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NEW STORY! WHO KNOWS? HERE GOES.
I’m kicking off a new story that’s just out of the blue and wacky. It’s connected to my first series about reality jumping witches, but...
amiegibbons15
Jan 29, 20154 min read
HASN’T BEEN YOUR DAY, YOUR WEEK, YOUR MONTH OR EVEN YOUR YEAR? START SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW
I’ve had a bad month… a really bad month. It started with my grandma dying and while nothing else that extreme has happened, a lot of...
amiegibbons15
Jan 28, 20154 min read
PERSONALITY TYPE ASSIGNMENT – PORTRAIT OF AN INTJ
Here’s the Myers Briggs assessment of my next main character in the Law and Magic series, Millie. Assignment found here:...
amiegibbons15
Jan 27, 20153 min read
LIFE ISN’T STERILE ASSIGNMENT
This is my scene based on the assignment on writing incorporating the other senses besides sight found here: https://authoramiegibbons.wo...
amiegibbons15
Jan 22, 20153 min read
I WILL WRITE ABOUT YOU
I got the idea for this poem from the Nashville song, The Best Songs Come From Broken Hearts, and a couple of friends going through bad...
amiegibbons15
Jan 19, 20152 min read
LIFE ISN’T STERILE – YOUR SCENES SHOULDN’T BE
Life isn’t sterile – your scenes shouldn’t be either. I’m a little biased because I’m practically blind and make up for that with good...
amiegibbons15
Jan 16, 20155 min read
SHIT HAPPENS – LET IT OUT HONEY, PUT IT IN THE BOOK
This started out as a simple rant post, but it actually made its way to a point somewhere in the writing, that whatever shit happens, it...
amiegibbons15
Jan 13, 20154 min read


EDITING – THE I HATE MY WHOLE DAMN NOVEL PHASE
Right now I’m trying to do a big picture edit of The Gods Defense, just making sure the plot all makes sense and no subplots get cut off...
amiegibbons15
Jan 5, 20153 min read
TOP WRITERS POSTS FOR 2014
Stole this idea from a writer’s blog I love (http://ryanlanz.com/), and am posting my best and most popular blog posts on writing from...
amiegibbons15
Jan 4, 20151 min read


FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE GODS DEFENSE
At 98,500 words, after not really writing for four and a half years and then buckling down for a seriously busy two months, The Gods...
amiegibbons15
Dec 31, 20141 min read


A NOVEL IS A SEDUCTION
Alright, first of all, sorry about the neglect the past two weeks. I’m home for the holidays (check the pretty pretty pic) and they have...
amiegibbons15
Dec 29, 20147 min read


1L
(Picture of the Vandy Law Class of 2013 on our first day of law school. Babies, just babies.) This is a poem I wrote at the end of 1L...
amiegibbons15
Dec 18, 20142 min read
JIM BUTCHER ON WRITING – SEQUELS
So, this is another “cop-out” post. Where instead of coming up with stuff on writing, hashing out my process, or just plain ranting, I...
amiegibbons15
Dec 16, 201410 min read
QUOTES ON WRITING – SOME INSPIRATION TO KICK OFF YOUR WEEK
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a bad case of the Mondays. It’s the first day of the last week I have to work this year and I’m...
amiegibbons15
Dec 15, 20142 min read


THE LAW FOR WRITERS – WHAT’S WRONG WITH HTGAWM?
A little while ago I posted an article on the law for writers. It got lonnnnnng, so long that people told me it was too difficult to...
amiegibbons15
Dec 12, 20145 min read
FIGHTING AND FASHION – DRESSING TO KILL
I recently joined Scribophile.com and one of the groups is on fighting. Basically writer’s discussing weapons and how to write...
amiegibbons15
Dec 10, 20142 min read


WRITER’S CRISIS! – THE FINAL BATTLE EDITION
No! Not again. I moan, I whine, I rend garments. My brain is wrung out like a junkie. See? I’m mixing my similes over here. It’s...
amiegibbons15
Dec 9, 20143 min read
PEP TALK FROM JIM BUTCHER DURING NANO
This is a pep talk from Jim Butcher from the final week of Nanowrimo. It is quite possibly my favorite one, not surprising since I love...
amiegibbons15
Dec 5, 20143 min read
NEED HELP FINDING WORD COUNT GRAPHICS
I need help. One of the great things about Nanowrimo was the chart keeping track of your words. You’d write and click on your word...
amiegibbons15
Dec 4, 20141 min read


NANO’S OVER! I CAN BE LAZY NOW BECAUSE I’M DONE, RIGHT?
No, you’re not done! You’re a writer. There is no done. There is simply the next chapter, next rewrite, next story. Nanowrimo is...
amiegibbons15
Dec 2, 20142 min read
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