What Happened When We Chased a Book Event to Cincinnati

#writing"/hashtag/writingcommunity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing Unfetterred Treacle Last week, my wife and I took an overnight trip to Cincinnati. We…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/04/26/what-happened-when-we-chased-a-book-event-to-cincinnati/

Hieronymus Hawkes’ Unified Theory of Fiction

#writing"/hashtag/writingcommunity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing Unfetterred Treacle Where: Ch = Characters (depth × relatability × arc complexity) Se = Setting (detail ×…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/04/25/hieronymus-hawkes-unified-theory-of-fiction/

This is my book. It's the only one I have currently. Working hard to add more. #writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing Unfetterred Treacle on Substack
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5 Things I Hate About Writing Revisted

#writing"/hashtag/writingcommunity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing Unfettered Treacle Written ten years ago. Still weirdly true. I came across this list I wrote a decade ago, and it…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/04/01/5-things-i-hate-about-writing-revisted/

“Get in There!” — Learning to Write in Deep POV

#writing"/hashtag/writingcommunity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing I was trying to explain what it felt like to write in Deep POV the other day and this image popped into my…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/03/28/get-in-there-learning-to-write-in-deep-pov/

The Birth of a Story

I’d made the decision to write a novel. I had no idea where to start. I hadn’t written anything for ten years, and nothing approaching even novelette length, let alone a novel length story. So, I came to the…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/03/24/the-birth-of-a-story/

Saving My Progress: How I Traded XP for Word Count

How I became a writer Until the age of forty-four I spent most of my free time playing games. Mostly video games. I’d been obsessed with computers…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/03/18/saving-my-progress-how-i-traded-xp-for-word-count/

Failure is the best teacher – learning to take critique

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/03/14/failure-is-the-best-teacher-learning-to-take-critique/

Deep POV – More feels, less filters

This week I had an epiphany. I got something from my new editor that I wasn’t expecting. I think we all hope our readers are going to read our work and be awed by how amazing it is.…

https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2025/03/12/deep-pov-more-feels-less-filters/

Happy Read an Ebook Week! You can find my book, Effacement, available now at @Smashwords at a promotional price to help you celebrate. Get it now at www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... from March 2-8! #ebookweek25 #Smashwords

Ice Cream for dinner?