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  • Community Drabble Week 3

    Each week members of our community drabble write a 100 word story to a theme provided by us.

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  • The Power of Fear: How Short Horror Stories Can Jumpstart Your Writing

    Black and white photo from the 1930's featuring a smiling young lady having tea with a skeleton.

    Think horror stories are just campy gore-fests? Think again: short horror fiction can be an incredibly effective way to enhance your writing and share meaningful messages in a powerful package. Writers often sideline short stories in favor of novels, but short stories offer many benefits. They can help writers bolster creativity, hone razor-sharp crafting skills,…

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  • Community Drabble Week 2

    Each week members of our community drabble write a 100 word story to a theme provided by us.

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  • Five Things I Wish I Knew As A New Indie Author – video essay

    Screenshot of one of author Cerece Murphy's first ever YouTube videos. It's in black and white, a close up of Cerece leaning her chin on her hand and looking up into the distance.

    Video essay: award-winning, best-selling novelist and Reach Your Apex instructor shares the five things she wishes she’d known when she was starting out as an indie author.

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  • Community Drabble Week 1

    Each week members of our community drabble write a 100 word story to a theme provided by us.

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  • Surreality Beyond Cockroaches

    Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo / Het Leven, SFA022817069. Mardi Gras in a restaurant in Bayern, the waiters are wearing masks. München, Germany, 1933.

    by Sage Tyrtle Which proverb is Irish? a) Do not board a ship without an onion. b) Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot. c) A foolish woman blames her own cabbage. Answer: Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot. (Onion is Dutch, cabbage is Danish.) I came across this global idioms quiz…

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  • The Art of Finishing: Perfectionism 

    A photo by Ian Robertson of Belleville Public Library Young Canada Book Week Contest Walter McWilliams, age 8,left; Julie De Vries, age 7, centre; Caroline Julian, age 11, right holding awards for their displays.

    Strategies for tackling one of the four basic things that cause you to stop working on your projects.

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  • Tips On Dialogue From Accomplished Authors

    Close up frame of the character Tyrell Wellick from the TV series, "Mr. Robot." At bottom is the caption, "Bon soir, Elliot," a phrase frequently used by Wellick.

    Image: memorable dialogue from the very uptight Tyrell Wellick in the TV series, “Mr. Robot.” As Reach Your Apex instructor and award-winning author Premee Mohamed says dialogue can be the most noticeable thing about your story—for better or for worse. Famed writing coach Robert McKee warns that poorly written dialogue can kill an otherwise great…

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  • Four Fast Fun Facts About Premee Mohamed, Award-Winning Author

    Four Fast Fun Facts About Premee Mohamed

    We asked Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award-winning author—and Reach Your Apex instructor—Premee Mohamed four “lightning round” questions about herself and her work. Let’s go: 1.  What’s the last thing you finished reading or watching, and what did you think of it? I just finished reading MONARCHS OF THE SEA by Danna Staaf and…

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