• Writing Exercise #65:

    Writing Exercise #65:

    Write an opening using: it came as no surprise… It came as no surprise to anyone in the room that Santa wouldn’t mature the deadline this year. He’d been cutting it closer and closer every year for the last six years. The man was old. Was born old. He couldn’t…

  • Questions for Authors #40

    Questions for Authors #40

    What five tropes would you be happy to never read again? 

  • Writing Exercise #64:

    Writing Exercise #64:

    “Please tell me you know where we are.” “Oh, God, please tell me you know where we are,” I said. “Of course, I do,” Anderson said. “As you said, I am God. “Oh Lord,” I prayed silently. “One day, I beg you to make murder legal. ‘Cause right now, my…

  • Questions for Authors #39

    Questions for Authors #39

    What five tropes could you never get enough of? 

  • Writing Exercise #63:

    Writing Exercise #63:

    She could see the door in the distance closing slowly Amen fell out of the night sky in front of Chara like a dark cloud falling to eat her alive. His sword perched on his shoulder, she didn’t have to ask what his intent was. But she didn’t want to…

  • Questions for Authors #38

    Questions for Authors #38

    What is a movie you loved, thought was well-written, well-acted, but was so traumatizing, you will never watch it again? 

  • Writing Exercise #62

    Writing Exercise #62

    “Nothing like civil unrest to get the blood flowing.” Garvin stood next to Pietro, watching him. Pietro looked very pleased as he stared down at the city from his palace window. Smoke and flames spewed up in pockets around the city. Pietro had his arms crossed over his chest as…

  • Questions for Authors #37

    Questions for Authors #37

    You were against the hero until they…

  • Writing Exercise #61

    Writing Exercise #61

    “We don’t take things like this kindly…” “We don’t take things like this kindly,” Michelle said. Her attitude half-badass half-joker. She had a look that made you wanna sit down and shoot the breeze with her, but you damn sure didn’t wanna be on her bad side. No question why…

  • Questions for Authors #36

    Questions for Authors #36

    You were against the villain until they…