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Change Your Telling into Showing: A Tiny Example of Show, Don’t Tell

Posted on April 30, 2013 by M. B. Weston

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m working on edits for a short story due in by April 30th–egads, that’s tonight!–for the Thunder on the Battlefield sword and sorcery anthology being put out by Seventh Star Press. I ran across a section … Continue reading →

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Spice Up Your Prose with Description: Example–Morvenian Wolves

Posted on April 29, 2013 by M. B. Weston

I’m working on edits for a short story due in by April 30th for the Thunder on the Battlefield sword and sorcery anthology being put out by Seventh Star Press. My story takes place in the Elysian Chronicles world with … Continue reading →

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Sample Sunday: Excerpt from “The Survivor”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by M. B. Weston

I haven’t been able to blog much about this, but my steampunk short story, “The Survivor” was recently published in the Dreams of Steam 3: Gadgets steampunk anthology. I figured for this Sample Sunday, I would give you all a … Continue reading →

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Check Out My Steampunk Short Story in Dreams of Steam 3: Gadgets!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by M. B. Weston

Forgive me for taking so long to announce this. My first steampunk short story, “The Survivor,” has officially been published in the Dreams of Steam: Gadgets steampunk anthology. “The Survivor” tells the story of Angelica Blackmore, the lone survivor of … Continue reading →

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Sample Sunday: New 1st Chapter of A Prophecy Forgotten

Posted on March 10, 2013 by M. B. Weston

For Sample Sunday, I figured I would upload a sample of the changed first chapter of A Prophecy Forgotten, which was just released last week: Hoof beats pounded against the forest floor. Alexor concentrated on keeping himself upright on Jeleth’s … Continue reading →

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The New Prologue After Previous Edits

Posted on December 1, 2012 by M. B. Weston

If you have been following my blog this week, I have been showing a few examples of my editing process using the prologue to a paranormal thriller I’m working on (currently called Unleashed). On Monday, I posted the working prologue … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Correct Common Grammar Mistakes

Posted on November 30, 2012 by M. B. Weston

No matter how often we try to avoid it, we all make a few subtle grammatical errors when we write. Some of them occur when we type the wrong word. Others are born from listening to incorrect grammar on TV … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Cheesy Cliches

Posted on November 29, 2012 by M. B. Weston

Eliminating cheesy cliches is easier said than done. We writers are busy as bees trying to write our stories, and words cannot express how easy it is to close up shop at the end of the day and ignore the … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Undescriptive, Empty Words

Posted on November 28, 2012 by M. B. Weston

Word are a writer’s currency, and we must use them judiciously. Words that serve no real purpose except to fill space because they sound good are a waste of our word count and our readers’ time. Remember that the reader … Continue reading →

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Writing & Editing: Find & Eliminate Words You Overuse

Posted on November 27, 2012 by M. B. Weston

All writers have our pet set of words that we use over and over again. It’s fine to write them in your first draft, but make sure you seek them out and eliminate them before you turn in your final … Continue reading →

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