Cullen Bunn: On Writing Across Mediums https://www.writersdigest.com/cullen-bunn-on-writing-across-mediums #Writer'sDigestAuthorSpotlight #AuthorSpotlightSeries #WriteBetterFiction #AuthorSpotlights #AuthorSpotlight #BeInspired #Interviews #Horror #horror #Genre
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II Samuel 6:4 to 6:14, In-depth Study
Welcome back to another in-depth Bible study. May you have listening ears and eyes that see. Join me as we dive into Father's word. https://youtu.be/TLYKJp4bnZw?si=J504_L1HWjx7c78C 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on […]https://hcongrove2.com/2025/11/13/ii-samuel-64-to-614-in-depth-study/
Black and White
The imagination of a child is like no other. Tiny minds filtering the words information and just trying to make since of it. They grow and shape each and everyday, with a number of factors contributing. It's facilitating as a parent to witness your children navigate the struggles and obstacles of life, ultimately learning how to be self sufficient. A view that is often bitter sweet. As a parent there are many times that we see the exact moment of realization often followed by a long […]
As an author, be you. Your best readers follow you as an author and not just for one book or story. Who you are as a storyteller and novelist matters to them. Be you in your writing. - Wrtr #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky
Hypnotic writing emu says...You will write today! Write! #AmWriting Note to self. ...Keep Writing. ~ Each writing day brings you closer to the story you want. #Author #Writing #Writer #BookSky Join #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters @weeknightwriters.bsky.social - Wrtr
"That's why I love writing. It's that feeling that you get that anything is possible in your words. The feeling that even as the author, I don't know what is going to happen next until I write it." -Wrtr #AmWriting ...Keep #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky
Jittery, satisfaction, aroma, and expires. Write a story or poem revolving around those words. #writer #amwritingfantasy
Cover Reveal: Writer’s Yearbook 2026 https://www.writersdigest.com/cover-reveal-writers-yearbook-2026 #WriteBetterNonfiction #WriteBetterFiction #Writer'sYearbook #writingresources #FromtheMagazine #GetPublished #SpecialIssue #CoverReveal #BeInspired
#DavidBaldacci describes how he challenged himself as a #writer while creating his latest release, #NashFalls.
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A Conversation with the King of Crime-Thrillers, David Baldacci https://www.novelsuspects.com/qa/a-conversation-with-the-king-of-crime-thrillers-david-baldacci/
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2025.11.12 —How can writers ensure the focus is on the work and not the writer? Or should they?
Humans, by nature, are attracted to power. It is built into our psychology; it's unavoidable. In Greco-Roman times, that was expressed in the cult (sanctification) of people into demigods (think Hercules). In modern times, it's the cult of celebrity, and celebrity is a cult and does confer godly powers.
Thus, if a work shines and readers love the characters, that shine will psychologically and inevitably transfer to the author, even if they maintain anonymity, even if they are lacking in personality, or are even working through their demons, spewing horribleness, and not really a good person except, maybe, in their words on the page. Cultists are blinded by the celebrity's perceived power, which they wish to transfer to them through worship.
How to ensure focus on the work? Write mediocre stories few read!
Should we try to avoid focus upon us as authors? There is power in success. It is said that power corrupts, but it sure beats being broke—in all senses of the term, not just money. We all know a person who'll never be an author because their objective is fame, not communication, who are unwilling to put in the effort to write or complete their great [insert nationality] novel, but want you to read what they got and help them finish it. Now you understand the psychology.
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…amateur writing communities[' output is] just as valid as commercially published works. But in that enclosed environment young writers emulate what they see.
Which is learning a ruinous style?
I learned to write by reading SF&F novels all through my teens, mostly 3rd person, mostly from what were the big authors of the time: Anne McCaffery, Andre Norton, Frank Herbert, Poul Anderson, Fredrick Pohl, etc., and emulating their style. (I was a C- English student; I didn't know grammar from a hole in the wall.) I had been writing since the mid 1970s until I burnt out in 2001 (which I think is from trying to emulate C.J. Cherryh's style, which I adore but is terrifically hard to do).
Yet...
In 2015, I turned to writing fan fiction to practice writing in 1st person (and jettison my issues that caused my burnout), learning I could do all that I noted in the original post. I agree online is a valid community for writing, but also acknowledge that I had a goal of refining my writing toward commercial publication, not to fit in. That meant that my prose style had to have rhythm and make use of rhetoric and elocution.
Which is why I read everything outloud. If I couldn't "orate" to a room of listeners and keep their attention, then it can't work on the page.
And there, those last three sentences is also a tip of how to avoid I I I I repetitiveness.
Book One, Fractured Rune, isn’t out yet. The Aeldstorm Saga has a name, but now it occurs to me that the universe it’s set in is still drifting in the void of what do I call this thing that is supposed to span worlds, cultures, and pantheons?
It’s #intro time again! I’m Jendia Gammon, Nebula and BSFA finalist author of DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL, and many other books. Also as J. Dianne Dotson. I’m head of @starsandsabers and CEO of
@roaringspringproductionsllc. I’m also an artist and a science writer.
Find out more about me at jendiagammon.com
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Grace Helena Walz: I Don’t Plan To Ever Stop Learning https://www.writersdigest.com/grace-helena-walz-i-dont-plan-to-ever-stop-learning #Writer'sDigestAuthorSpotlight #AuthorSpotlightSeries #WriteBetterFiction #AuthorSpotlights #AuthorSpotlight #BeInspired #Interviews
While Vampire Hunter D, The Dark Tower, and Dreamcatcher were probably the most influential books when it comes to my own work, other mediums of story telling have definitely seasoned my storytelling. I love the cosmic horror underpinnings of the game Bloodborne, the thoughtful and emotional storytelling of the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and I can’t get enough of horror movies with dark foreboding or ambiguous conclusions. I’m also a huge fan of Inuyasha and the world that unfolds within the anime/manga, from the struggles and growth of characters, to the ebb and flow of the storyline itself.
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The Planet’s Most Underappreciated Substance: A Detailed Look at Mud
Dirt, Water and Life Mud- the rudimentary inventiom of adding water to dirt to create a sticky, dynamic medium. A substance not only for building childhood memories but a cornerstone of civilization that has shaped landscapes, provided shelter and continues to be an unsung hero of the global carbon cycle. The Geological and Chemical Anatomy of Mud Dirt + Water = Mud, simple right? Not exactly. Geologically, mud is defined as a mixture of silt, clay, and/or loam combined with water. […]
