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  Loading ...Find or Become a Beta Reader      | This is the second or third time I’ve started today’s post. Hopefully this one will take…. I have snippets of ideas for today, but nothing that seems willing to cohere into a full post. So it looks like you’re going to get snippets. Snippet 1: I started today by writing about ritual. My girls both start [...] The other day, I sent Faith an email. “If I stabbed someone just above the collarbone and managed to cut the aorta, would he be able to speak? And would the bleeding from that wound be gouts of pumping blood, or a slow flow?” I was looking for a way to kill [...] “The clock hath stricken three…” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act II, scene I A.J.’s Friday post, and the discussion that followed has had me thinking about research, historical accuracy, and artistic license all weekend long. So I decided to share some thoughts, in the hope of generating more conversation and perhaps more understanding. Let me begin [...] Did you know that Eleanor of Aquitaine, in addition to being married to two kings and giving birth to three more, and in addition to riding to the Holy Land with the Second Crusade, spent sixteen years of her life in prison (by order of her second husband) and outlived all but two of her [...] One of the best known and genuinely useful mantras for authors is “write what you know.” If your story takes place in the mythical realm of Havnn’rth, however, and follows a blood-drinking warrior queen who is part wombat, this can prove tricky. But all is not lost. We can simply turn the mantra around and [...] Under the heading of “Careful What You Wish For . . .”: Fifteen years ago I was at a professional crossroads. I’d recently completed my doctorate in history and had job applications pending at a number of colleges and universities. I had also started work on the novel that would become Children of Amarid. Within a [...] | This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our mobile site.If your mobile has a barcode reader, simply snap this bar code with the camera and launch the site. Many companies provide barcode readers that you can install on your mobile, and all of the following are compatible with this format: | ||
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