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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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amiegibbons15
Mar 2, 20158 min read
THE ORDER OF THE SPHINX – ORIGINS
This is a section from a short story preceding my ‘The Order Of The Sphinx’ series, where my young witches’ powers first awaken. When I...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 27, 20154 min read
The Dress Is Blue, The Dress Is Blue. The Goddamn Dress Is Blue
Alright guys, it’s the dress that launched a thousand internet debates. And the question on everybody’s mind? Why the fuck do we care?...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 26, 20155 min read
EVIE JONES AND THE GOOD LUCK FUNDRAISER
Here’s the first part of my next short story staring Evie, the pagen witch who faced down a zombie in her last adventure. Let me know...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 21, 20152 min read
DON’T JUST KILL YOUR DARLINGS, CANNIBALIZE ‘EM
Have you heard the expression, “kill your darlings,” in reference to editing your work? If you’re a writer, you have. And you do have to...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 17, 20151 min read
On The Care And Feeding Of Writers
http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/111266374125 Saw this on Facebook and just had to share. It’s just so on. Pick yourself up a...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 13, 20151 min read
FRIDAY THE 13TH
Dear normal people, I’m going to let you in on a secret. Friday the 13th isn’t bad luck. You believe it is so your luck floats off you,...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 10, 20154 min read
EXCERPT FROM Evie Jones and the Crazy Exes
I’m in writing mode today again, just letting the words flow with the wine. And I’ve come up with a magic with zombies story. It’s a...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 8, 20153 min read
TRIAL PERFORMANCE BASICS FOR WRITERS
This weekend I’m volunteering at my law school and judging the 1L Mock Trial competition. You don’t take Evidence until your second year...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 6, 20153 min read
Silver Linings Playlist
I had a bad month. I’ve been saying that a lot over January. It was one thing after another and I was just done. I was depressed and...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 3, 20152 min read
TERRY PRATCHETT QUOTES
I’ve been parked at my laptop for hours, pouring out words for a short story. Don’t know if the short story’s any good, don’t know if...
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amiegibbons15
Feb 1, 20154 min read
WRITING SUSPENSEFUL FICTION
Nothing is more terrifying than the unknown. Think about it. When you’re reading a book and the characters don’t know what’s going on...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 31, 20152 min read
Amie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month
Here’s the last day of what has been, well not the actual worst month of my and my family members’ lives, but pretty far up there. I’d...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 29, 20154 min read
NEW STORY! WHO KNOWS? HERE GOES.
I’m kicking off a new story that’s just out of the blue and wacky. It’s connected to my first series about reality jumping witches, but...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 28, 20154 min read
HASN’T BEEN YOUR DAY, YOUR WEEK, YOUR MONTH OR EVEN YOUR YEAR? START SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW
I’ve had a bad month… a really bad month. It started with my grandma dying and while nothing else that extreme has happened, a lot of...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 27, 20153 min read
PERSONALITY TYPE ASSIGNMENT – PORTRAIT OF AN INTJ
Here’s the Myers Briggs assessment of my next main character in the Law and Magic series, Millie. Assignment found here:...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 22, 20153 min read
LIFE ISN’T STERILE ASSIGNMENT
This is my scene based on the assignment on writing incorporating the other senses besides sight found here: https://authoramiegibbons.wo...
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amiegibbons15
Jan 19, 20152 min read
I WILL WRITE ABOUT YOU
I got the idea for this poem from the Nashville song, The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts, and a couple of friends going through bad...
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