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What I've Been Reading, February 2020 Edition
Howdy, Recently, I finished off some excellent sci-fi and a book that falls somewhere between history and current events....
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Jan 28, 20202 min
What I've been reading, January 2020 Edition
Howdy, The new year of reading is a bit more eclectic for me than usual, considering my typical fare is fantasy, science-fiction, and...
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Jan 11, 20202 min
What I’ve Been Reading, January 2020 Edition
Howdy, I’ve started the new year off with a thriller and a couple of fantasy novels, including an introduction to the Witcher. I read The...
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Dec 21, 20192 min
What I've been reading, December 2019 Edition
Howdy, Recently, I polished off a couple of extra-long audiobooks. I listened to both of these on Libby, the audiobook app that lets you...
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Nov 23, 20191 min
What I’ve been reading, November 2019 Edition
Lately, I've been devouring YA. I’ve read some exceptional YA over the past month or so. This is great since my current WIP is a YA...
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Oct 20, 20192 min
What I have been reading, October 2019 Edition
Howdy, I’ve gobbled up some satisfying adult fantasy and YA sci-fi since the last reading update. So, without further ado, here we go....
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Oct 15, 20192 min
Thoughts On Planning
Howdy, After reading On Writing by Stephen King and discovering the master storyteller doesn’t plan (most of the time, anyway), I started...
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Oct 7, 20192 min
Thoughts On Writing
Howdy, I finished reading On Writing by Stephen King a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned before, there is a lot to digest in this...
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Sep 24, 20192 min
What I’ve been Reading, Sept. 2019 Edition
Howdy, It’s been a while since I’ve written a post about what I’ve been reading. Lately, I’ve been plowing through YA fantasy novels....
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Jun 22, 20192 min
What I’ve been reading, June 2019 Edition
Lately, I’ve been listening to audiobooks on Libby, an app that lets you check out audiobooks and e-books from your local library. It’s...
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May 17, 20192 min
What I’ve been reading – May 2019 Edition
Well, since my last post on this topic, I’ve breezed through a handful of interesting books. I’ll start with the longest tome of them...
Dan
May 2, 20191 min
Editing for Sophistication
Howdy, I recently finished reading Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King. You might recall, that I referenced...
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Feb 23, 20192 min
What I’ve been reading – February 2019 edition
Howdy, So far 2019 has been a good year for reading – at least for me. Here are the highlights. The Consuming Fire Listened to this one...
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Jan 14, 20192 min
Write Damn Fine Stories
Howdy, I recently finished Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig, and it’s, well, a damn fine writing craft book. If you haven’t read anything...
Dan
Dec 24, 20182 min
What I’ve been reading
Howdy, Happy Holidays, etc, etc.!!! Just a quick post highlighting some of the more interesting books I've read lately. The Crusades by...
Dan
Oct 16, 20181 min
Mapping Scenes to the Hero’s Journey
Howdy, While reading the chapters about the steps in the hero’s journey in Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey, I started mapping...
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Sep 29, 20181 min
Using Mythic Archetypes to Evaluate Characters
Howdy, I’m still reading Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey, and I continue to be super impressed. Practically every page is...
Dan
Sep 15, 20181 min
Evaluating Story Concepts
Howdy, I just started reading Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey. It’s one of those writing craft books I’ve known about for a...
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Aug 14, 20181 min
Construct Your Characters
Howdy, I don’t know about you, but characterization has always given me one hell of a hard time. I like to think I have improved this...
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Jul 14, 20181 min
Infuse Your Writing with Emotion
Howdy, I’ve been back from Kauai for a week now. Back to rewriting and editing and editing some more. I’ve also been working my way...
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