Writing
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Feel Better
I’m running a Patreon drive in the month of September! Every Monday, I’m sending out a new short story that I wrote based on suggestions my patrons have made. You […]
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Sugar
I am running a Patreon drive in the month of September! Every Monday in September, I’ll write a short story based on suggestions from my patrons! You can toss some […]
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Mothman vs. Invisible Vampire Cat
I am running a patron drive in the month of September! The subjects of this story were submitted to me by people on my Patreon account, patreon.com/melodytaylor. 2 dollahs makes […]
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Character sheet for Sebastian
Height: 5’9″ Weight: 195 Eyes: Blue Hair: Blond, long, worn in a club or tied back Build: Muscular, slender Distinguishing marks: no tattoos, no piercings, no obvious scars. A few […]
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Fiction in a flash.
Written in five minutes using the prompt, “please try to persuade him to come, for my sake.” “Please try to persuade him to come, for my sake.” I knew I […]
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Its and buts.
After doing some medium-extensive plot repairs on my first novel, In the Dark, I printed out a hard copy to read over and make sure my plot changes made sense. […]
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Change of heart, mid-story.
The following post contains some spoilers for my future book, Night Falls. Don’t keep reading if you want to be surprised! * * * * I just finished writing a […]
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Mythopoeia vs. urban fantasy.
I LOVE mythopoeia. I didn’t know that was what it was called until a few years ago. And I didn’t know there was a difference between that and urban fantasy […]
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Be mean, baby.
This month I am thinking about writing critique. I am thinking about how it sucks at first, because until you show your stories to the wider world, they’re just in […]
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Plot or character?
When I first started writing, I came across the phrase “character-driven” in several different books on craft and in editorial ads. I saw it in descriptions for what editors were […]
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