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HONORING LEAP DAY EARLY
I had a hard time getting up this morning. Yesterday was particularly rough, I woke up in the middle of a nightmare that left my heart...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 29, 20203 min read
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FACEBOOK AND OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS
We discuss the weirdest things on Facebook, don't we? For instance, I belong to a Facebook group called Trauma Fiction. It's a place...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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"C1" AND CHARACTERIZATION
Remember "C1" (my niece of the astonishingly large vocabulary) from yesterday's email? Last night, her mother posted on Facebook about...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 27, 20203 min read
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YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP
I'm the oldest of five children. My youngest sister, "L," and I are thirteen years apart. As you might guess, a big family with a big age...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 25, 20202 min read
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DO *NOT* DO THIS IN YOUR DIALOGUE. EVER.
This weekend, a friend and I went out for dinner. During the conversation, the subject of musicals came up. I mentioned that I love the...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 24, 20203 min read
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THE 3 GOALS OF WRITING
In college, I was a volunteer teacher in my church. On one Sunday, our congregation had a training meeting for all teachers. The...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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LOST YOUR WORK? IT MIGHT NOT BE AS BAD AS YOU THINK
Thankfully, I seem to have finally won my prolonged argument with OneDrive and not lost anything super important. As a wise technician...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 20, 20202 min read
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BRB, HAVING A CRISIS
Today's post is going to be quick, because I apparently misunderstood how OneDrive works and may or may not have accidentally deleted a...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 19, 20201 min read
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EMBRACE THE WEIRD
The summer I turned seventeen, I went with my mom and oldest brother (whom I'll call "T") to St. Petersburg, Russia, to visit our...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 18, 20202 min read
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PRESIDENTS ARE COMPLICATED
In the United States, today is Presidents' Day. Depending on whom you ask, it's a holiday that commemorates the birth and legacy of...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 17, 20203 min read
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A VALENTINE'S DAY THOUGHT
About this time last year, I was working for a publisher in North Carolina. This business seemed to have a special relationship with the...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 14, 20202 min read
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5 TIPS FOR CITATIONS
Before I became a full-time freelancer, I spent most of my career in traditional publishing. One of my first jobs was as an editorial...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 13, 20202 min read
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CAST SAWS AND COURAGE
I was in an accident almost three years ago in which I seriously injured my foot. It wasn't even an epic situation like "I saved a baby...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 12, 20203 min read
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YARN DISASTER --> NEW FRIEND --> EDITING
If you know me well, you know that I love to crochet. I've tried learning to knit, too, but perhaps it was a bad idea to have my first...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 11, 20203 min read
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SERIOUSLY, RANDOM DUDE?
It's been snowing like crazy in Denver for the last several days. Having grown up in Iowa and gone to college in Utah, I used to drive on...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 10, 20203 min read
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PEOPLE OUT THERE NEED YOUR BOOK!
There are lots of things jumping around in my head today. One of them is, "Happy birthday, Charles Dickens!" (And no Google Doodle for...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 7, 20202 min read
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THURSDAYS (AND EDITING) ARE HARD
For various reasons, Thursday is not my favorite day of the week. One big reason is that you've just gotten over the hump of Wednesday...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 6, 20202 min read
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BABY, IT'S COLD . . . INSIDE?
Yesterday, my roommates and I woke up to a 58-degree house. It was about 17 degrees outside (#coloradowinter #brrrrrr). The thermostat...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 5, 20202 min read
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A MARKETING TIP FROM SMASHWORDS
A few months ago, I started listening to the Smart Author Podcast from Smashwords, a popular ebook publisher and distributor. If you...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 4, 20203 min read
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WHY "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW" ISN'T THE GREATEST ADVICE
The other day, one of my roommates and I had an interesting conversation. We attend the same church, and we were discussing some of the...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Feb 3, 20202 min read
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