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6 Places to Find Character Names (that aren’t name your baby books)
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6 Places to Find Character Names (that aren’t name your baby books)

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but when it comes to your characters, names matter. A lot. Would Harry Potter be the same character if he’d been named Archibald Beauregard III? I think not. So where can you look to find just the right names?

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My Favorite Scrivener Tip for NaNoWriMo
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My Favorite Scrivener Tip for NaNoWriMo

November is right around the corner, and with it comes National Novel Writing Month. Stock up on coffee, tea, & chocolate, and let’s get writing!

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13 Southern Superstitions
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13 Southern Superstitions

It’s Friday the 13th! Watch out for black cats, ladders, spilled salt, broken mirrors, & all that stuff.

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Take a Hike! | 5 Reasons Writers Should Get Out & Walk
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Take a Hike! | 5 Reasons Writers Should Get Out & Walk

Spring is finally here, bringing sunshine & longer days. After months of being stuck indoors & weeks of endless rain, I’m ready to get out & play. Then I think that maybe I should be working more & playing less. But what if getting outside could be work, too?

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Grave Robbing for Mystery Writers
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Grave Robbing for Mystery Writers

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy & vague. Who shall say where one ends, and the where the other begins?…

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NaNoWriMo
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NaNoWriMo

But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re…

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