You Can’t “Make” Yourself Write
I don’t know about you, but there are times when I can’t write. I have an ex who accuses me of loving drama because I’m a writer. Oh...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 18, 20172 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Story Idea Generator
We’ve all heard the question. Where do you get your ideas from? And most of the time we’re like, I don’t know, tons of places. Or at...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 13, 20173 min read
Basing Characters on Real People
My usual disclaimer, none of this is meant to be legal advice. Do not take it as such. If you want specific legal advice, hire a lawyer....
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amiegibbons15
Oct 10, 20172 min read
Characters – First Impressions and Change
How do you show your characters’ personalities? How do you show they are good? Or not? No, really, think of the opening scene of any kind...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 9, 20172 min read
Don’t say you’ll try – Set specific goals
My friend J has pounded this into my head. If you say you’ll try to do something, you’re already giving yourself permission to fail. Say...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 4, 20172 min read
Character Development – What are You so Afraid of!
Welcome to another writerslife Wednesday. What are you characters afraid of? And I don’t mean they go, “Eek!” at spiders. I mean real...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 28, 20172 min read
Character Development – Legality vs. Morality
This is sort of a post on law, but I want you to read it in terms of how you can apply these kinds of quandaries to your characters....
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amiegibbons15
Sep 27, 20174 min read
Characters’ Motivations – Warning vs. Revenge
The 4th SDF is all about a ghostly curse killing men on Halloween. I can’t get into too much since that’d be spoilers, but, since it’s a...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 27, 20175 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – The First Try is a Throw Away
I’m baaaaaaack. The poor blog has been neglected for so long it was growing mold, I can’t remember the last time I did a post for...
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amiegibbons15
Sep 26, 20175 min read
Excerpt from Psychic Wanted (Un)Dead or Alive.
I’m working to get the 4th SDF book out for Halloween, and it’s going to be tight, but for now, here’s a little taste of Ariana’s latest...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 15, 20174 min read
WRITING IS A JOB
Hey, sorry it’s been so long. We’re in the process of having the website moved to a different server and I didn’t even know I could still...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 9, 20172 min read
Writing Characters – Portrait of an ESFP.
I’m getting Psychic Undercover (with the Undead) (SDF book 1) ready to go for publication next week and one thing I like to do with my...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 5, 20171 min read
Psychology of the Hater—Using our Naysayers to Fuel Greatness — Kristen Lamb’s Blog
Link to Kristin Lamb’s blog post today Love her! If everybody loves us we are doing something wrong. We are blasé. We are the mediocre...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 4, 20179 min read
Amie’s Author Makin’ It Alphabet List
I don’t know what to call this, errrr, wing it back Wednesday? 🙂 New year, new goals, so I’m posting the article I did on an authors’...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 24, 20165 min read
SDF Series Book 1, Psychic Undercover (with the Undead) Coming January 2017!
Alright, I’m getting this book edited and should have it to betas this week so I can have it ready to go by the deadline in January. My...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 22, 20164 min read
THE GODS DEFENSE IS ON SALE!
The Gods Defense is on sale for $0.99 for Christmas! In a world where the gods and magic have returned, enforcing justice just got a lot...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 11, 20164 min read
Professional Jealousy: Don’t Waste Your Time Hating.
There are two types of jealousy, and they are so different, they really should be called different things. One is the relationship...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 16, 20161 min read
THE ‘I HATE MY NOVEL!’ PHASE, RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
Yep, we’re halfway through Nanowrimo and I hit the ‘I hate my f#%^ing novel phase right on schedule. And based on the threads on the Nano...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 12, 20163 min read
Fiction Teaches Us How To Feel Without Freaking
I’m reading a book on “outlining” a novel, and the emotional beats you want to hit. In it he talks about why people read and how a...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 7, 20161 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt or three to get you over the Monday blues and back to writing after your long day back at work....
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