This week I’m revisiting and improving a post I wrote in 2019. Lies, Secrets, and Scars Create Better Characters appears today on the Writers in the Storm Blog. You may remember this post but it’s been improved with examples. If you check it out on the WITS blog, please say hi. Lies, Secrets, and Scars…… Continue reading Better Characters through Lies, Secrets, and Scars
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10 Quotes to Inspire Your Climb
A creative endeavor often feels like climbing a rugged, treacherous mountain. One slip and you’ll fall to your doom. Yet, the analogy has many positives, too. Here are ten quotes to inspire your climb up your creative mountain. Know Your Why The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters. Conrad…… Continue reading 10 Quotes to Inspire Your Climb
Will You Buy These Books Featuring Indigenous People?
First Line Friday is a series of blog articles posted on the first Friday of every month. The first line of a story, we’re told, must hook the reader. Implied is that the reader will not buy the book if the first line isn’t great. For November, I thought I’d do something a little different…… Continue reading Will You Buy These Books Featuring Indigenous People?
The Second Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Fifty-two years after Marie Curie, society believed women were unsuited for academic or scientific work. Maria Goeppert Mayer pursued her interests, anyway. And she became the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in physics. Early Life Friedrich Goppert, and his wife Maria, lived in Kattowitz (now Katowice, Poland). Their only child, Maria Goeppert Mayer,…… Continue reading The Second Woman to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics
Feed Your Creativity
Nanowrimo is an acronym for National Novel Writing Month. Held every November, it’s a month of relentless creativity. The goal is to write 50,000 words in thirty days. Many writers embrace this group event. But it leaves out many other creatives. There needs to be a National Feed Your Creativity Month open for creatives of…… Continue reading Feed Your Creativity