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'Fred Dagg', a NZ icon has died. His humour was Kiwi through and through and he has left us with some colloquialisms all our own! 'the Tre...
We say to kids, "Here's your notebook! Now you are writer!" We want kids to write in school and beyond. Maybe there are things we can do in school to keep their writerly lives going--even when our units of study and minilessons have moved on to other aspects of the work.
The dream to write, I believe, is one of the most beautiful and monstrous things in the world. Writing is an incredible gift with endless possibilities and magic, but reaching for a dream is no easy task. With every dream […]
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Guest Post By William Hertling – williamhertling.com (Author) William Hertling is a web strategist, programmer, father, short-order cook and the author of two award-winning and best-selling techothrillers: Avogadro Corp: The Singularity is Closer than It Appears and A.I. Apocalypse. You can follow him at @hertling or on his blog, williamhertling.com. Maybe you want to write an app or a book. Maybe you […]
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Who are the most interesting chess players of all time? It’s an interesting question. Are we talking about the best players ever? Even that’s a tricky thing to define. Are the best players the most accomplished? We could go by super-tournament victories or years holding the world championship, or simply...
A sword instructor of mine once asked: why do we romanticize swords? He went on to point out that swords are the only class of weapons designed, solely and with no other purpose, for killing humans. Axes are used to cut wood, guns are used to hunt, knives have all manner of purposes. Sure, we […]
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How to choose the best font for your self-published book, with FAQs. Tips for authors. Serif vs. sans serif fonts, using Google Fonts and Font Squirrel, browsing, searching, and installing fonts on PC and Mac. What’s the best font size for self-publishing? Font recommendations by Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Barnes & Noble, or Lulu.
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We want readers to intellectually appreciate our writing, but we also need them to react to the story and its characters with utter, unthinking emotion.
“How long is too long?” The question comes up at every conference. How long should a novel be? It puzzles me that this anxiety persists. We are in a literary era that tolerates length. Game of …
We've all been there, staring at a scene on the page, three pages of text highlighted, sweating with our index finger hovering over the backspace key. This scene doesn't feel entirely necessary but you spent so long on it! You don't want to hurt your book – your baby! Sometimes deleting a scene can be the best thing y
