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Is Arguing Ever Really Worth It?

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Last summer I read How To Win Friends and Influence People, a classic by Dale Carnegie (which I talked about in my July Recommended Reads post.) A lot of the book talks about things that you know are true, but sort of forget to put into practice. (And by “you,” I mean me, of course.) HTWFAIP starts out in a

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Semi-Charmed Life Facebook drama, Facebook groups, fights, How to Win Friends and Influence People, relationships 22 Comments

Zodiac Traits – Write a Capricorn Character!

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Hi friends! Welcome back to my series about using archetypes from astrology as inspiration for character development. A few people have asked me to please finish this zodiac series, and I will before the end of 2015. [AdSense-B] It bothers me that Capricorn, the goat, looks an awful lot like Aries, the Ram. I feel like one of them should

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Writing Matters astrology, character traits, personality types 11 Comments

Science Fiction Publishers 2016 (No Agent Required!)

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Hi friends! Last week I published a list of agents who represent scifi, but as I said, you can publish a book without an agent. Here are a bunch of publishers who accept unagented submissions, along with comments from editors on what they’re looking for. All the tweets here date from late summer and fall 2015. Clicking on the name of

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Writing Matters how to publish a novel, scifi, writing 15 Comments

Science Fiction Agents 2016

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Hey friends! This is a list of agents looking for ue cience fiction, along with recent comments from some of them about what they’re looking for. This isn’t my genre, but I’ve met a lot of people working in it lately 🙂 I pulled some of the comments from the agency websites and some from Manuscript Wish List. All the Manuscript Wish

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Writing Matters literary agents, science fiction 27 Comments

Zodiac Traits – Write a Sagittarius Character!

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Hey there! This is part of a series on developing fictional characters using supposed traits of zodiac signs. Whether you believe in astrology or not, it’s a fun way to think about personality types. [AdSense-B] Today we’re looking at Sagittarius. Of all the zodiac signs, it is the hardest to spell, and it’s the sign of the centaur who likes

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Writing Matters astrology, character development, sagittarius personality, zodiac personality traits 22 Comments

November 2015 Recommended Reads

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

Every month I think, “Next month I’m going to read way more.” It hasn’t actually happened yet. But maybe next month! Here are some good things I’ve read lately!

Writing Matters Jennifer Sable, Robin Hobb, Tamara Lush Leave a comment

Blank Page to Final Draft: Write, Revise, Edit, and Complete Your Novel in 2016!

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Bryn Donovan

My apologies… I discontinued Blank Page to Final Draft because it didn’t sync with many readers’ schedules and works in progress. However, you can order the book and do the program at your own pace!  

Writing Matters how to write a novel, writing advice 44 Comments
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