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Sharpening Tools Against Writers Block

Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
Foggy hillsides

For me, the idea of resistance is an important one. As someone who struggles constantly to cross the border from dreaming to accomplishing, being able to conceive of that the struggle as something external and inevitable is reassuring.

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It’s Sort of Like Time Travel

Posted on December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
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As much as I enjoy the process of composing a blog post, I love being able to engage with my past self when I reread it years later. 

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In Search of the Magic of Blogging

Posted on December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

Fifteen years ago, I wrote a blog post about why blogging was important to me. I had been blogging on various platforms for about five years at that time and,

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How to Write a More Compelling Villain

Posted on November 18, 2022November 30, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
faint image of a shadowy person with text that reads Who Lurks in the Shadow? The key to creating a more compelling villain has more to do with your protagonist than you think.

As a fantasy novelist and editor, I have spent a lot of time reading books and writing sites  to learn as much as I can about my craft (and trying

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Writing Lessons antagonists, character arcs, character creation, character flaws, narrative theory, protagionists, villains, writing help, writing tips Leave a comment

Get In the Action

Posted on October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

At my writers’ group last night, we reviewed two pieces that suffered from variations of the same flaw: trying to portray characters by having the narrator tell you all about

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Stace Dumoski

Fantasy Writer & Editor