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What I Learned about Writing This Week…from Mark Twain

You know how we speak of someone’s being well-read? In some circles, I’d be the opposite of that: terribly-read. I can hold forth on plot and character of a great many classics so convincingly, you’ll come away from our tête-à-tête thinking I’m all sorts of brilliantly literate. You won’t know that when it comes to classic literature, I’m kind of a fake…

What I Learned About Writing This Week…from Zombies

Zombie stories aren’t about scary grossness — they’re about characters. The survivors and how they overcome or succumb to hardship: that is what zombie stories are about. And that, gentle readers, is what each of our stories should be about, no matter what our chosen genre…