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Writing for the Screen vs the Page

    Some writers dream of their words bound up in print. Some long to see their worlds on the silver screen. Debut author Robert Cochran is one of the lucky ones who’s got it both ways. Robert Cochran is an Emmy Award-winning executive producer and showrunner who co-created and executive produced the international television series Read More »

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If Spectacle Had Instagram: 1887 Paris

My debut novel, Spectacle, takes place in—you guessed it—1887. Nathalie Baudin, the main character, is a 16-year-old morgue reporter with a magical ability. What if…what if we could turn back the clock and Nathalie was on Insta?

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20 Signs Your New BFF is a Spy

Kimberly Reid, author of Prettyboy Must Die, offers hot tips on things that suggest that your new friend might be a secret agent.

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Building the World of Ship of Smoke and Steel

wcag test heading Many years ago, a friend of mine and I were doing some world design for a D&D campaign, and talking about one aspect of the default world presented in the manuals that has always bugged me: the role of magic in their society makes no sense. The rule we came up with, Read More »

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Writing Out of Order

Author Susan Dennard describes how she learned that writing chronologically isn’t always the answer, and you don’t need to begin at the beginning.