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  • Writing Exercise: Three Nouns

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    One of the toughest parts of the writing process is getting started on a new project. While the easiest way to overcome white page paralysis is to embrace the “crappy first draft” idea there are other options. Today’s writing exercise comes from WritingExercises.co.uk where you can find hundreds of prompt generators, randomizers, and all other…

  • Using Rites and Rituals in Fiction

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    We’ve come around back to writer Wednesday once more and today we are talking about using rites and rituals in fiction.  When I say rites and rituals, I’m referring to any choreographed set of actions performed by several people that is meant to add importance to an event. For the sake of this post we…

  • Writing Fantasy Profanity

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    It’s writer Wednesday and today we are going to delve into the risque topic of fantasy profanity. Well, ok, it’s not all that risque. In fact, the reason many people like fantasy novels is that there is rarely ever any swearing. Instead, we enter the world of alternate swearing. In a fantasy world there are…

  • Writing Exercise: The KISS Principle

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    It’s Writer Wednesday here at the blog and today we are going to discuss the KISS principle. KISS stands for Keep It Simple, Stupid. I’m not calling any of you dear readers stupid, rest assured. Only the smartest of readers and writers end up here. The KISS acronym has been around since the 1960’s when…

  • Writing Update – May 2015

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    It’s been a few months since I’ve posted an update so here we are.  I’m excited to say that I finally finished the current draft of my epic fantasy, Stonebearer’s Betrayal. This draft has been long in coming, over a year, and it feels so good to finally be seeing a finished product. The next…

  • The Finish Line is in Sight

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    Jodi L. Milner
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    Next week marks the magical and wonderous time where I send the oldest two children back to school. This is the first year when they will both go for the full day and I can’t contain my excitement.  The last six weeks of summer vacation have been exhausting, the house is a mess, and the…

  • Meet the Cast: Alystra

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    So far, in the Meet the Cast series of posts,  we’ve met the hero, villian, and the hero’s friend.  Today we are going to explore a vital member of the supporting cast. In the society of the immortal Stonebearers there are three towers that govern the three distinct areas of the world.  Alystra holds the…

  • Meet the Cast: Bremin

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    For every hero there is the friend who makes it possible for him to succeed.  In the Stonebearer’s story one of the most important members of the supporting cast is Bremin. Bremin is the clever, quick-witted, sharp-tongued friend to our hero, Jarand.  They’ve known each other for over three hundred years.  He has traveled the world…