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Mental Health and Writing
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, I thought I’d address that most clichéd of subject: mental health and writing. First, some myths: Depression makes you more creative. Depression is a normal part about being a writer. Writing is a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, anxiety, blog, books, creativity, depression, dublin, entertainment, hobby, ireland, life, mental health, mental health awareness week, productivity, publishing, work, writer, writeranonymous, writing
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NaNo Prep: Write-In to Write More
Every year, the good folks at NaNoWriMo put together The Night of Writing Dangerously, a write-in in San Francisco. For most of us, that’s both too far away and too expensive to participate in. Not to be discouraged, the Dublin … Continue reading
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NaNo Prep: Creating Characters
Some people begin with a novel by defining their plot. Others start with the protagonist. I have a tendency to fixate on one or the other while I’m creating an idea for a story. In my last short story, the … Continue reading
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NaNo Prep: Do You Need to Write a Series?
Back when I was a kid and I had notions of being the next JK Rowling – and this was before JK Rowling was the absolute definition of successful author – I thought the best books had to be in … Continue reading
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God’s Eye | Flash Fiction
Many people believed that the old gods were real, but dead, and many others believed that it was possible to become a god in one’s own right, neither were entirely correct. Much more likely, and infinitely more terrifying, was the … Continue reading
What I Learned About Comics in 2017
A year ago, my experience with comics extended as far as an incredibly basic script based on a poem, for Tomte: The Warrior Elf with Buttonpress Publications. It was fun and exciting to see something I’d written being turned into something, … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, art, banter books, blog, books, business, comic books, comics, convention, creativity, dublin, entertainment, friends, goal setting, hobby, ireland, life, nanowrimo, paul carroll, productivity, publishing, work, writer, writeranonymous, writing
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Fantastic Ideas and Where to Find Them
Every writer who has ever accomplished anything is asked the same question by some fan at some event (or just online, since access is instant these days): Where do your ideas come from? (I have also been asked this, but … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, blog, books, creativity, dublin, entertainment, hobby, how-to, ideas, ireland, life, media, nanowrimo, paul carroll, productivity, writer, writeranonymous, writing
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