Grace Johnson

Hey guys,

Today’s post comes from Jane Maree. Very pertinent for anyone who wants to get published!

Before we get to that, I first wanted to share the results from the recent word war.

Rillumen: 6096
Parimi Alca: 60196
Meraki: 41706
New Wessex: 23438
Knaphollow: 5154
Erekdale: 23954
Avensbeck: 14653

Jess Penrose stole first place in the…[Read more]

Well look who’s posting late. :0  Oops.

Today’s post is from Maddie Morrow on developing habits to be a real writer.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8…[Read more]

How’s it going Scribes?

This week we’ve got some encouragement from Brandon Miller on the importance of reading and reading well.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemaryloui…[Read more]

Hi lovely Saxon Scribes. ‘Tis I, emerging from hyperspace like the Millenium Falcon with a blown hyperdrive and three dozen Tie-fighters on her tail.

Have I been watching The Force Awakens? Yes I have.

Seeing as this month’s theme is writing lifestyle, I thought this would be a great time to have a Mutual Encouragement Moment. We all have…[Read more]

Greetings folks,

Today we’ve got a well-needed post from Jess about staying alive and being fruitful. Because all writers are monomaniacs and all monomaniacs are unhealthy.

Stay healthy, people. More info below.

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Balance of Writing Life and Health

Disclaimer: I am not a professional in any of the subjects discussed in this lesson, and am…[Read more]

Hey guys,

I’ll be releasing part three of my Show Don’t Tell Course in the next few weeks.

For the marketing side of things, I thought ideally I wouldn’t just tell people what the course will teach them, but show them. 😛

To do this, I’m looking for a scene I could edit just using the techniques I teach in my course. Then I could show the raw…[Read more]

Hey Saxon Scribes, we’re doing another word war! This is a great chance to plow through your manuscript.

At the end of the week, submit your word count here: https://goo.gl/forms/CtXuDDqnPKBlzmPF2

@ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @kate @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @timoth…[Read more]

Hey Everyone! This may be our last week on worldbuilding and I wanted to touch on a subject that’s dear to me.

If you listened to our second podcast episode, you heard me argue that Tolkien was a great writer largely because he was a great philosopher. For those of us who invent our own worlds, we have a great opportunity to point to certain…[Read more]

I recently made a big breakthrough. As you may know, whether you write speculative or real-world fiction, you need to do research for your story feel authentic and rich.

But… research is hard. Particularly if all you want to read is fiction, like me. 😉

Enter audiobooks. For me at least, audiobooks take almost no commitment to plow through.…[Read more]

ATTENTION!

If you haven’t seen it, I made a post about some changes to the forum and guilds. They’re not that big really and I think they’ll improve everyone’s experience.

On a related note, I’m trying to move everybody to subscribe to new posts in the guild so I don’t have to tag everybody each time I make a post. To do this, go to New Wessex.…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking recently about something that’s never caught my attention before. Taboos. If I could only ask one question about a culture to learn about it, I’m tempted to think I’d ask about its taboos.

Taboos could keep a whole nation in slavery (for instance, if they think it brings bad luck to question their priests).

Or taboos can…[Read more]

Prompt wars are back. Tada!

As a refresher, we have two weeks to come up with a submission. Word limit is 2,500.

This war’s prompt has got me terrified. The prompt?

Write a non-cliché happy ending.

How do you write happy endings? 😮 😮 😮 And how do you make them non-cliché?

I guess this will be instructional for me. 😀

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Hey Saxon Scribes!

Last week I missed our theme discussion because I got buried in research on the topic. Since then, I compiled all my thoughts into an article which I plan to submit to SE. First though, I’d like to share it with you and get your feedback. 🙂

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There I was, gobbling up page after page of Out of the Silent Planet. Was…[Read more]

Hey, guys!

I’m excited to announce that I have started a blog. You can check it out here:

Noah Litle Writes

Right now I’m in a kind of pre-launch stage, where you guys can give me some feedback on the posts and everything before I launch it for real on the first of March.

If you guys could tell me if the posts are helpful/enjoyable/coherent it…[Read more]