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A J Hartley

Act of Will

Anthology

Rum and Runestones w/misty

David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

Rules of Writing: Show, Don’t Tell, (Except When You Tell)

We talk a lot here at MagicalWords.Net about the rules of writing, when to adhere to the rules like iron filings to an electromagnet, and when to break those rules, when to do something different. Last week, I was deeply into my WIP. Which is still untitled, by the way, and is making me feel [...]

How Do I Write a Novel?

A guy the AKA (Gwen Hunter) knows, a lawyer who did some work for us back in the 1990s, asked me/us to read his book opening. Actually it was 16 pages of concept thrown onto the pages, single spaced, a lot for shock value. It read like a short story that needed a lot of [...]

Writing the Basics. Sentence Structure, Paragraph Structure and Why they Matter

My subject this week is paragraph and sentence structure. I know, you suddenly have visions of your 5th grade teacher, who looked a lot like Marge Simpson but without the cool style and hip clothes. The smell of chalk or water-based-board markers (pick your toxins: one has particulates that get in your lungs, one kills [...]

Writing -- When Things Go Wrong

I’m sitting in the waiting room at my mechanic’s, waiting to find out just what’s wrong with my car and how much it’ll cost me.  Thing is — nobody knows anything just yet.  Writing can be the same way.  Sometimes things break down and nobody knows why.

In all my years in this crazy business, I’ve [...]

Publishing Fantasy: Release Day!

Hi all,

David here. In our continuing attempt to keep the content here at MW fresh and exciting, we are introducing a new feature today. To mark the paperback release of A.J.’s first fantasy novel, ACT OF WILL, A.J. has written today’s post in the voice of his lead character, Will Hawthorne. In the future, you [...]

Editing Magical Words: Week III

Half of editing is working with words in some way, and half of it is working on business-related issues. I did a little reading this week (Misty and Faith both sent me their Top 25 lists this week, so they’re off the hook), but mainly my time was spent in discussion with the members of [...]