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Kick the Imposter to the Curb: The Benefits of Allowing Who You Are as a Writer to Reflect Who You Are as a Person

Emotion vs Feeling in Fiction

How to Incorporate Gothic Elements Into Any Genre of Writing

How to Use Psychological Horror to Your Advantage in Fiction

Terror and Horror: Making a Tense, Unsettling Read

Successful Revision Strategies

Mastering Voice: Finding the Magic Mix of Style, POV & Character

Laugh Yourself to Death: Mixing Humor With Darker Topics Like Murder and Suspense

Things Can't Get Worse, But They Can Get Funnier: The Value of Humor in Your Writing

Being Funny, Fearing Failure, and Doing It Anyway

When and How to Jettison History in a Historical Novel

How to Breathe New Life Into Real Historical Characters

Punch Them in the Face: Writing Realistic Martial Arts!

Lessons Learned After a Decade of Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Speculative Realities for Dystopian Times

A Hero, an Anti-hero, and a Villain Walk into a Bar…

How to Give Your Sci-Fi or Fantasy Universe a Lived-In Feel

Writing in Short Forms

The Art of Retelling Existing Short Fiction

The Unexpected: Irony and the Short Story

The Challenges (and Opportunities) of Writing a Family Saga

I Got This Idea...: How to Turn Ideas Into Stories

How to Write an Opening That Pulls the Reader In

Harnessing the Secret Powers of the 3-Act Structure