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Miles O'Neal
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Miles O'Neal
May 22, 20194 min read
Writers Life - A Student Visit
These students all read above their grade level. The two classes had different personalities but I was prepared for that. I had a loose outl
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Miles O'Neal
Feb 6, 20194 min read
Writing 101 - Process Part 3
The early reader (or beta reader) process should start when the first draft is done. You want to start lining your readers up early enough t
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 30, 20194 min read
Writing 101 - Process Part 2
First read-through: We read through just to read it as a story. Does it grab and keep our attention? Does it flow well? Is it believable? Do
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 28, 20192 min read
More Notes on Dragon Names
In a recent blog, I shared some insight behind the names of several dragons from The Dragon Lord Chronicles. Today we'll look more into...
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 23, 20193 min read
Writing 101 - Process Part 1
How you proceed depends on whether you are a plotter or pantser. Since I am a panster, I will cover that. (I may cover plotting another time
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Miles O'Neal
Jan 21, 20193 min read
How to Name Your Dragon
In an older blog, we looked at the importance of names fitting the story. In a more recent blog, I covered some ways to come up with...
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Miles O'Neal
Dec 19, 20182 min read
Writing 101 - He Said She Said (Teaching By Examples)
Issue: "I feel like my dialogue is just a wall of 'He said' and 'She said.' How do I change it up?" Solution: There are several layers...
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Miles O'Neal
Dec 12, 20182 min read
Writing 101 - Coming Up with Names (Teaching by Examples)
Issue: "How do I come up with names for my characters?" Solution: There are numerous ways to do this! Here are a few I've used...
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Miles O'Neal
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Writing 101 - Show vs Tell (Teaching by Examples)
Issue: "I hear a lot about 'showing vs telling.' What does that mean? Solution: Basically, telling is simply stating facts or basic...
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Miles O'Neal
Nov 29, 20181 min read
Writing 101 - First Word (Teaching by Examples)
Issue: "All of my paragraphs start with 'The', 'She' or the MC's name. HELP." Solution: Spend some time analyzing books you like. Examine...
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Miles O'Neal
Apr 19, 20181 min read
Writing 101 - A Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Table of Contents
I have found that chapter titles seldom leap out at me as I'm writing a book- at least, any likely to make it into the final product. I...
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Miles O'Neal
Oct 28, 20172 min read
Writing 101 - Those Pesky Titles, or When Bullwinkle Met The Dragon
I read and hear all the time that writing is hard. Once upon a time, it could be. But that's what practice is for. Now I generally find...
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Miles O'Neal
Dec 26, 20164 min read
When You Simply Have To Use a Quill Pen
Have you ever tried to write with a quill pen? It's not really hard to do, but it is a bit of extra work, and hardly the stuff instant...
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Miles O'Neal
Jun 18, 20152 min read
Writing 101 - Everyone has Unpublishable Junk
THE ALBATROSS CHRONICLES There are many aspects of writing we talk about- the need to just write, holding off on editing, the importance...
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Miles O'Neal
Jun 11, 20152 min read
Writing 101 - Tools of the Trade
PING PONG OVER THE DIGITAL ABYSS When I started writing I had to actually write the old-fashioned way- on paper with a pen or pencil....
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Miles O'Neal
May 18, 20151 min read
There is no box.
I used to say, "I've written pretty much everything but novels and romance. I can't write those." Then I accidentally (yes, really!)...
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Miles O'Neal
May 13, 20151 min read
Excerpt from YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD, Due Out Fall 2015
As they approached the dragons, Younger dove at a dragon not engaged at the moment. As he passed over the other dragon, Younger dropped...
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Miles O'Neal
Apr 22, 20151 min read
How would you feel if your parents were eaten by dragons?
How would you feel if your parents were eaten by dragons? This is the question I lived with...and answered...as I wrote and edited my...
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Miles O'Neal
Mar 9, 20152 min read
The Makings of YEAR OF THE DRAGON LORD
For years, I have written short stories. I've published articles and co-authored a technical book but there was one thing I was convinced...
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