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Pants on Fire

Eliza Jaquays - February 3, 2012

After reading a really good book, or watching a TV show or movie, I find myself adopting the speech patterns of a character that I identify with. Sometimes it sticks around for a few days, other times it sticks around for months or even years. If you’ve ever watched Deadwood you can probably guess what […]

Combo One

Jason Arnett - February 3, 2012

I seem to keep coming back – again and again – to this laundry list of authors: Robert A. Heinlein, Alan Moore, Ian Fleming, Neil Gaiman, Alan Lightman. These are the writers that have inspired my attempts at writing stories and influenced how I put one word after another as well as how I organize […]

Listening to the sound of my voice

Kevin Wohler - January 31, 2012

When I first started writing, I never intentionally tried to mirror a favorite writer. The problem was that I hadn’t found my own voice yet. So when I started creating stories, it surprised me when I discovered the stories were not my own. One of my early attempts was to write a science fiction epic […]

I, Apprentice

Jack Campbell, Jr. - January 30, 2012

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” ~ Ernest Hemingway I’ve often read about writers, especially young writers, who write like the writers they are reading. I don’t have that issue. In fact, I wish I did. How easy would it be if I could instantly write like […]