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  • Writing Non-Human Characters #3: Robots

    Writing Non-Human Characters #3: Robots

    Well, it’s week three on my impromptu series of posts on creating non-human characters for your stories. We’ve already done animals and aliens, so this…

  • Writing Non-Human Characters #2: Aliens

    Writing Non-Human Characters #2: Aliens

    Last week, I had planned to write a single post talking about how to write non-human characters, such as animals, aliens, mythical creatures and so…

  • Writing Non-Human Characters #1: Animals

    Writing Non-Human Characters #1: Animals

    I’ll be spending most of this week dealing with how to write animals in particular (because it’s ever so slightly more complicated), however, no matter…

  • The Church Mouse

    The Church Mouse

    Based on a true story… The Landlord and Landlady were busy today. Pulling out the furniture and hoovering behind every nook and cranny where I’d…