Dacia Arnold & Apparent Power Dacia M. Arnold is an author of adult dystopian and dark fiction. She enjoys writing main characters who are otherwise normal people with extraordinary abilities. Dacia is also a ten-year Army veteran who served two tours of combat as a medic. She didn’t start writing fiction, in fact, until a…
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Critique Groups, Part 1: Spotting Toxic Feedback
Over the course of several years (and several groups), I’ve experienced the joy that a healthy critique group can bring. It can invigorate your writing practice, inspire you to work harder, provide friends to celebrate (and commiserate) with, and help your writing skills flourish. But not all groups are created equal. Sometimes groups, or individual…
True (truth) Quotes for Writers (and why I think they apply)
All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed and third it is accepted as being self-evident (unknown) Anyone ever had a tough critique? Truth is everybody is gonna hurt you – you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for (Bob Marley) Ever agonized over which of your…
Rocky Mountain Writer #126
Mandy Mikulencak & The Last Suppers Writer of the Year nominee Mandy Mikulencak lives outside Durango but grew up in Texas. She has set one published novel, The Last Suppers, in Louisiana and the next one, due out next year, in Mississippi. Her first book was a gritty young adult novel set in Durango called…
Plot Puppets, Doppelgängers, Villains and let’s not forget, Revulsion and Disgust
Yeah, my secret’s out of the bag, I can’t really think of anything to blog about this month using my own words, especially with humor. So, I’ve taken parts of blogs and an article from other writers. #DONALD #MAASS (Taken from): http://maassagency.com/ Acting in ways honest and human is what psychologists—and literary critics—call being authentic. Realism…