WRITING-PROMPT WEDNESDAY: "LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR . . ."
My social-media feeds are full of people griping about the presidential debate, and I bet yours are, too. 😖 So let's lighten things up....
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 29, 20201 min read
THIS ONE'S FOR THE GOOFS
When I was about seventeen, I wrote a spoof of Treasure Island. The general idea was for it to be a short film, but that never happened....
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 28, 20202 min read
BREAKING CHARACTER (OR NOT)
This weekend, I was working on a pair of scenes in my WIP. In this part of the story, my protagonist's (Patricia) overprotective father...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 25, 20203 min read
11 TIPS FOR WRITING TWEENS
I've been thinking a lot about kids recently. I've noticed that some authors write all child characters the same way, so anyone under...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 24, 20202 min read
THAT'S NOT HOW IT GOES! (OR IS IT?)
When I was a teenager, my church had an annual camping trip (known simply as Girls' Camp) for all girls ages twelve to eighteen and the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 23, 20201 min read
WRITING-PROMPT WEDNESDAY: RECHARGING
Do you ever have those times when you feel totally burned out and don't know why? I'm in the middle of one right now. Between all the...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 21, 20203 min read
LIFE-ALTERING IS AS LIFE-ALTERING DOES
My church congregation in Colorado Springs finally started meeting in person again in August. Though we could only meet every other week,...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 18, 20201 min read
THINKING ABOUT TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING? READ THIS FIRST
In one of the author groups I belong to on Facebook, an admin recently shared these articles. If your goal is having your book...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 16, 20201 min read
WRITING-PROMPT WEDNESDAY: HOPE
Is anyone else ready to get off this roller coaster that calls itself 2020? (Frankly, I've been on a roller coaster since about 2013....
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 15, 20201 min read
YOU *ARE* A WRITER!
I stumbled across this on Pinterest the other day. Normally I'm not a fan of being told how to talk about myself, but I found this...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 14, 20202 min read
DID YOU MISS ME?
It's been a whirlwind last week or so. I found myself having to move on about three days' notice, so you can imagine how much FUN that...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 9, 20202 min read
IS IT A VICTORY OR A DEFEAT? YES
I had to have a tough conversation the other day. It involved sensitive topics, big fears of mine, and people I wasn't happy with. To my...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 8, 20201 min read
WHOSE BOOK IS IT, ANYWAY?
A few days ago, I was talking on the phone with my five-year-old niece, "C1." When she asked what was new with me, I told her that I was...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 7, 20202 min read
I MUSTACHE HOW YOU'D DEAL WITH THIS
When I was a teenager, my family regularly vacationed in Door County, Wisconsin. One of the favorite activities for the parents and older...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 5, 20201 min read
A REASON FOR THE EXPENSE OF EDITING
I found this in an editors' group on Facebook recently. If you've ever wondered why editors charge so much, this is a major reason. Write...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 3, 20201 min read
"GUARANTEED," EH?
Not long ago, an author sent me a message that read, in part, as follows (edited for clarity): "The consensus is: nobody can guarantee a...
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Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 2, 20201 min read
WRITING-PROMPT WEDNESDAY: FAME IS A FUNNY THING
If you think about it, fame is kind of a strange phenomenon. Lots of people know about you for something you did. That something could be...
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