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OKAY I HAVE AN IMPORTANT THREAD FOR YOU about fighting in ballgowns! I will illustrate with Disney Princess gifs, because why not.First, you can absolutely swordfight in a dress. Some

YES HELLO! I am here to save you from doomscrolling with a PUPPY FIRST SNOW thread!BEHOLD!!!SNOW POUNCE SNOW MUZZLE SNOW LORP SNOW CONTEMPLATE SNOW ZOOM And in conclusion, here's a

Hey, it's Ace Week! For fun, here's a random thread of some things I've struggled with as an ace author, most of which I've done entirely to myself. WRITING

As I'm working on character in my current revision, here are some quick thoughts on a pitfall I sometimes have to reckon with when trying to make characters three dimensional.Thread!

I need more caffeine before I can write, so in the meantime, here's a thread about a SFF writer's great bane: info dumps!You need to convey so much information to

Here's something that often trips me up in drafting: what to show and what not to show.Like, okay, I know the sequence of events happening at this point in the

I was just thinking apropos of another conversation...Another thing I get asked a lot is what I didn't anticipate about being a published author, or what's my biggest advice for

One thing I get asked a lot is general advice for writers who are working on our just finished their first novel. While I'm watching the puppy, I'm going to

So I realized I haven't really done a writing craft thread on through lines! And I talk about them all the time and I always get questions about what I

So there I am out on the deck, when my husband slides open the kitchen window and calls out to me"Meliiiiiiiissa, there's a snake in the house" And there is

A side chat on another thread got me thinking about why I like having a tactical goal in action scenes, so I'm going to do a little thread!By a tactical

Here's a thread I've been meaning to do for a while:One piece of well-intentioned advice I see given to writers is that you absolutely have to read A LOT or