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  • Throwback Thursday: The Monster

    Throwback Thursday: The Monster

    I recently entered a couple of stories into the National Association of Writers’ Groups 100 Word Mini-Tales competition. Suffice it to say I didn’t win,…

  • Spotlight: The Betrayal of Ka by Shea R. Oliver

    Spotlight: The Betrayal of Ka by Shea R. Oliver

    As the spaceship secretly lands on Earth, Ka’s mission is clear: find and kill Transprophetics. His shipmates think of him as a killer. On his…

  • Monday Motivation

    Your idea sucks. You know it to be true. But that’s okay, because all ideas suck until you turn them into a story.

  • Writing a Killer Hook

    Writing a Killer Hook

    Your hook is the very first thing that happens in your novel and it should grab the audience from the very first sentence.