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To share the fabulousness that my friend EJ sent me, check out this collective noun sheet from wondermark.com
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Writers, Writerly Friends, and Friend Friends
So, everyone needs friends but it is especially important for writers and artists. Every once in a while we need a ninja kick to the brain and our friends are the best people to do this. Let me explain… I was having a hard time with past vs. present tense with my trilogy-now-a-series. The reason for this being that it is written in present tense currently, but that makes some scenes particularly harsh. It makes the first scene of the first book incredibly harsh. I don’t want to put people off, but that really is where everything changes and the story begins. Also, now that it is a series and…
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The Trouble With Names…
So, it’s been an interesting if crazy week and this is something that I’m sure many writers have faced before. I have a character that has been named Damsine Rhea for 15 years. When I had someone else read it they mispronounced the name so I changed the phonetics to what I heard in my head (essentially Damsin Rhee). I mentioned it to a friend of mine who responded with, “Um, I hate to tell you this, but there’s a character who is named Damson Rhee in a classic fantasy series. Don’t think you can use the changed version legally.” They then promptly signed off to go to bed for…