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Inside the World of Beta-Earth Chronicles: An Interview with Wesley Britton

December 14, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

I met Dr. Britton when I did a worldbuilding panel discussion for LitCon 2020, then I invited the three panelists back to talk more about

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Inside the World of Warehouse Dreams, an Interview with Theresa Halvorsen

December 8, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

Theresa Halvorsen has never met a profanity she hasn’t enjoyed. She’s generally overly-caffeinated and at times, wine-soaked. The author of Warehouse Dreams and The Dad’s

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Purple Prose Cause #3: The Author’s own Amusement Gets in the Way

February 22, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

This is the third installment in my series about purple prose and strategies for editing it out of your writing. You can read this one

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Purple Prose Cause #2: Over-application of World-building and Scene-setting

February 15, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

This is the second installment of a series on the causes and fixes for purple prose. If you missed the first post, it’ll help if

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