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Storytelling details: custom swearwords

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Tomas

Today, I’m delving into a topic that may be quite unusual: swear words in writing. Specifically, when writers have characters use swears specific to the story. I’ll aim for both a general approach and my personal opinion.

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12/2021 Writing update

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Tomas

The last month of 2021 is over – and so comes the last monthly update of 2021. I won’t make it a yearly update – I made that back in October when I had my one-year self-publishing anniversary.

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2021 books retrospective

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Tomas

With the year coming to an end, I’ll look back at some of the books I’ve read, as well as on my own writing process.

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Know the Novel part three – Words written

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Tomas

The year’s looming end is a time for reflection, and Christine Smith’s three-part tag is a way to have a not-so-serious look at the state of my project. So, here come her 10 questions and my answers.

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Writing: back to the drawing board?

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Tomas

Recently, I got to face a tough question with my story. One that may be a matter of opinion. An issue that isn’t too large, but fixing it is. So I’ll look at it with some thoughts about how to deal with small problems that may need a lot of work.

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11/2021 Writing update

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Tomas

I’ve skipped the typical monthly update in October, but it’s back for November, even though there are still two days left in the month. There was progress, but a different kind that I maybe hoped for.

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Know the Novel part two: Within the WIP

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Tomas

In late October, I took up a challenge of sorts, three posts over three months to show more about my writing project. The first part was to introduce it, the second part – right here – is to show something about the project in progress.

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Know the Novel part one: Introduction

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Tomas

I always love some not-so-serious ways to share things about my writing, and thanks to Mia Harden, I’ve found another one – a three-part link-up post by Christine Smith. So here comes the first part.

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A writer’s first anniversary

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Tomas

Time flies, so it’s hard to believe it, but… I can consider myself an author for a year already – I self-published my debut 23.10.2020. So, I guess it’s time for a look back.

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9/2021 Writing update

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Tomas

After a couple months of slack, I’m back to writing, yay!

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