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WIP Wednesday – March 15

Hey all, Sam and David here. Oh wow. This time next week we'll be on our way back to Ohio for a few days. We've agreed to help our friend Sarah at Mousai Crafts out with her Artist's Alley table at Fan Expo Cleveland. It's like a 10 hour drive each way to do it,… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – March 15

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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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Weekend Writer: Making Writing a Habit (and Prompts)

Hey all, Sam here. When it comes to blogging, there are some posts that take a bit longer to put together than others. For me, the weekly wrap up post doesn't take too long, and for the most part the book review posts are fairly quick and easy to write up. Tabletop Tuesday sometimes takes… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Making Writing a Habit (and Prompts)

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Weekend Writer: February Writing Prompt Share Time

Hey all, Sam here. Well, today is the first of hopefully many monthly prompt sharing blog posts. I admit to being a bit nervous with this one. I haven't shared my writing publicly in a while, aside from my blog posts anyway. I've shared a few short stories and such with some friends over the… Continue reading Weekend Writer: February Writing Prompt Share Time

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Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Two: The End is Where We Start From – Scene One

Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to Weekend Writer. I'm excited to have you here. This week I'm delving into the next section of The Writer's Guide to Beginnings: How to Craft Story Openings That Sell by Paula Munier, and while I definitely feel that you can jump into this chapter by chapter deep dive… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Two: The End is Where We Start From – Scene One

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WIP Wednesday – Feb 8

Hey all, Sam (and David) back again today. As promised, we'll be spending our Wednesdays giving you an update to what we're up to each week. Here's where we'll talk about what we've been reading and watching and playing and creating. And please, feel free to share what you've been up to in the comments.… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Feb 8

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Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, let's try this again. I had ideas and plans for getting back into writing and getting back into blogging, and feeling like the old me again. But not even two weeks into the new year and my father-in-law was in the ICU and it wasn't looking good, and then a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)

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Goals for 2023

Hey all, Sam here. Okay, so I guess today is going to be sort of a shorter post compared to my last ones. But I think it's important to take some time to at least have a rough plan or idea for the year ahead, so I'm going to do that now. Reading For reading,… Continue reading Goals for 2023

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Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. Here we are at the first official Weekend Writer post! Oh boy, I am both excited and very nervous about this. I've been wanting to get back to writing, and I thought I was starting to get my creative drive back a few months ago, but then some stuff happened and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts

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I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back

Hey all, Sam here. I said I had more announcements to make, and here I am with another one...I'm bringing my Weekend writer series back! Well....with some adjustments. When I started Weekend Writer, I was just taking books on the craft of writing and breaking them down into sections, and diving deep into one section… Continue reading I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back