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Sharpening Tools Against Writers Block

Posted on December 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, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
photo of trees reflected in water

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, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

Fifteen years ago, I wrote a blog post about why blogging was important to me. I had been blogging on

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How to Write a More Compelling Villain

Posted on November 18, 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

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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, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

At my writers’ group last night, we reviewed two pieces that suffered from variations of the same flaw: trying to

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It’s the Small Things

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

I recently recovered a cache of old blog posts, from the early days of this blog (before the archive got

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When Should You Hire a Developmental Editor?

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
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No matter where you are in the writing process, a developmental editor is a solid investment that will help your book find success.

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10 Places Online to Find Inspiration for Your Fantasy Novel

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

  There’s an old joke among writers about where we get our ideas: an idea of the month club, of

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Suddenly, an Editor Cried Out in Horror, or How to Write Surprise

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Stace Dumoski

Dropping “suddenly” at the beginning of a sentence is a shorthand way of creating tension due to an unexpected change

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Passing Through the Portal (Why I Love Fantasy, Part 1)

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Stace Dumoski
image of castle with the quote "Fantasy takes all those things from deep inside and puts them where you can see them, and then deal with them." Cited from Lev Grossman

Sometimes, I wonder if I read too much fantasy. I seldom dip my literary toes into anything that doesn’t have

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Stace Dumoski

Fantasy Writer & Editor