word Weaver Writing Contest share their thoughts on the contest, writing in general, and other stuff. One of our Honorable Mention winners in the contest, Barbara Anne Helberg, jostles an amazing 20 blogs! (I still don’t know how she does that. I can barely keep up with one.) Barbara is an interesting character and […]

After seeing most of you like the “scary eyeball” image, we put together something that utilizes that to a big degree, has a readable title even in a small format, and actually has a box under the bed! You may show your approval by lauding glorious comments at me in the comments section below. (If […]

The winners of July’s Word Weaver Writing Contest share their thoughts on the contest, writing in general, and other stuff. Our third place winner in the contest, Heather Hackett, gave us a really intense story that readers loved. Mind Games was a tension-filled read that had everyone wanting to know: what happens next??? Heather’s entry could […]

I think the working title that garnered the most interest was The Box Under The Bed and I’m not sure who came up with it. Might’ve been me but I think I riffed off somebody else or somebody else came up with it entirely. If we figure it out, we’ll let you know. It’s in […]

I’m interested in getting your thoughts about stuff I see and hear, quotes I read, stuff that passes as knowledge – and starting an authorey conversation. .  Bullshit contests are bullshit, and hard work pays off. I have an author friend I admire greatly for being a role model of this. What are YOUR thoughts […]

Each week we’re taking five, maybe ten, of YOUR writerly questions and setting about answering them for you.  Ask Dan ANYTHING Skill level doesn’t matter. Newbie writer, veteran writer, you have questions. I’ll opine; maybe some others will chime in with their thoughts, and hopefully YOU will get several good solutions to choose from. Or […]

Occasionally on the blog we’ll feature a fellow author type who has discovered something you all need to know about (and if you already know this one, you still might check to ensure it works). Hey, if you already know, why didn’t YOU write a guest post for the rest of us and pull us […]

The winners of July’s Word Weaver Writing Contest share their thoughts on the contest, writing in general, and other stuff. One of our Honorable Mention winners, Scott Skipper, wrote a delightful and amusing story for our contest, and the tension present in the comedy was terrific. Scott is a California fiction writer with a broad range […]

Yecheilyah Ysrayl, friend of the blog, Word Weaver Writing Contest sponsor, and author of Renaissance: The Nora White Story, joins us today to shed insights on how to do stuff I didn’t even know about. No kidding! And you need to know it, too. Here’s Yecheilyah. . Why I Built an ARC Team (and what it is) […]