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Worldbuilding 101: Three Ways to Make a New World

September 13, 2020Deck Deckert

The first law of writing is that there are no laws The worst possible thing that beginner writers can do is find an overly prescriptive ‘rule book’ of fiction writing…Continue readingWorldbuilding 101: Three Ways to Make a New World

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Superheroes (retired) you never heard of

September 10, 2020Deck Deckert

Whence stories? Stories rarely spring from some grand idea. More often they are sparked by something small, something unsuspected. Some time ago a friend tossed me an idea “challenge” —…Continue readingSuperheroes (retired) you never heard of

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Worldbuilding – The Temples of Book

September 6, 2020Deck Deckert

From a very early age, the world of books was where my magic lived. I had taught myself to read at age 4 and bookstores and libraries have always been…Continue readingWorldbuilding – The Temples of Book

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Virtual Con: ‘I felt knots untying in my soul’

September 2, 2020Deck Deckert

A couple of weeks ago I did a First, for me: I attended a virtual convention. The NASFiC from Columbus, Ohio was entirely run in cyberspace – with panels and…Continue readingVirtual Con: ‘I felt knots untying in my soul’

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No essay today because …

August 30, 2020Deck Deckert

I have been blogging twice a week, once on Sunday, but I have to forgo this Sunday’s normally writing related essay because I was faced with a pet emergency. One…Continue readingNo essay today because …

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Dancing with my father again one summer night

August 26, 2020Deck Deckert

Seven years ago I lost my father to an aggressive cancer which, at first, nibbled at the edges of his life, teasing, taking tiny slivers away at a time, and…Continue readingDancing with my father again one summer night

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The story of a story – from idea to a four-part series

August 23, 2020Deck Deckert

One of the most common questions any writer gets is, ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ I often say, ‘From the idea tree in my backyard.’ Another writer says blithely…Continue readingThe story of a story – from idea to a four-part series

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Artist in Residence: Quarantine Diaries – Un bel di

August 20, 2020Deck Deckert

I was doing a beta-read of a novel for a friend and colleague that touches on opera, in particular on arias, and it has sent me down a rabbit hole…Continue readingArtist in Residence: Quarantine Diaries – Un bel di

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Resurrection of The Greatest Wizard Who Ever Lived

August 16, 2020Deck Deckert

The Worldweavers series, originally a trilogy published by Harper Collins, is the story of a girl who couldn’t do any magic at all despite a heritage that should have meant…Continue readingResurrection of The Greatest Wizard Who Ever Lived

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‘Dune’ taught me about love, hate, and messiahs …

August 12, 2020Deck Deckert

Many of us have made seemingly minor decisions which changed our lives. It might have been simply turning right instead of left, or saying “Yes” rather than “No” to an…Continue reading‘Dune’ taught me about love, hate, and messiahs …

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