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amiegibbons15
Jul 28, 20151 min read
First Week at the New Job
Sorry that my posts have had the timing off and haven’t been as numerous these last few days. I just started a new job yesterday and had...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 24, 20154 min read
The Gods Appeal Excerpt
This is an excerpt from the second book in my Gods series, The Gods Appeal. In it, Cassandra’s thrust into a vision walk to test her...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 20, 20153 min read
Evie Jones and the Magic Meltdown – Excerpt 2
The rain twirled up behind Chet in another weird whirlpool and I grabbed my necklace. No way… nuh uh. It was the wind, it happened,...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 19, 20151 min read
Celebrate the Small Accomplishments
I hit 30K words for July tonight AND I wrote 11K words this weekend! 11K words in about 50 hours, along with normal weekend chores and...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 18, 20151 min read
Happy Caterday from Gremlin
I’m doing a big writing marathon day to catch up on my CampNano word goal (at 4250/6600 now, so going strong!) so don’t have time to do a...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 10, 20154 min read
Evie Jones and the Magic Meltdown Excerpt
Don’t mess with Kung Fu Kitty. Photo by Oleg Volk. “Evie! Get your skinny ass out here,” Chet yelled and pounded on the door, making...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 5, 20152 min read
Put Your Inner Editor Away, Literally
This is my inner editor, her name’s Illisa, The Corrector Kitty. Along with her friends, Flights of Fancy, Plot Bunny, Grammar Monkey,...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 1, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – I am Doing a ‘Testing the Waters’ Publishing!
I’m doing something a little different today. This post isn’t on the craft of writing, it’s on the publishing side of things. More...
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amiegibbons15
Jun 28, 20152 min read
Dr. Amie’s Character Fixer Elixer
Last week I talked about the plot fixer, now we’re tackling the weak character. I don’t mean someone who is weak themselves, I mean...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 24, 20154 min read
Zombie Quarantine – I’m sick but still workin’ it, cuz writers don’t quit.
I’ve had a cold this week, pretty bad the past two days, and thus, have been basically useless. Even stayed home from work. And...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 15, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – CampNano Problems
I’m doing CampNano and so far, it’s not going great. My word goal was 65K, then I bumped it down to 50K, and I’m about 9K behind where...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 1, 20151 min read
Camp Nano Starts Today! – Plot: The Hero’s Journey
Camp Nano starts today and thousands of us are rearing up to write, write, write! Whooooooooo! My word goal is 65K (Yes, I know i’m...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 27, 20153 min read
When You’re Bored, Where Does Your Imagination Go? That’s Your Next Story.
One week till CampNano and I simply must start a new story. CampNano starts April 1st and, much like Nanowrimo in November, it’s a race...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 25, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Jim Butcher’s Pep Talk From Nano
CampNano starts in one week!!! Head explodes and I suck it up and prep anyway 🙂 Here’s a Pep Talk from one of my favorite authors, a...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 11, 20154 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Veronica Roth Pep Talk From Nano
Hey guys, for the writing tips and tricks today, I’ve dragged up one of my favorite pep talks from Nanowrimo last November. This doesn’t...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 5, 20152 min read
LOOKING FOR STORY IDEAS FOR NANO? TAKE YOUR LIFE AND DUMP IT ON THE PAGE
In this post, we’re going to play a game. It’s kind of 20 questions, I never, er… other question games that are fun with drinking. You...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 4, 20153 min read
FIRST NOVELS’ BEGINNINGS – HOW TO FIX ‘EM
Beginnings can be tricky. Trickier still for the novice novelist. A common plot mistake we’ve all seen when critiquing new novelists...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 3, 20152 min read
I’M DOING CAMPNANO!
Camp Nano is sort of an extension of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and it’s done in April and July. Basically you are doing...
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