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Ask Dan ANYTHING

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 […]

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Remember: DEADLINE is approaching for ANTHOLOGY submissions

For those of you who are interested (and I hope that’s a lot of you), we have finalized some of the ideas for the anthology.   The theme is: SCARY That’s a pretty broad brush, gang. Feel free to go crazy. Scary includes: you know, lots of stuff. Horror. Macabre. All that. Channel your inner […]

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Why Tension Drives Stories

I’ve been watching a TV show/miniseries about the Unabomber, and it’s basically told from the point of view of the FBI agent who ultimately got enough information together to capture Ted Kaczynski.   As I was watching the third weekly episode, I realized that it was very compelling drama – and I wondered why.   […]

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Time for BRAG OF THE WEEK. What have you accomplished this week? (I have a feeling I know for some of you…)

Writing or otherwise, let’s get to know each other better.   Pat yourself on the back in the comments section below.  

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Dan Alatorre’s Word Weaver Writing Contest: THE WINNERS

…will be announced today.   Later today.   I said the 15th. I didn’t say what time.   Stay tuned. I won’t make you wait long.   Probably.    

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Any thoughts on a TITLE for the scary anthology?

I had one but then I forgot it. Recently we discussed images for the cover art for our Scary Anthology.   Oh, now I remember:   The Unquiet Earth   That’s it. That’s all I’ve got so far. I toyed around the thought of naming it after synonyms for graveyard: necropolis bone yard (I think […]

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The winners of the word weaver writing Contest 

Get announced tomorrow. 

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Proofreding and Editing Rates (not mine; I don’t do that)

We’re getting close to the announcement of the Word Weaver Writing Contest Winners, so I’m distracting you with this post. And yes, I misspelled proofreading in the title on purpose. Probably. You guys always ask me what stuff like editing costs, so I looked up a few editors’ rates. This is not unusual for editing, […]

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FREE BOOKS! (Okay, there’s a little work involved)

Who would like to beta read Savvy Stories?     And the second book in the series, The Terrible Twos?       I am getting ready to release the 4th book in the Savvy Stories series, FOURthcoming, and I thought it might be a good idea to have some fresh eyes go over the first two […]

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Time for BRAG OF THE WEEK. What have you accomplished this week?

Writing or otherwise, let’s get to know each other better.   Pat yourself on the back in the comments section below.