How the Writer’s 5 Senses Can Inspire Creativity
February 6, 2010 – 12:16 pm | No Comment

These, of course, are the five basic senses — and just as they will help store and recall memory, they can also be used to inspire your own creativity.

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Are You Living to Write or Writing to Live?
January 28, 2010 – 12:16 am | No Comment
Are You Living to Write or Writing to Live?

I was hanging out over at FUEL your writing, which is an exceptional blog, when I was suddenly hit with a question I thought every writer should ask themselves.
Susan stressed the importance of physically exercising …

Try Writing a Little Each Day
January 27, 2010 – 10:34 am | No Comment
Try Writing a Little Each Day

If you’re anything like me, then you probably feel like you should be writing pagesupon pages every time you sit down to write — writing a lot makes you feel more like an actual writer, …

DEADCOLOR: Yellow
January 26, 2010 – 12:35 am | No Comment
DEADCOLOR: Yellow

Ever since Decimation Day, nuclear smoke had charred the skies black. The world was cast into a perpetual darkness, and it wasn’t long before people lost track of the time.

Start Writing 1000 Words a Day
January 26, 2010 – 12:29 am | No Comment
Start Writing 1000 Words a Day

Writing the next great novel is an extraordinary goal to work toward – books and their authors have brought the world insight, knowledge, illumination, imagination, and much more for thousands of years. The only thing …

DEADCOLOR: Blue
January 25, 2010 – 11:42 pm | No Comment
DEADCOLOR: Blue

The nights seemed to grow longer and longer with each shift I worked. I was an LAPD officer straight out of the academy. The name’s Regen Macintosh. I graduated with honors in all categories, aced …

Jasper Nickels and the Secret Guild of Glowbugs
January 25, 2010 – 10:45 pm | No Comment
Jasper Nickels and the Secret Guild of Glowbugs

To most people, Silver Bear Village was a place of tranquil enchantment. It was a place where wondrous winters came every year, and where you measure the snow by the foot, not the inch. To …

DEADCOLOR: Red
January 25, 2010 – 8:29 pm | No Comment
DEADCOLOR: Red

While they watched the towering flames consume the oh-so legendary bridge, they failed to look up … look around as a mysterious figure passed by, snagging a set of keys on the way, and head away from the scene.

Writing in First Person vs. Writing in Third Person
January 23, 2010 – 10:11 am | No Comment
Writing in First Person vs. Writing in Third Person

After becoming interested in writing short fiction thanks to Stephen King’s exceptional book, On Writing, I found myself at a bit of a crossroad. I faced the question all new writers eventually face when they …