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One of the most difficult challenges a writer has is writing a character that's smarter than the author. I've read many a book that ...

I once read a good book on writing in which the author asks the question: "So, how do authors come up with those awesome plots where ev...

I've played around with a few online services and the like, tried to turn this into that and that into this, trying to find a quick and ...

Movie summary: The hunger games is about a young woman caught in circumstances outside her control, and ultimately the power of good to t...

As a writer, there are a few things that intrigue me, things that I try to pay close attention to both in other stories and in real life. ...

We're in the midst of a modern gold-rush. And few realize it. Can you see it? Understand what I mean? Let's say you wanted to st...

I've just released my first story as an ebook for Amazon Kindle, titled " Jashur and the Splendor Duel ," a tale about a man w...

As wordsmiths, writers are often more pleased than most at the "magic tricks" of the written language, the special effects of text...

Over at A Newbie's Guide to Publishing , Joe Konrath talks about the sea-change in publishing the Kindle has enabled: Well, the data i...

To learn to see , that is the aim of all learning. That which is outside your understanding is essentially invisible to you. If you do not...

Years ago, I worked at Home Depot while going to school. And while there I had the opportunity to read the story of how Home Depot rose from...