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Based On a True Story
The picture above is a cairn of stones placed at the site of the Appin Murder. It is located in the beautiful Scottish Highlands not far from Glencoe. This is the place where Colin Campbell was … Continue reading
Amadine
Dear Writer’s Voice Thanks for considering my upper MG Fantasy, Amadine, complete at 45,000 words. All her life, twelve-year-old Amadine has wondered who she is. When bloodthirsty assassins invade her forest home she learns that she is the rightful heir … Continue reading
Coming soon
Keep an eye out. Later today I will post an excerpt from a novel I’m working on. This is for a contest, I’ve entered. I will also be posting a query letter which is a cover letter about my novel. … Continue reading
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Sprinting Through November
This blog has been quiet since the end of October and I thought I owed everyone an explanation. Every November, writers around the world participate in National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short. The premise is simple, write a … Continue reading
The County Fair
Here’s short story I wrote after attending the county fair in my hometown. The County Fair By Silas Champion Two old men watched the sun sink into a thin bed of feathery clouds. The shorter one ran his fingers through … Continue reading
Where’s my Participation Trophy?
I’ve never had good luck in contests. I ran track in high school. I never did better than last place. I played basketball as well, but we weren’t very good. I learned early on that athletics would never be my … Continue reading
The Place is the Thing
The setting of a novel often plays a large role in the story. Sometimes the setting is almost a character. Think, for example, of survival stories. The sea, jungle, or frozen tundra become an antagonist. At other times the setting … Continue reading
Juggling
Sometimes as a writer it is easy to get bogged down in one project. We work so hard on a manuscript that we get tunnel vision. This can make it hard to see problems in our work. It can also … Continue reading
On Revising (Part Two)
This week has been another week of revising. In addition to cutting bad writing, I am also cutting sections that I like. This is a difficult process. Sometimes it is a conversation. Sometimes it is a whole scene. All of … Continue reading
On Revising
I am learning that writing is mostly revising. For the last year I have been working on a new book. After a long, slow process of filling the blank page, I am now editing. This editing, I’ve found out, is … Continue reading
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