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  • A Writer’s Corner – The end of the story

    A Writer’s Corner – The end of the story

    How do you know how your story is going to end? Was a question that came up on Reddit. “Are you writing your story with an ending in mind or do you prefer to let things unfold as the story continues?” Some of the answers are really interesting. Many people say the beginning and the Read more

  • A Writer’s Corner: Too Many Opinions Spoil the Book

    A Writer’s Corner: Too Many Opinions Spoil the Book

    A recent Facebook post was from a writer who sent their book for professional editing and received great feedback. They then distributed the book to Beta readers and were appalled that the responses were varied and contradictory. Was it a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth? My question for this author was: When Read more

  • A Writer’s Corner – Question to all writers: How did writing affect your mental health?

    A Writer’s Corner – Question to all writers: How did writing affect your mental health?

    An interesting question came up in the r/writing subreddit. “Question to all writers: How did writing affect your mental health?”I hadn’t really thought about my mental health during the process of writing a book. But of course, mental health would be affected. After pondering this, I realized it helped, and it hurt.The first book was Read more

  • A Writer’s Dilemma: “Literally cannot for the life of me sit down and write”

    A Writer’s Dilemma: “Literally cannot for the life of me sit down and write”

    “Literally cannot for the life of me sit down and write”A writer in a Reddit writer’s forum recently made this complaint.“So I’ve been stuck on the like in between bits of my story for a while and for the life of me I can’t sit down and write them because I’m so bored! It’s not Read more

  • A writer’s dilemma: To the finish line.

    A writer’s dilemma: To the finish line.

    In a Facebook group, a writer asked the question: “I have about 20 ideas in various forms of completion and I see new things everyday. How do you organize all your creative ideas? And how do you choose what to work on and in what order?” Yep. It’s hard. And you have to make hard Read more

  • Sinclair’s Dilemma – A Misalliance with Love.

    Sinclair’s Dilemma – A Misalliance with Love.

    “The cool evening air soothed his raging mood as he left the House of Lords. He waved off his carriage and continued to walk towards St. James. The early evening was damp, and he turned up the collar of his topcoat. He had wanted to redeem himself in the eyes of society by working hard Read more