Avoid temptation to create author surrogate One temptation to avoid when creating characters is to use an author surrogate. An author surrogate is a character who the writer models after himself, such as Jubal Harshaw is …

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The Last Airing Of WSBN (Part 3) #Creepypasta #HorrorWriter #WritingCommunity #ShadowBoxArchives Written By: Rosé Black Part 1 Part 2 I tend to be a hyperfixated person. Even when I was little, I’d laser-focus on anything that struck my fancy. It’s how, even though I’d only known about the Long Man for a day, I’d already accumulated more information on the topic than most people in town. Whether or not this entity existed is something I was having trouble discerning.

The Last Airing Of WSBN (Part 3)

#Creepypasta #HorrorWriter #WritingCommunity #ShadowBoxArchives Written By: Rosé Black Part 1 Part 2 I tend to be a hyperfixated person. Even when I was little, I’d laser-focus on anything that struck my fancy. It’s how, even though I’d only known about the Long…

#WritingCommunity I got a good bit of new followers. I see it's mostly fantasy writers I have become mutuals with. I like that genre a great deal. However, as a #HorrorWriter, I prefer stories on the scarier side. I don't post full length novels. Instead, I post short stories. (1/4)

9 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Point of View • Most popular point of view types in storiesAmong the most important decisions a fiction writer can make is what point of view to use in a story. Point of view determines what aspects of a st…

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I'm Dylan! Almost 40 and new to knowing I'm queer, so still figuring it out. I'm a #horrorwriter working on a book set in the tail end of the Satanic Panic (2003) and I am so freaking excited about it! If you scroll through my cat pics you'll see a moodboard!

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Fort of San Cristóbal,main door

The Fort of San Cristóbal, located in the region of Navarre, Spain, is an old military fort built to protect the city of Pamplona and later turned into a military prison. Although it is now disused and has been converted into a tourist 1/3
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Sir Desmond Stirling in The Tell-Tale Nipple episode 1 Podcast Episode · The Gospel According to Sir Desmond Stirling · 4 June 2021 · 14min

Nothing says Easter more than the dead coming back to life - so celebrate the season with my shiversome spookfest THE TELL-TALE NIPPLE!

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Don’t Misuse – or Overuse – Dialogue Tags Novice writers sometimes grow bored with using the word said over and over so decide to add dialogue tags. These are words such as exclaimed and asked that let re…

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Your Writing Routine, And How to Perfect It Abi-Phillips-Writing-Sessions typically last between 2-4 hours at a time, with the occasional 15-minute doom scroll somewhere in between.  ...

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Your Writing Routine, and How to Perfect It

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Just signed up to The Novel Factory’s 31 day free trial. Has anyone used this tool to write their novel, keep track of characters, and so on?
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Five Great Quotations about Good Writing “For surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time.” – Jhumpa Lahiri“If a book is well written, I always find it too short.” – Jane Austen“It…

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Not all #ghosts want the order and serenity of closure. Some probably lived extremely well ordered, peaceful lives that never disturbed anybody; then died and decided "You know what? Now is the time to start stirring drama and chaos." #HorrorWriter #Paranormal #ParanormalRomance #UrbanFantasy

If you can’t hear the drops during a downpour, run. #Creepypasta #HorrorWriter #WritingCommunity #ShadowBoxArchives Spring Break, 2014, it’s my senior year of high school, and my sister, Myrna’s senior year of college. The day before school let out, she convinced our parents to let her pick me up, citing that since we’d both be graduating, we should do something special. They weren’t on board at first, but even when we were kids, Myrna had a way of convincing people.

If you can’t hear the drops during a downpour, run.

#Creepypasta #HorrorWriter #WritingCommunity #ShadowBoxArchives Spring Break, 2014, it’s my senior year of high school, and my sister, Myrna’s senior year of college. The day before school let out, she convinced our parents to let her pick me up,…

Let’s get a thread going of author blogs and newsletters to follow. Especially queer authors. 💜
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#HorrorWriter #Writing Time for a new pinned post, so I can promote The #ShadowBoxArchives website. If you've ever been on a subreddit like r/NoSleep or r/ShortScaryStories, it's pretty much like that except you can post more than written work like #Art. We hope to see you soon
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Hangout Stream -- (and maybe a guest) YouTube video by Lady Spookaria

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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses - Writer Beware I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whethe...

New scam going 🤬

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Hangout Stream -- (and maybe a guest) YouTube video by Lady Spookaria

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The House of the Mermaids, in Seville (Spain) features a central courtyard, French-style gardens, and side ramps on either side of the main entrance, where there were two bronze mermaids on pedestals and smaller ones on the door jambs. 1/3
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Motivation and Inspiration for Writers Sometimes we just need a little inspiration or encouragement to write – such as those moments when we’re uncertain if the manuscript we’re working on is any good or the moments wh…

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looking for more brave souls willing to get my book. It is available on Kindle Unlimited if you have that and don't wanna order a physical copy. It really helps me out

3 Tips on Outlining Your Story • An outline is the gas that my creativity needs to drive down the writing road.• Why you can’t get your outline into words• Outline your scene when stuck on what to write

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I Was a Teenage (Wannabe) Horror Writer
--The world of 1970s horror comics was wild and strange. And a 14 year-old kid could get a meeting with just about anyone. crimereads.com/i-was-a-teen...
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The Deer God and Other Stories A collection of short horror fiction

Today is the last day to back the Kickstarter campaign for my new horror collection!
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You’ve self-published? You’re a sole proprietor! The moment you’ve self-published a book – presuming you’ve done nothing else to set up your business – you’re a sole proprietor. That’s right, you’ve started your own business, ipso facto!A sole pr…

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I've never read anything by Peter Straub. Can you recommend his scariest/best book?

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The cover of Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems by Clover S. Laurel. It depicts a large mosquito-like insect with green eyes on a blurry vintage-brown background.

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Mausoleums of the Eye and other poems by Clover S. Laurel

Summer vibes ☀️
Nature but make it dark 🪾🪰
Grief 😔
Horror 💀
Mental health 🧠
Nostalgia 🛣️
Love and friendship lost 👤
Surviving abuse/freedom 🦋

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