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Tales From Netherün officially accepting story submissions!

Tales From Netherün officially accepting story submissions!

So excited to announce that at the start of November, Quill & Read’s Tales From Netherün became open to story submissions. All stories are set in the world of Netherün and have to be between 3000-7000 words. I’m really excited. We’ve already got some great writers lined up for 2023 and hope more come to join in on the adventures and add their own little creations to the…

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The roundabout Fillers that add too many Words to your manuscript and sentences.

The roundabout Fillers that add too many Words to your manuscript and sentences.

Filler words are the unnecessary words that bog down a manuscript. Now, these can be adverbs or adjectives, which are discussed in other posts, but the focus of this post is rather a list of words that can be found (ctrl-f) and mostly deleted. I say mostly because there are cases where they’re necessary and cases where you might just decide that since you’ve eliminated it everywhere else, it’s ok…

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Quill & Read presents Tales From

The shared world online fantasy magazine that is completely FREE! Just visit www.quillandread.com to subscribe. Volumes drop bi-monthly.

[Image Description: A black background with grey smoke and a black knight standing. Flares of red illuminate the knight. In white text overtop it reads: Quill and Read presents Tales From Netherün. One World. Endless Adventure. In the bottom right is the quill and read logo, a griffon whose tail curls into a quill. At the bottom center it reads 01.01.22]

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Hosted by my hometown library over Zoom

Nov 12 at 4:30PM PST

Come to ask questions or just to support :D Everyone welcome.

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Call of the Gods is the runner up in the Book Pipeline Sci-fi/Fantasy category for unpublished manuscripts. Still slightly in shock!!!

https://bit.ly/3AojnYM

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My manuscript “Call of the Gods” has made the Page Turner Awards long-list! Short list is the end of the month but I’m honoured to have made it this far.

https://bit.ly/2WglAHR

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An interview with Bronwyn Eley, author of The Relic Trilogy.

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The MacGuffin

A short one this week as I’ve decided to introduce to you the McGuffin. What is the McGuffin? It’s the one ring. It’s the holy grail. The Dude’s Rug, Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan. The McGuffin is the item or person that gets your characters moving. (Some people say it’s also a goal or idea but I argue that both of those involve an item or person so….) In speculative fiction it’s usually…

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Scene vs Summary

What is a scene and what is a summary? While your characters experience both scenes and summaries, your readers only experience scenes. What do I mean by this? Scenes are the moments of dialogue, action, thought and things happening in the moment (even if it’s past tense.) It’s full of the five senses and things going on, whether that’s plot development or character. It’s the “real time”…