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World Building: Color Your World- Blue
COLOR YOUR WORLD is a series of threads to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the...
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May 23, 20232 min read
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Keys to Literary Success: Creating Suspense in Fiction in a Few Simple Steps
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May 9, 20234 min read
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World Building - Deity Pantheons: Finnish
In researching the various pantheons of gods, I came across several pantheons that I hadn't considered...although I probably should have....
The Muse
Dec 13, 20223 min read
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Color Your World: Grey
Color Your World is a series of posts to provide lists of synonyms for different colors. All too often authors and writers resort to...
The Muse
Dec 11, 20222 min read
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Research Resources: Historic Remedies and Herbal Lore
In our latest post on foraging, there was a brief mention of gathering herbs in the foraging experience. Again, since we are looking at...
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Dec 8, 20225 min read
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Research Resources: SURVIVAL - Foraging for Food and Medicinal Herbs
In writing of a fictional story, especially fantasy or historical, you may well have characters finding themselves in a position which...
The Muse
Dec 8, 20222 min read
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You name it, there's a book for it.
Mythical creatures, terms, lost words, expressions, dictionary, middle ages, riddles, puzzles, castles, Latin Quotes, architecture,...
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Dec 5, 20223 min read
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Color Your World : Purple
Our Color Your World series is to provide a list of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word...
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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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World Building Resources: Bread
It is pretty hard to write a story without food coming up SOMEWHERE in the narrative. It almost always, at least in the fantasy or...
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Dec 2, 20223 min read
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Color Your World: Orange
Our Color Your World series is to provide a list of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word...
The Muse
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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World Building - Deity Pantheons: Egypt
Movies such as The Gods of Egypt, The Mummy, The Pyramid and the Scorpion King and streaming shows such as Moon Knight introduced lots of...
The Muse
Nov 27, 20223 min read
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The Key to Literary Success: EDITING
Editing covers a great deal of territory. So here we will attempt to condense and simplify things a bit so you know where to begin....
The Muse
Nov 24, 20223 min read
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Round Table Discussion: Difficulties Involved When Writing About Racism and Prejudice.
Chair Two - In your own words...What is the difference between Racism and Prejudice? Can a person be Racist but not Prejudiced? Can a...
The Muse
Nov 20, 20229 min read
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Science Fiction World Building Research Resources : Alien Life Forms
Its easy to write characters and build characters when they based on the familiar. On beings we encounter everyday...humans, to be exact....
The Muse
Nov 18, 20221 min read
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Round Table discussions: Why the English Language is So Hard to Learn.
Chair One: When we first found these statements, the author was unknown to us. Since that time, with some research, they have been...
The Muse
Nov 17, 20224 min read
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World Building- Deity Pantheons: Norse
Thanks to Marvel movies, everyone knows who Thor is...and Loki, and Odin and Heimdall and... You get the idea. However, there is an...
The Muse
Nov 16, 20224 min read
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Tips for Effective Query Letters
A query letter should be a single page cover letter that introduces you (the author) and your book. Just that. Nothing more, nothing...
mlawrence27
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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World Building: Deity Pantheons - Celtic
The Celts did not reign over one specific area. There were many types in many countries of Western Europe. They inhabited much of Europe...
The Muse
Nov 13, 20225 min read
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Color Your World: RED
Our Color Your World series is to provide a list of synonyms for different colors. All too often, writers resort to using the same word...
The Muse
Nov 12, 20222 min read
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Round Table Discussions: A short conversation about Modesty Vs. Humility
Chair One: Whats the difference? Are humility and modesty the same? Are they different? Is humility a strength or a weakness? Can either ...
The Muse
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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