Category: Stories
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10 Things to Know Before Attending a Writer’s Conference
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I got humbled before my first writer’s conference officially started. I arrived early and found a titan of the industry just hanging out with a crowd of attentive writers. He sat and shared wisdom like he was handing out Christmas presents. Honestly, just sitting there and listening would have been worth the price of admission. Anyway, I sat next to a woman in her 60s who chimed in often…
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How to Write Better Antagonists
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What Real-Life Criminals Taught Me About Crafting Fictional Villains. I was a rookie cop, fresh out of field training the first time someone threatened my life. Less than a year into the job, I’d been assigned to the midnights—that lovely vampire shift starting at 10:30 p.m. (or 2230, in cop-speak). …