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Looking both ways

A Christmas gift

What's in a name?

Useless gestures

How do you write?

Alternative story structures

St. Izzy of F Street

Quiz: Why do you write?

New topic ideas

Critique 'The Last Story'

Critique 'The Loyalty Bar'

Critique 'Trouble in Paradise'

Critique: '30 Seconds over Vladivostok'

Critique: "One Last Cup"

Short stories, Part 2 of 2

UPDATE: 'Short stories, part 1 of 2' FREE!

Short stories, Part 1 of 2

Stand out in the crowd

My Substack Summer

Show vs. tell, part 2 of 2

Call for submissions: info

Show vs. tell, part 1 of 2

Polishing your dialogue

Call for submissions

Attributing your dialogue

Enhancing your dialogue

Pontificating...

Editing your dialogue

Bones of Dead Man's Bluff

Crafting your dialogue

The purpose of dialogue

Despair

Setting description

500 of y'all

Character description

Real characters, part 2 of 2

Real characters, part 1 of 2

Scenes, part 4 of 4: getting in and getting out

Scenes, part 3 of 4: flashbacks

Invite your friends to read A Writer's Block

Scenes, part 2 of 4: think, talk, do

Scenes, part 1 of 4: purpose

Narrative arc: the shape of the story

Story structure: How it happens

Dream big or die: Melsa Manton

Plot: What happens

Arc of the covenant, part 1 of 4

Perspective

When perfection goes wrong

Point-of-view

Narrative voice

Your personal writing coach

Six-month writing program

Your best first impression

The author's voice: a synopsis

The author's voice: part 7

The author's voice: part 6

The author's voice: part 5

The author's voice: part 4

The author's voice: part 3

The author's voice: part 2

The author's voice

frank and his tan

Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #10

Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #9

Top ten list: an editor's pet peeves #8