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Posted onDecember 10, 2015My Writing

Backstage Character Pass — William Cartwright

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Every writer has their favourites. We love all our characters equally, of course, and all differently. Some (Chris) have deeply personal roots in our own…

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Posted onDecember 3, 2015Backstage Character Pass

Backstage Character Pass — Rachel Albany

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[This Backstage Character Pass contains some very minor SPOILERS for The Deathsniffer’s Assistant! Read at your own risk.] No character deviated more from their original…

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Posted onNovember 1, 2015Getting Out of the Labryinth

Getting Out of the NaNoWriByrinth — Five Lesson I Learned While Writing a Novel in November

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It’s that time of year. Aspirational writers, hobby writers, published writers, and fanfiction writers all come together for the month of November. We descend like…

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Posted onOctober 29, 2015Backstage Character Pass

Backstage Character Pass — Rosemary Buckley

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Ah, Rosemary. All my characters seem to be polarizing except for her. Depending on who is talking, Olivia can be an empowering riot or an…

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Posted onOctober 22, 2015Backstage Character Pass

Backstage Character Pass — Maris Dawson

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Chris and Olivia are the only two characters who were both planned to be in the book and came out the way they were initially…

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Posted onOctober 15, 2015My Writing

Backstage Character Pass — Olivia Faraday

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Beyond any doubt, my most polarizing character has been the eccentric Deathsniffer, Olivia Faraday. Some of my readers seem entirely focused on her to the…

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Posted onSeptember 17, 2015My Writing

Backstage Character Pass — Christopher Buckley

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Welcome to the first in my series exploring the characters of The Faraday Files! To start, here’s a little backstory and trivia about my narrator…

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Posted onSeptember 15, 2015My Writing

Tentatively Calling This One a Success

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With thirty ratings on Amazon and fifty on Goodreads, it looks like a consensus is officially emerging on the topic of my debut novel. And…

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Posted onSeptember 9, 2015My Life

New Experiences

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As a resident of the far east coast, I’ve seen a lot of things that most people haven’t. The wild, grey Atlantic ocean.  The Fundy…

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Posted onAugust 12, 2015My Writing

In Defense of the “Weak” Male Lead

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There are certain traits that we, as a society, tend to value in a male lead. Stoicism. Wordliness. Confidence. Physicality. Adventurousness. Fortitude. Courage. There’s a…

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