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CREATING A FANTASY LANGUAGE? TRY THIS TIP
Besides my English-tutoring student I mentioned last week, I've also been tutoring world history and conversational French. My students...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 9, 20201 min read
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WELL, *THAT* ESCALATED (SUSPICIOUSLY) QUICKLY
This story popped up in my Google News today. 😵 #whatjusthappened I don't care who you are or what your political beliefs are. That's...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 8, 20202 min read
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WRITING-PROMPT WEDNESDAY: YOUR NERD IS SHOWING
When I lived in Denver, I went to a unit of my church whose members were all young single adults (ages eighteen to thirty). Besides...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 7, 20201 min read
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HOW MUCH DOES EDITING COST, ANYWAY?
I'll let you in on a secret: Based on my own experiences, most people have no idea how much they should expect to pay for editing....
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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ONE SIZE (OR FORMAT) *DOESN'T* FIT ALL
Once upon a time, I did a very silly thing and watched the movie The Lightning Thief after reading the Percy Jackson books. Then when I...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 5, 20204 min read
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I'M PROUD OF YOU
Lately, I've been tutoring a high schooler named "Q" in English. The more I work with him, the more I realize that English is one of the...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 2, 20203 min read
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YOU USED A STETHOSCOPE FOR WHAT?
Some time ago, I found this amusing post on Pinterest: I suppose this improvisation would work in an apartment full of medical-field...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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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....
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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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....
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 25, 20203 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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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,...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 21, 20203 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 18, 20201 min read
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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....
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 14, 20202 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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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...
Candice Bellows, The Story Engineer
Sep 8, 20201 min read
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