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Assistant Editor at Diabolical Plots; First Reader at PodCastle.

I have great writing-craft videos on YouTube, and all kinds of musings about writing and publishing and editing on my homepage.

Grizzled former mod. No longer active. This place is a lot of where I learned to talk about writing, and that being helpful is just as important as being knowledgeable.

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How do I know if a concept is sexist or not?
Jul 17, 2018
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How can I write about historical realities that readers mistakenly believe are unrealistic?
Jul 22, 2018
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"All of a sudden..." ?
Aug 21, 2011
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I have 97 pages in my book draft. Is it too late to swap to third person from first?
Jan 16, 2017
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Why are writers so hung up on "show versus tell"?
Dec 29, 2016
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Plot twist where the antagonist wins
May 24, 2019
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Editors: Edit on first read, or read and edit on second round?
Feb 22, 2011
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How to perpetuate the plot-driving riddle without frustrating the reader?
Jan 21, 2018
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I'm afraid of quashing the hopes of a new writer
Dec 22, 2018
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Is it acceptable to use words like "heaven" and "god" when the narrator is agnostic?
Jun 11, 2018
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How would having the writing challenges on Meta work out?
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What should we do with the "fundamental career advice" question?
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Can Writers Graduate? Correlation between voting and progressing?
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Topicality of questions about printing
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Are requests for rephrasing on topic?
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Under new processes, Monica's removal should complete the Conduct Review, not request Reinstatement
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My office wants infinite branch merges as policy; what other options do we have?
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Is it common to discuss the intent to leave with a manager before giving notice of resignation?
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I'm at a loss with “Dungeons and Dragons.” How does one play it, anyway?
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Understanding std::accumulate