I subscribe to Bookbub a free service that sends me a daily email with bargains on ebooks based on broad categories I picked. Most of the time there are a couple of free books on a subject I like.

Today, one of the free books is geared to help authors in writing and avoiding some common pitfalls. The book’s title is “Dear Writer, You’re Doing It Wrong” it is by Becca Syme and I thought it might be something that might prove useful. The book is currently offered for free by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books and Kobo for a limited time.

Anyway, I hope this helps you!

I don't know. Maybe I'm depressed or maybe just tired. I have three stories going as Works In Progress. In each case, when I reach a point where I needed to work out how to reach the next plot point I usually put that to the back of my mind to let my subconscious work it out. So as to keep the creative juices flowing I then pick up one of the other stories and find that my subconscious has a handle on how to proceed. I've been making great progress on all three stories

The ol' YouTube algorithm offered up a vid during tonight's random sojourns across the Internet which I rather enjoyed, so figured to share so our authors and readers could also partake and either agree or disagree with this guy's assessment of "The Seven Levels of Fantasy":

The Seven Levels of Fantasy

Hope you also enjoy!! :)

Operator’s Side will continue in two months.
based the on game “Silpheed” by Game Arts

That's a different kind of writers block. I like to write in first person and when I do, my best work comes when I get totally inside the head of my protagonist. On occasion, like right now, what's going on in there is intense. So intense, in fact, that I need to take a step back to allow my emotions to settle.

The current effort is flowing nicely at the moment and the main character has reached a crisis point in how he's handling and reacting to the situation he's found himself in.

Every so often YouTube remembers that I'm a writer and starts throwing random writing advice channels at me. Lately, and annoyingly, it's been people shilling AI writing (a can of worms I am notgoing to open here, but in brief: no, I never use AI, and we'll leave it at that). But this one actually caught my attention. It's a video essay discussing how Stephen King is such a prolific writer, including video clips of the author himself discussing his process, and, shockingly? Me too.

Dear Readers,

When I took a break from writing Wildcat Fall, I ended up rewriting the story from the beginning. It's working better. But I was confused about how to reintroduce a story from the start.

So, I reinserted the newest version in place of the older one.

I know that sounds complicated, but it would be helpful to start again from the beginning.

Leslie

Ok, full disclosure: I have nothing to do with the beast or the number thereof. I just used it to get your attention.

However, some of you might have noticed that I have an obsess... eh fondness for numbers. I blame that on nature and nurture (accountant father, mother who made a career out of statistics, engineering school and so on (I don't include dabbling in the black art of Business administration since most people in that field can't count)).

Get to the point?

Oh all right. Today two significant milestones regarding my stories were passed.

I hope you enjoyed Ethertravelers. The end is finally posted. (You can also read it from the start.)

Something from the revised version of the first "Angel of..." story which becomes pertinent in the one I'm working on:

She chopped a few carrots, then thought of something. Melody caught Aaron's eye.

"Which brings up something I've asked about before, but not actually asked _you_ about. How do you - you, personally, and those you work with - manage to get so much done? I mean, even with superhuman intelligence, physical acts still take a finite amount of time. Arielle said something about you being able to boost your speed, but I don't..."

I'm determined to finish some of the stories in my bone pile. To that end, I've been working on one that I call "Extra Credit" about a young man will graduate middle school in June. The hang up is he's not been doing his homework and his social studies teacher counts homework and 50% of the grade. He gets A's and B's on his tests, but his fall term for the class is a D. His mother wants to enroll him in a top tier prep school. But with that grade pulling his GPA down he'll never be accepted.

I have today put 'Mates' out on Kindle, for those wanting the book.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FHKSSTMZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21WO5...

So readers what one of my characters to write next?

Vantier
Meagan's tail the mermaid
The Drow twins Shadowsblades
in high school
or as adults?
or the adult twins VS the CIA?
Warriors way-The Amazon with the greek armor

I am kind of lost and lacking feed back on what you all might like?

Pete is awfully cute in her practice uniform. :)

What does coach want to warn Pete about?

Greetings Top Shelf Writers and Readers,

I wanted to bring back from way back in the Big Closet a writing challenge that Erin made way back in 2008:

"What might happen to such a person {'a troll'} who ran a foul of some of the mythical beings who lurk in the back of the BigCloset? :)" ~ Erin Halfelven

I take joy in being a part of this website as it has served transgender readers and writers. I answered the challenge back in 2008 with my story From Troll to Triumph . I would love to see what can be done in 2025 with this classic prompt from Erin.

Talk among yourselves.
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That's enough.

Now go forth and write!