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Nine NaNoWriMo Pep Talks for Your Brand of Writing Despair

When you’re writing productively, you’re letting your imagination run wild. But when you have writer’s block, you can only imagine all the ways in which you are Worse Than Literally Everyone Else.

Posted byerikagrandstaffNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:advice, craft, nanowrimo, novel, novels, writing3 Comments on Nine NaNoWriMo Pep Talks for Your Brand of Writing Despair

Three Twists on Gothic Horror

While I was info-gathering for this post, every article I read mentioned that the genre’s seminal work was the 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. Consider my inclusion of this fact evidence that I’ve done my due diligence with research.

Posted byerikagrandstaffOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:craft, gothic, horror, spooky season3 Comments on Three Twists on Gothic Horror

How to Terrify in Two Sentences

My mom told me my first two-sentence horror story while we were driving through a sunny strip mall parking lot (I know, the perfect environment for horror). “This one always made me feel terrible,” she said.

Posted byerikagrandstaffOctober 10, 2020October 17, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:craft, horror, spooky season, two-sentenceLeave a comment on How to Terrify in Two Sentences
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