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Weekend Writer: April Prompt Share

Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another installment in the Weekend Writer series on Free State of Geek. The first Friday of each month, I share a bunch of different writing and creativity prompts...and on the final Friday of the month, I end up sharing some snippets based on that writing. For the Fridays… Continue reading Weekend Writer: April Prompt Share

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Eight: Fine-Tuning Your Beginning – Bulletproof Your Beginning

Hey all, Sam here. We have finally reached the final chapter on this book about beginnings. I actually finished reading and taking notes on this book a few weeks ago because I just wanted it to be over. Who knew you could talk for almost 250 pages about the topic of beginnings? Don't get me… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Eight: Fine-Tuning Your Beginning – Bulletproof Your Beginning

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Seven: The Structure of Revelation – The End of the Beginning

Hey all, Sam here. Here we are, at the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end...for this book at least. I think it has been a pretty darn successful Weekend Writer arc so far. I've managed to get through a few book deep dives so far with this series, and I can… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Seven: The Structure of Revelation – The End of the Beginning

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Tabletop Tuesday: Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns by Kobold Press

Hey all, Sam and David here. Okay, so today has been an interesting day. I was peeling potatoes for lunch and the peeler went a little wild and I ended up peeling off a bit of my pinkie finger (non-dominant hand, thankfully enough). But it is certainly making typing a bit difficult...and David had to… Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday: Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns by Kobold Press

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Six: The Beginnings Rulebook II – The Dignity of Greatness

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, sorry for breaking up the Weekend Writer this weekend, but I realized it was going to take some time to write up all the breakdown for this book, and I wanted to be able to dedicate the proper time to it, while also continuing to get out my blog content,… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier: Chapter Six: The Beginnings Rulebook II – The Dignity of Greatness

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Weekend Writer: April Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. All right. I'm going to keep today's post short and sweet. I didn't want the post to become overly long, and so I'm doing a bonus Weekend Writer post this week, and that will be the Chapter 6 deep dive of The Writer's Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier. So that… Continue reading Weekend Writer: April Prompts

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter 5: The Beginnings Rulebook I – The Risk-Proof Beginning

Hey all, Sam here. Luna still isn't home, but we have friends going to our house every day to check, and to keep our other cat Diablo company...and they think they've heard her scratching at the door, but the cat runs off before they can confirm...which honestly sounds like her. If it's her, then it… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter 5: The Beginnings Rulebook I – The Risk-Proof Beginning

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Four: The Edge of the Beginning – Where to Begin

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, we are back to the deep dives of this book about beginnings. And honestly doing this deep dive into the beginnings of books is fairly timely, because at the moment I'm going over the beginning of my manuscript and I can look at the story opening with fresh eyes because… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Four: The Edge of the Beginning – Where to Begin

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Three: Once Upon a Time – Your Best Idea

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, we are back to the deep dives of this book about beginnings. I've already figured out that we'll get all the way through this book by the end of April, and then I can move on to another book. So, at the end of this month, I'll probably give a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Three: Once Upon a Time – Your Best Idea

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WIP Wednesday – March 8

Hey all, Sam and David here. Welcome back to another WIP Wednesday, where David and I sit down and talk about everything we've read, watched, and done over the past week. It's a nice way to keep track of what all is going on, and we'd love to hear what you have been up to… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – March 8