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Q & A – Christmas Memories

Q & A – Christmas Memories

With the winter season fast approaching, the dark nights lengthen and many days are marked by a gray overcast, rain, or fog. But together we’ve...

Q&A – Fun Scenes to Write

Q&A – Fun Scenes to Write

Photo by Ramakant Sharda on Unsplash Like every other art form, writing requires much study and practice to become accomplished. Like a concerto has...

Conquering Writer’s Block

Conquering Writer’s Block

Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash Everyone has or will experience that moment when they sit down to write and the mind draws a blank, like every...

Keeping Motivated to Write

Keeping Motivated to Write

Photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash It’s February and according to the experts, i.e. USA Today and Inc., most of us have abandoned our New Year’s...

5 Takes on Editing

5 Takes on Editing

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the first draft of our writing came out perfect? But as we all learn, that is only a pipe dream. Seriously, no one is...

Research & Writing

Research & Writing

  No matter what genre you’re writing, there’s research involved. For a murder mystery, your search history may include how various poisons...

Q & A ~ Sage Writing Advice

Q & A ~ Sage Writing Advice

Whew! With an endless supply of writing advice available, its easy to get lost in the shear volume of information. After wading through mountains of...

Q & A ~ Prose Problems

Q & A ~ Prose Problems

Every human has strengths and weaknesses. The same is true for authors and writers. Some aspects of the writing process come easy, almost natural,...

July 17th ~ Q & A

July 17th ~ Q & A

Writers draw from all sorts of creative wells and are inspired by creative people who rarely put pen to paper. Today the Paper Lantern Writers talk...

June 26th ~ Q & As

June 26th ~ Q & As

Our bookshelves are crammed with reference books and our browsers have hundreds of bookmarks to research sites. As historical fiction writers, we...

June 12th ~ Q & As

June 12th ~ Q & As

This Friday the Paper Lantern Writers want to know “What do you love most about writing historical fiction?” C.V. lets us know that “I love puzzles...

June 5th ~ Q & As

June 5th ~ Q & As

Studying history provides us with a deeper understanding of current events, showing us that the nature of man hasn't changed much over the...

May 29th ~ Q & As

May 29th ~ Q & As

This Friday, as summer seems so close and yet so far away, Linda wonders “What was your favorite book as a child or teen?" Milo and Tock! C.V....