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THE CHRYSALIS FROM READER TO WRITER IS NEVER PAINLESS

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 7 - THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE EGG

WHEN CONFLICT AND CHARACTERS COLLIDE

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 6 - A MOST FEROCIOUS JUSTICE

STRATEGIES FOR WRITING YOUR COMMUNITY TO LIFE

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 5 - INSIDE THE GAOL OF THE AUTARCH

HOW ECHOES OF OTHER BOOKS BECOME CHANNELS INTO YOUR OWN

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 4 - TO THE BARRICADES!

READ WATCH PLAY FEAST - MAY

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 3 - LIFE AT THE VERY BOTTOM

FIRST BEST STEPS AT THE START OF A NOVEL

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 2 - A LETTER FROM A LOST MOTHER

THE EPIC GILGAMEK: CHAPTER 1 - THE BOY WITH THE IRON FISTS

FRIENDO Y COMIENDO - COUNTDOWN TO A SERIALIZED YA NOVEL

NOTES FROM A FORMER PULITZER BOARD MEMBER

WHEN INFLECTIONAL AND NON-INFLECTIONAL SETTINGS COLLIDE

IF I SERIALIZED A YA FANTASY NOVEL HERE WOULD ANYONE READ IT?

LIKE BALDWIN, FICTION HAS TO TALK ITS FACE AWAY

FICTION'S RED THREAD (AND THE MINOTAURS WITHIN)

I AM GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANOTHER SECOND WITH YOUR NOVEL

HOW TO FIND THE PERFECT AGENT

BOOKS LEFT ON TRAINS

HOW STORIES REALLY FAIL: THE WITHHOLD-AS-CONFLICT FALLACY

READ WATCH PLAY FEAST - TOKYO

HOW STORIES SUCCEED - THE SECRET OF ADDITIVE WITHHOLDING

HOW STORIES FAIL, HOW STORIES SUCCEED - WITHHOLDING INFORMATION RIGHT

HOW STORIES FAIL - THE PERILS OF WITHHOLDING INFORMATION

LEAVING TOKYO IS LEAVING YOU

THE SIMPLEST FORMULA FOR WRITING FICTION BEAUTIFULLY

IMAGINE YOUR CHARACTERS AS THREE BRUISES IN A STATE OF RESOLUTION

ULTIMA RATIO POETATUM – OR THE SUPREME AFFORDANCE OF LITERATURE

IN DEFENSE OF AN IMPERILED ART

WHERE I AM HEALED AND SUFFER NO MORE

ON MAP GAMES AND WORLDBUILDING

HOW TO REAP THE REALITY DIVIDEND IN YOUR FICTION

SISTER, SISTER

READ WATCH PLAY FEAST + OFFICE HOURS

AN ENWORLDING STATE OF MIND

A SONG FOR READING

SADOPOPULISM'S CRUEL OUROBOROS

TO CREATE CHARACTERS FIRST IMAGINE THEIR UNRAVELING

BIOGRAPHEMIC TRACES

A CHRONICLE OF MY DEATH FORETOLD

GALINDAFIED OR ELPHABATIZED: THE CONFUSIFYING WORLDBUILDING OF WICKED

THE DISRESPECTATIOUS STORYTELLING OF WICKED: or THE NOT-SO-WONDERFUL WRITING OF OZ

REWRITING: A LITANY AGAINST PERFECTION, A CHANT FOR COURAGE

THE FIRES OF FUTURE PAST - THE PROMISE OF OCTAVIA BUTLER'S PARABLE OF THE SOWER

TUTELARY WHISPERS: or HOW TO APPROACH REWRITES

THE YEAR OF OUR UNKNOWING

READ WATCH PLAY FEAST: MY FAVORITES OF 2024, PART 2